From accidental freelancing to thriving business | Ep. 41 with Carolyn Zick

Freelance Thrive 🚀

Gain insights into the importance of self-trust while freelancing, understand how to recognize a bad fit in freelancing opportunities, and learn how to make clients pay you upfront! In this episode, we speak with Carolyn Zick, a social marketing and online community-building expert who is hugely passionate about organic marketing tactics that build relationships and has run the Bad Axe Enterprise business since 2015 🤩 With Carolyn we talked about how to build your professional brand from scratch, in particular: ✅ Starting a freelancing career by helping a friend. ✅ Spotting red flags during client interactions and filtering potential clients effectively. ✅ Stop comparing yourself with others and be realistic with your experience. Join us to learn from Carolyn's experiences and gain valuable insights into how you can improve your own freelancing career 🚀 Check out the 9am platform - the All-In-One tool you need as a freelancer! 🔥🚀💪 https://www.9am.works/freelancer Connect with Carolyn on social media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-zick/ Timestamps:

(00:00) Carolyn's Introduction

(00:36) Journey into Freelancing

(05:45) Value of Trusting Yourself

(09:06) Recognizing and Rejecting Bad Opportunities

(12:10) Importance of Upfront Payment

(15:31) Milestones in Building Bad Axe Enterprise

(20:46) Reflections and Future Plans #FreelanceThrive #freelancing #futureofwork