Best Steve Folland Podcasts (2024)

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Web Designer Phil Matthews 42:57

4d ago42:57

42:57

EPISODE SPONSORED BY RIVERSIDE Record high quality video & audio with Riverside. See how recording, live streaming and repurposing your content with Riverside can help your freelance business. It’s free to get started, but use code BEINGFREELANCE to save 15% on a paid plan. Use this link to help support the podcast or go to beingfreelance.com/river…

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Watch This Space... 1:17

1M ago1:17

1:17

I just wanted to let you know that my business (Pilgrimage Design) is changing. As a result, this podcast will be changing too. I'm working out the precise changes at the moment. And of course you'll be the first to know about them when they're public. So, watch this space… In the meantime, here are some resources that may be of interest: pilgrimag…

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Passion over Profit: Desire Lacap's Freelancing Philosophy 39:26

2M ago39:26

39:26

EPISODE SPONSORED BY RIVERSIDE Record high quality video & audio with Riverside. See how recording, live streaming and repurposing your content with Riverside can help your freelance business. It’s free to get started, but use code BEINGFREELANCE to save 15% on a paid plan. Use this link to help support the podcast or go to beingfreelance.com/river…

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Purpose Driven Freelancer Ettie Bailey-King 58:55

2M ago58:55

58:55

EPISODE SPONSORED BY RIVERSIDE Record high quality video & audio with Riverside. See how recording, live streaming and repurposing your content with Riverside can help your freelance business. It’s free to get started, but use code BEINGFREELANCE to save 15% on a paid plan. Use this link to help support the podcast or go to beingfreelance.com/river…

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"What Star Wars' Primal Branding Teaches Entrepreneurs" — Ian Paget, Logo Designer 29:54

2M ago29:54

29:54

Star Wars is an American sci-fi franchise and logo designer Ian Paget's favourite brand. Ian's been feeling the force since he first saw C-3PO on a VHS sleeve as a child. While developing his career as a logo designer, he has come to realise that these are more than films. Star Wars, he suggests, is a primal brand that can teach entrepreneurs how t…

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Subscription freelancing - Brand Designer Brennan Gilbert 55:43

3M ago55:43

55:43

EPISODE SPONSORED BY RIVERSIDE Record high quality video & audio with Riverside. See how recording, live streaming and repurposing your content with Riverside can help your freelance business. It’s free to get started, but use code BEINGFREELANCE to save 15% on a paid plan. Use this link to help support the podcast or go to beingfreelance.com/river…

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Start Local - Freelance Marketer Hannah Isted 53:29

3M ago53:29

53:29

EPISODE SPONSORED BY RIVERSIDE Record high quality video & audio with Riverside. See how recording, live streaming and repurposing your content with Riverside can help your freelance business. It’s free to get started, but use code BEINGFREELANCE to save 15% on a paid plan. Use this link to help support the podcast or go to beingfreelance.com/river…

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"Marshall's Soulful Branding" — Radim Malinic, Designer And Author 27:54

3M ago27:54

27:54

Marshall is a British amplification company and designer Radim Malinic's favourite brand. A wall of Marshall speakers at a Motörhead gig changed everything for a 90s teenager called Radim. He'd never heard anything like it. As he grew up, this sound soulfully wove its way into his own creativity. This is a love letter to a brand that's a million mi…

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Finding your Freelancing Niche - Video Production Specialist Kirth Noel 51:44

4M ago51:44

51:44

EPISODE SPONSORED BY RIVERSIDE Record high quality video & audio with Riverside. See how recording, live streaming and repurposing your content with Riverside can help your freelance business. It’s free to get started, but use code BEINGFREELANCE to save 15% on a paid plan. Use this link to help support the podcast or go to beingfreelance.com/river…

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Niche Resistant - Freelance Writer Shea Karssing 35:25

4M ago35:25

35:25

This time we're off to South Africa to hear the freelancing story of writer Shea Karssing. Shea was changing jobs every couple of years. Boredom setting in again. Taking freelance projects on the side to keep things interesting, she eventually realised she didn’t need a ‘job’ after all. In this episode we chat about - setting boundaries - building …

