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Freelance Road Trip Podcast is by a freelance designer for freelance creatives, and talks about everything they didn't teach you in design school but should have if you want to build an accelerate a creative business. The podcast is a companion to the Freelance Road Trip program for creativepreneurs, and drops every week on Thursday, sometimes on Friday, and occasionally on Saturday.

Apr 24, 2020

Protect your (intellectual) property rights. Although it’s a common assumption, clients are not automatically entitled to a designer’s working files. The client pays for and receives the end product, not the elements that went into creating it. In this episode I cover really good reasons — legally and ethically...


Apr 17, 2020

Managing time and being effective in work and personal life lies as much in what we don’t do as in what we do. Creating boundaries help you focus and respond to problems and glitches. You can define your boundaries in terms of a don’t-do-it list. In this episode I share my don’t-do-it list, why having this kind of...


Apr 9, 2020

What do you do when a client does a charge back? Should you discount during a crisis? How do you convince a client to stop demanding junk-drawer design? In this episode I answer 3 questions from freelance designers, share real-life answers by looking at how to solve the problems right now and ways to avoid dealing with...


Apr 2, 2020

From finding new ways to generate income to reducing expenses and budgeting, these tips are specifically targeted towards creative freelancers who want to maintain momentum in their businesses during a crisis. Take control of what you can control. Hit up the show notes for links to resources.