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Learn how to make six figures plus from home, doing what you love. The Freelance Economy is for freelancers, entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to be more successful online. Serial entrepreneur, Kim Merritt, The URL Dr., shares strategies to start and grow your freelancing efforts and small business. She is a Top Rated Plus freelancer on Upwork and will give you the secret tips and tricks for dominating the online freelance platforms. Guests include freelancers, entrepreneurs, ...
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Website Accessibility: What You Need To Know
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When your website is designed to be accessible to all people, you will reach more customers, reduce liability, and increase conversion rates. Amber Hinds joins Kim to discuss how not to get sued over ADA compliancy issues and how to create a great website experience for your visitors. Learn about accessibility requirements and how to protect yourse…
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When Lexie Robles lost her job during the pandemic, things could have gotten dire. Instead, she turned it into an opportunity to start her own business and start freelancing. If you've ever thought of freelancing as a part or full-time job, you're going to want to listen to this episode of "The Freelance Economy." Kim and Lexie talk about her exper…
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The Challenges of Freelancing As A Parent
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Tiffany Jones began freelancing after she had a baby and realized that she needed much more freedom and flexibility in her schedule. When she realized how freelancing positively impacted her life and her family's, she decided to teach other parents how to make the transition from traditional employment. Tiffany cofounded The Kenza Collective, a pla…
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Kim welcomes her self-confessed soul sister, Gila Kurtz, co-founder and President of Dog Is Good, to the podcast to discuss reimagining yourself and your business in times of chaos. Kim and Gila have together spent more than fifty years in the retail industry, and currently both have retail businesses in the pet space. With newly imagined lifestyle…
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If you feel overwhelmed with work and the isolation of working alone has got you crawling the walls, join Kim as she talks to organization and project strategy expert, Sarah Duran, CEO of Fruition Initiatives. Sarah is a certified Disruption Advisor Coach and works with educators, entrepreneurs, and leaders to help them turn their ideas into action…
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Are you a woman over 50 who would love to start her own business or side hustle? Today's podcast is for you. Kim talks to Susan Tormollen, a marketer with decades of experience working in corporate America, who took the plunge recently to start her own businesses. Kim and Susan discuss how the pandemic and other factors are contributing to workers …
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Turn Your Existing Knowledge & Skills Into a Lucrative Digital Business Model
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Kyle Dammann has propelled several brands to become industry leaders and has produced over $10M in direct sales for his clients. His Growth Factor Network is helping small business and freelancers build successful brand recognition and digital marketing companies. He discusses with Kim what a new or established business needs to build a bigger pres…
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Marketing Magic To Get Your Business Found Online
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Cameron Hemphill had built and sold several multi-million dollar companies by the time he was 35. With an extensive background in technology and marketing, Cameron currently heads up Growth99, a leader in the online marketing space, specializing in Medical Spas. Cameron and Kim discuss all things online marketing related like how to get found on Go…
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How Lawyers & Professionals Can Use Freelancing Platforms
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An interesting conversation with Kim's divorce attorney, Kelsey Lewis, Esq, MSW, who is a fulltime freelancer on Upwork. When Kim was sued for divorce she wanted to represent herself, but she had no idea where to start. So she went to Upwork and found Kelsey Lewis, a fulltime freelancing attorney who had given up the traditional lawyer lifestyle to…
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Kim is joined by Jason McCullough, National Marketing Leader of the Freelancers Union and the Atlanta chapter of SPARK, to discuss how to diversify your income as a freelancer. You can make more money with services you're already offering when you highlight those items and use them to reel in new clientele. Jason discusses strategies for smart dive…
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What do you do when the unexpected happens? A market disappears. A new competitor shows up and takes your business away. A pandemic happens and your sales dry up. It's time to pivot and pivot quick. Today's episode features Kim x 2 with guest Kim Sherman-Labrum of the Boise Idaho SBDC. Kim has been helping small business pivot and build new markets…
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Profit First Financial Management for Freelancers and Small Business
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Bill Litster, founder of Better Biz Info, and a Master Level Certified Profit First professional talks to Kim about the biggest problems small business and freelancers have with money management. The Profit First system, created by Mike Michalowicz, combines a unique process of paying out profit to the business owner first and dividing remaining ca…
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Kim welcomes Beth Gantz, Certified Business Advisor with the Lorain CCC SBDC in Ohio to discuss America's best kept small business secret, Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). SBDCs can be found in every state in the US, with more than 900 service locations, many attached to colleges, universities and economic development corporations. They o…
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Premiere Episode of The Freelance Economy
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In the premiere episode, Kim Merritt, The URL Dr., shares the premise of The Freelance Economy podcast and her background as a serial entrepreneur since the age of eleven. Her success on freelancing platform Upwork, led her to start speaking at national conferences three years ago on how freelancers and small business owners could grow their busine…
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57.3 million people in the United States freelanced in 2019, according to the "Freelancing in America" study conducted by Upwork and The Freelancer's Union. That's 36% of the US workforce. Kim Merritt, The URL Dr., and Top Rated Plus Upwork freelancer, explains the gig economy landscape in the US, who is participating in it and how it is impacting …
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How to Rebound from the Chaos, Without Burning Out
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Audie Cashion, licensed One Thing Trainer, and founder of The World Peace Center, joins Kim Merritt, The URL Dr., in a lively discussion about achieving extraordinary results and work/life balance in stressful and chaotic times through coaching. As a One Thing Trainer, Cashion specializes in helping the dental community implement new ways of thinki…
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