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"Thankyou: A Social Enterprise Facing Goliath" — Levina Kusumadjaja, Brand Strategist And Project Manager 24:39

4M ago24:39

24:39

Thankyou is an Australian social enterprise and strategist Levina Kusumadjaja's favourite brand. Ending extreme poverty by selling personal care and cleaning products? Impossible. But that's exactly what Thankyou have set out to do. In the process, they have faced giants of global capitalism and brought devoted supporters into their ranks. Levina i…

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Build A Freelancing Life - Architect Turned Designer Andy Hau 48:32

5M ago48:32

48:32

Meet multifaceted designer and illustrator and one-person agency, Andy Hau. Andy shatters the typical freelance mold by sharing his unique journey from architecture to the wide world of design, revealing how a chance encounter with musician Imogen Heap kickstarted his career in a new direction. Andy discusses the challenges of marketing yourself, t…

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Owning your age as a freelancer: The Wrinkly Writer - Mary Cameron 44:49

5M ago44:49

44:49

Age doesn't matter. Until it does. Until you get the feeling people won't hire you anymore because you're too old. For Mary, she was 58. From New Zealand, but having spent 30 years in Australia in 'normal' full time jobs. Faced with ageism, she realised maybe it wasn't just that the interview panels didn't want her. Maybe she didn't want them anymo…

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Fifteen Minutes Of Your Time... 15:00

5M ago15:00

15:00

Discover what I'm on about at pilgrimagedesign.substack.com/p/free-branding-workbook EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: www.pilgrimage.design/23-fifteen-minutes What is this podcast? Case studies in brand loyalty, equipping you to better connect with your audience. In each episode, a top guest picks their favourite brand. I then invite them to unpack why it means…

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Winning freelance clients from Instagram & TikTok with logo designer James Barnard 1:00:00

6M ago1:00:00

1:00:00

James Barnard shares his journey of becoming a freelancer and the strategies he uses to find clients and grow his business. He emphasises the importance of niche specialisation. When James focussed on logo design it made it much easier to attract clients. Steve and James discuss pricing strategies in attracting the right clients. When to first disc…

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Art Beyond the Arches: From McDonald's to a varied diet of design & illustration for freelancer Dan Bailey 50:54

6M ago50:54

50:54

Dan went freelance twice. First for creative freedom. Secondly to free him up for his family. Starting out as a designer for McDonald's but wanted a more varied diet of projects. With a lot of time freelancing in agencies, Dan learnt to stand out, be indispensable and build relationships to expand his chance of finding work. He also flexed himself …

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"Marmite's Branding Playbook For Food Startups" — Keva Epale, Brand And Storytelling Strategist 28:01

6M ago28:01

28:01

Marmite is a British savoury spread and strategist Keva Epale's favourite brand. Love it or hate it, you can't ignore it. A brand built on conflict and division? Surely that can't work. But, as Keva explains, Marmite's use of friction is precisely why it is so successful, especially in a world where everyone seems to be playing it safe. She shares …

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Copywriter Adri Kopp 42:29

7M ago42:29

42:29

From big cat zookeeper to taming words as a freelance copywriter, Adri's freelancing story starts a little differently. Burnout led to her quitting the zoo before even securing a paying client. A persistence in cold emailing, dealing with rejections that would have made many give up has led to warm relationships and a niche in emails themselves. Ad…

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Logo Designer Blesson Varghese 47:40

7M ago47:40

47:40

This time we're off to India to chat to self taught Logo & Brand Identity Designer Blesson Varghese. We cover the importance of networking, 'silent' mentors, balancing work and life, and the challenges faced by freelancers in a society that doesn't yet fully value creative professions. Additionally, Blesson shares insights on his approach to handli…

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"What The Beatles Teach Creators About Personal Branding" — Flora Aliaga, Community Manager 26:18

7M ago26:18

26:18

The Beatles are a British rock band and community manager Flora Aliaga's favourite brand. An Argentinian father playing 'Let It Be' for his five-year-old daughter. That's how this love story started for Flora, who was transported to another world when she discovered those four voices, those lyrics, those personalities… This episode dives into why T…

