Advice Roundup: Things You Wish You Knew Before You Start Your Business

If you’ve been freelancing or running a small business for any amount of time, you’ve learned a few things you probably wish you knew from the start. In this episode, I’ve asked a few of my freelancing friends (as well as Twitter), “What’s one thing you wish you knew when you started freelancing?” There’s lots of great advice, so let’s get to it!







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* The original Twitter Thread* Jean Perpillant | Twitter* Sal Ferrarello | Twitter* Topher DeRosia | Twitter* Birgit Paulie-Haak | Twitter* Jonathan Bossanger | Twitter* Getting Back to Blogging with Colin Devroe



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If you’ve been freelancing or running a small business for any amount of time, you’ve learned a few things you probably wish you knew from the start. In this episode, I’ve asked a few of my freelancing friends (as well as Twitter), “What’s one thing you wish you knew when you started freelancing?” There’s lots of great advice, so let’s get to it!

Break: Before we get started, I want to tell you about my online membership and community, Creator Courses. I know that when you want to learn something new, the natural thing you probably do is go to Google or YouTube. I do the same thing, and that’s great for one-off projects. I used a YouTube video to learn how to change a light switch in my house. But because there are lots of videos on every topic, you end up asking, “Which one is best and who do you trust? What order do you even watch the videos in, and will you get the support you need?” These are all things where YouTube or other potentially free videos fall short.

I started Creator Courses a few years ago with the idea of just putting online courses out there, and I decided to morph it into a membership last year. You can become a member and take all of the courses that we have to offer included in that membership, and those courses focus on everything from just basic WordPress up to learning how to build websites without code. All of the courses are developed by me, and if you listen regularly you know that I’ve been a developer for decades at this point, and I have lots of experience building websites. I’m a teacher at heart, and I’ve created courses for LinkedIn Learning and Universities. On top of the courses, we’re also a community, and members get access to forums and Slack and office hours with me.