Have we got a treat for you! This episode with content strategist, business coach and consultant Treasa Edmond is full of gold for any freelancer wanting to move up the value chain and secure more high-paying clients.

In our wide-ranging chat, Treasa talks about:

• The different between offering content strategy and a strategic consulting
• Which one is an entry point for high-paying work
• How strategy can open the gates to providing more effective content
• How and why value pricing is better for this type of work
• Her favourite client-finding strategies
• Common mistakes freelancers make

Capcut is here: https://www.capcut.com/

Treasa's podcast is called Boss Responses: https://bossresponses.com/

Or take a look at Strategy Bosses: https://bossresponses.com/strategy-bosses-community/

Or through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/treasaedmond/

Find Rachel www.rachelsmith.com.au

Find Lynne www.lynnetestoni.com

Rachel's List www.rachelslist.com.au

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This week on the podcast, Rachel & Lynne's guest is freelance writer and author Sue Williams. Sue talks about her long and successful career as a writer and journalist and how it led to non-fiction books and now historical novels.

During the episode, Sue talks about:

• How her career started and when she moved to freelancing
• Her love of travel writing and why she still does journalism
• Why following a brief and making it easy for editors will give you more work
• Why it's hard to pitch story ideas, and why it's important
• How she secured an agent and publisher for her books
• The challenge of writing historical fiction and why it's harder than she thought
• How she uses AI and why it will never replace human content

Connect with Sue via her website: https://suewilliams.com.au/

Her latest book is The Governor, His Wife and His Mistress, and is available from all good bookstores.

Find Rachel www.rachelsmith.com.au

Find Lynne www.lynnetestoni.com

Rachel's List www.rachelslist.com.au

Thanks (as always) to our sponsors Rounded (www.rounded.com.au), an easy invoicing and accounting solution that helps freelancers run their businesses with confidence. Looking to take advantage of the discount for Rachel's List Gold Members? Email us at: hello@rachelslist.com.au for the details.

Episode edited by Marker Creative Co www.markercreative.co

This week we are chatting with Carolyn Tate, a former journalist turned agency founder. Carolyn talks about her career as a freelancer, setting up her agency, and what she has learned along the way.

During our discussion, we talked about:

• How the way she worked changed after an ADHD diagnosis
• How her freelance career took off after she started thinking like a business
• How she learned that rejection is just part of freelancing
• The challenges of hiring and managing staff
• How and where she finds clients
• How AI has affected her work - and how she uses it
• Why following the brief will bring you repeat work

Connect with Carolyn through her website: https://www.stellarcontent.com.au/ or email talent@stellarcontent.com.au if you are interested in pitching your services

or via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-tate/

Find Rachel www.rachelsmith.com.au
Find Lynne www.lynnetestoni.com
Rachel's List www.rachelslist.com.au

Thanks (as always) to our sponsors Rounded (www.rounded.com.au), an easy invoicing and accounting solution that helps freelancers run their businesses with confidence. Looking to take advantage of the discount for Rachel's List Gold Members? Email us at: hello@rachelslist.com.au for the details.

Episode edited by Marker Creative Co www.markercreative.co