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Virtual Assistant Erin Buck 53:24

8M ago53:24

53:24

Meet VA & Social Media Assistant Erin Buck. Not that she knew what that was 5 years ago. But then, she was happy working in a school. She didn't need to know. But then a twinge in Erin's back turned her world upside down. Nerve damage could left her housebound, watching daytime TV. Instead she propelled herself into an online business world she had…

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Social Media Strategist Andréa Jones 51:11

8M ago51:11

51:11

Early success on platforms like Fiverr and Upwork led to Andréa expanding her services and horizons. Using video and podcasts she built trust. She also built an agency. Dealing with the challenges of managing a team, working around family, and staying focussed in a world of shiny objects. With the 'Savvy Social' Podcasts, YouTube, Membership, cours…

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"Liquid Death: Did-They-Really-Just-Do-That Branding" — Dave Hopkins, Print Design Expert 25:16

8M ago25:16

25:16

Liquid Death is an American canned water company and print design expert Dave Hopkins' favourite brand. "Who does that?!?" is a question that Dave has been asking himself since this subversively silly brand sprung into his life. Yes, it's mountain water with heavy metal branding. And, according to Dave, it reveals a lot about how to wrap a serious …

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Exhibition Designer Rebecca Shipham - Revisited 24:51

9M ago24:51

24:51

In this episode, Steve catches up with previous guest Rebecca Shipham, a freelance exhibition designer with 13 years of experience. They first spoke for the Being Freelance podcast in October 2015 - you can hear how Rebecca got started by listening to that. Here we are, eight years on - time to hear what happened next, through the challenges and re…

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Copywriter Eddie Shleyner 47:50

9M ago47:50

47:50

In 2014 Eddie started the Very Good Copy blog. Using it to educate himself, to explore copywriting techniques whilst working in-house. But he wasn’t the only one reading it. As it grew in popularlity, people started reaching out, offering him work. He turned them down. Until eventually in 2020, an opportunity came along that was too good to refuse.…

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Five Golden Rules For Small Brands (From Big Brands) — Growth Advice For Startups, Charities, Creators And Other Developing Brands 30:20

9M ago30:20

30:20

Let's say you're a startup developing an app. Or an NGO launching a social enterprise. Or a niche content creator. In other words, you're not a massive brand (at least not yet). This episode is FULL of growth advice for small brands like yours, drawn from ways that bigger brands have resonated with their audiences. Because multinational companies a…

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PR Lucy Werner 57:32

10M ago57:32

57:32

From starting as a PR freelancer to accidentally heading a small agency, working with her husband and then transitioning back into solo freelancing, Lucy shares the challenges she's faced along the way - both professional and personal. As the creator of ‘Hype Yourself’, we hear how showing up daily even in her darkest days has built Lucy’s reputati…

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Webflow Expert Robert Smart 32:47

10M ago32:47

32:47

Study, determination, and a knack for design were going to take Robert out of his poor upbringing in South Africa. But the death of his brother, drew him back again. To help young people see a brighter future for themselves, he needed time. To have time, he needed to go freelance. Faced with the daunting reality of having to survive without savings…

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"BBC's Branding Brilliance" — Steve Folland, Being Freelance Podcast 24:26

10M ago24:26

24:26

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is podcaster Steve Folland's favourite brand. Listening to Simon Mayo on Walkman. Rushing home to watch 'The Broom Cupboard' after school. 'Ski Sunday' signalling the end of the weekend. Steve's childhood is wrapped up in warm memories of the BBC: a trusted friend with whom he has journeyed ever since. Exp…

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Web Designer Hannah Dossary 53:07

11M ago53:07

53:07

Hannah wondered how the people she met whilst travelling could afford to travel non-stop. It turned out, they were freelancers. And so began a journey into figuring out how she could make that happen, whether she’d like it when she did - and finding her niche along the way. Now back in the UK, she is ‘Hannah from Shiny Happy Digital Design’. Happy …

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