The advice gold rush

Paul Jarvis noticed that there’s been a rush to sell advice recently and he’s questioning the long-term implications of it.

A Target Audience of One

A really interesting article about positioning came from Blair Enns this week about positioning. Read it twice: first on the surface to see how he’s speaking to his audience and then a second time to think about how you could do the same for your audience.

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Quick Links

Protecting Yourself From Freelancer Exploitation (shopify.com)

How to Build a Team that Fosters Your Agency’s Growth (nusii.com)

Is Freelancing Right For You? (freelancetransformation.com)

What’s Hot (And What’s Not) in the World of Freelancing in 2016 (bidsketch.com)

Don’t participate in the culture of easy answers (curtismchale.ca)

How to effectively and consistently tell your brand’s story (freelancersunion.org)

Podcasts

Curtis McHale: The best time to become a great consultant is when you still have a job (curtismchale.ca)

Freelance Transformation #70: Manage Your Freelancing Finances with Raj Bhaskar (freelancetransformation.com)

Freelancers Show: #209 Proposals with Curtis McHale (devchat.tv)

Thanks, I’ll see you next week

Eric Davis (@edavis10)