Hi There! I’m Austin,
a brand consultant, writer, and freelance coach who helps freelancers get the best clients, make more money, and enjoy their freedom.
I’m glad you’re here.
Hi There! I’M AUSTIN.
a brand consultant, writer, and freelance coach who helps freelancers get the best clients, make more money, and enjoy their freedom.
I’m glad you’re here.
Goal: To Help 1,000,000 Freelancers Make $100,000
Back in 2009, I started freelancing by accident. My boss laid me off on a Friday, and thus began my forays into funemployment. Six months later, I landed a $2,900 per month marketing retainer. That experience transformed my life.
Fast forward many trips around the sun, and what fires me up is teaching freelancers and consultants how to avoid falling into tiger traps like undervaluing themselves. People out there with one-third of your talent are charging three times as much as you. Look around and you’ll notice crappy creative everywhere.
Can you do better than that blog post or that design or that photograph? I thought so. You’ve got the talent to make freelancing profitable, sustainable, and satisfying.
My absurd goal is to help 1,000,000 freelancers make $100,000. That’s what I blurted out at Tribe Conference in 2017, surprising myself in the process. “Where did that come from?” I wondered. It turns out, the best way I can scale up my own positive impact is to help you make yours.
Goal: To Help 1,000,000 Freelancers Make $100,000
Back in 2009, I started freelancing by accident. My boss laid me off on a Friday, and thus began my forays into funemployment. Six months later, I landed a $2,900 per month marketing retainer. That experience transformed my life.
Fast forward many trips around the sun, and what fires me up is teaching freelancers and consultants how to avoid falling into tiger traps like undervaluing themselves. People out there with one-third of your talent are charging three times as much as you. Look around and you’ll notice crappy creative everywhere.
Can you do better than that blog post or that design or that photograph? I thought so. You’ve got the talent to make freelancing profitable, sustainable, and satisfying.
My absurd goal is to help 1,000,000 freelancers make $100,000. That’s what I blurted out at Tribe Conference in 2017, surprising myself in the process. “Where did that come from?” I wondered. It turns out, the best way I can scale up my own positive impact is to help you make yours.
Making Money Doing Work That Doesn’t Feel like Work
My vision for the next 10-20 years is helping my people—freelancers, creatives, artists, writers, online creators, and craftspeople—learn how to make money doing the work that doesn’t feel like work. There’s never been a better time in history to be a creator with derring-do, do more meaningful work, and get more out of life than a 9-to-5 with two weeks vacay.
What I love about freedom and entrepreneurship is the freedom, flexibility, travel, running in the afternoon, fly fishing on a Tuesday morning, going on field trips with my kids, collaborating with nice people on interesting projects, and generally avoiding soul-sucking labor and relationships.
Making Money Doing Work That Doesn’t Feel like Work
My vision for the next 10-20 years is helping my people—freelancers, creatives, artists, writers, online creators, and craftspeople—learn how to make money doing the work that doesn’t feel like work. There’s never been a better time in history to be a creator with derring-do, do more meaningful work, and get more out of life than a 9-to-5 with two weeks vacay.
What I love about freedom and entrepreneurship is the freedom, flexibility, travel, running in the afternoon, fly fishing on a Tuesday morning, going on field trips with my kids, collaborating with nice people on interesting projects, and generally avoiding soul-sucking labor and relationships.
Mixtape of My Big Mistakes
Here is the mixtape of my past decade of missteps:
INTERNALIZING MY FAILURES
BEING SLOW TO ASK FOR HELP
NOT DELEGATING LOW-LEVERAGE TASKS TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T MIND THEM
MISMANAGING CASH FLOW AND LOSING WALKAWAY POWER
PERFECTIONISM
THINKING MY ANXIETY WAS STRATEGIC AND THEREFORE NECESSARY
Mixtape of My Big Mistakes
Here is the mixtape of my past decade of missteps:
INTERNALIZING MY FAILURES
BEING SLOW TO ASK FOR HELP
NOT DELEGATING LOW-LEVERAGE TASKS TO SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T MIND THEM
MISMANAGING CASH FLOW AND LOSING WALKAWAY POWER
PERFECTIONISM
THINKING MY ANXIETY WAS STRATEGIC AND THEREFORE NECESSARY
“If nothing else, remember this: Transformation is possible, and I would like to participate in yours. The best is yet to come.”
20 Tidbits of Juicy Gossip
Building a profitable freelance business you love is going to be hard work.
But you know, that’s life. You’ll always have problems, so the wiser choice is to pick the path where you can love the struggle. Pick a struggle you can love.
If you’d like to learn more of what I’ve learned, go here. If you’d like to work with me, go here. If you want me to guest on your podcast or speak at your event, go here.
Building a profitable freelance business you love is going to be hard work.
But you know, that’s life. You’ll always have problems, so the wiser choice is to pick the path where you can love the struggle. Pick a struggle you can love.
If you’d like to learn more of what I’ve learned, go here. If you’d like to work with me, go here. If you want me to guest on your podcast or speak at your event, go here.
Looking to get to the next level?