Hello, Mel here.
Episode 17 of indie business club podcast is called Hanging On The Telephone and it’s all about professional ghosting.
In it, we cover:
reasons why prospective clients might ghost you
ways to try and prevent it happening
what to do if you do get ghosted and
if you’re ghosted on payment, this blog from FreeAgent might be useful
If you enjoy the show, you can chip in on our production costs at ko-fi.com/indiebusinessclub please and thank you 💖
Voicenoted
We’ve got a voicenote in from cat-daddy Will Slater, creative content specialist at 43 Clicks North. Will’s also an event speaker and specialises in storytelling as a marketing tool.
Your friend and mine
This week’s YFAM is the lovely Heather Pownall. Heather is an award-winning media and marketing consultant, podcast producer and ideas machine. She’s also producer for friend of the show Ange Lyons’ podcast, Creatives Like Us.
YouTube
Did you know you can now watch the show on YouTube here? You get to see all our facial expressions and the messy bits Ant cut but I can’t be bothered to trim off the video.
Email the show
Got a burning question about being a freelancer, founder, or independent business owner? Or a story about how you’ve been ghosted? Get in touch on show@indiebusinessclub.com and we might feature you in a future episode.
Cheers,
Mel & Ben
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The back catalogue
16 Heart Shaped Box: niching ft Ayo Abbas and Raymond Manzor
15 The Masterplan: goal setting ft Janine Coombes and friends
b-side Word of the year
b-side LinkedIn revisited
14 Handbags and Gladrags: Industry Awards ft Charles Commins and Fab Giovannetti
13 You’re The Voice: Tone Of Voice ft Nick Parker, Rishi Dastidar and Amy Nolan
12 Plug In Baby: Software ft Jo Shock and Jack Chambers-Ward
11 Somebody Told Me: Referrals ft Bob Burg and Penni and Jo Pickering
10 Paranoid Android: AI vs creativity ft Tom Albrighton and Molly Scanlan
09 Shiny Happy People: Personal brands ft Lea Turner and Steve Folland
08 Chasing Rainbows: Business planning ft. Alastair Thomson and Melanie Johnson
07 A Design For Life: Creating for yourself with guest co-host Dan Nelken ft. Penny Brazier and The McKinneys
06 I Bet You Look Good On The Timeline ft. Dave Harland and Jonathan Wilcock
05 Flaming Lips: Public Speaking ft. Pascalle Bergmans, Becki Wilson and Nikki Pilkington
04 A Little Respect: Client Relationships ft. Jodie Newman and Sophie Cross
03 All Together Now: Communities ft. Mark Masters and Ant Henderson
02 It’s Oh So Quiet: Finding Clients ft. John Lyons and Bonnie Harrington
01 Fools Gold: Pricing your projects ft. Tom Garfield and Ange Lyons
00 What’s The Story? Podcast origins
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