You'd think we'd know by now

+ what's your story?

Hi, Mel here.

This week, we sat down to record episode 10. Wahoo, double digits! Our excitement was short-lived when we realised after recording that my mic wasn’t engaged. Again.

*sigh*

Annoyingly, Ben even said halfway through “is your mic definitely plugged in, you sound really quiet…?”

I checked. The computer said it was using the correct one. But I’d unplugged and adjusted the mic arm just before we hit record. Should have come out then back into the software just to be safe. Another lesson learned.

What’s the story, indie glory?

Anyway, enough audio drama. We’d love to hear from you. Not about your mic mishaps (got plenty of our own, ta), we want to know how you ended up going indie in the first place.

What’s your origin story?

We’re going to feature listener stories in an episode, so let us know what led you to going solo/starting your own thing.

Just hit reply if you’re on our subscriber list or email show@indiebusinessclub.com if you’re not (yet) one of the cool kids.

New release

This Thursday, episode 9 comes out. It’s called Shiny Happy People and it’s all about personal branding. We know that term is a little marmite, but you’ve got a personal brand whether you like it or not. With a voice note from LinkedIn Queen Lea Turner.

In case you aren’t tech savvy like us (lolz) here’s some insider intel about our podcast. When we load up the audio into a Substack email and send it out, that’s how it gets onto spotify, apple, and the rest. It’s because we’ve hooked up (technical term) the RSS feed with our Substack account. After a slight delay, the episode then appears “wherever you get your podcasts”.

So, when we say subscribers hear first, we really mean it.

The back catalogue

All caught up with the latest episode? It’s called Chasing Rainbows and it’s all about business planning. But don’t let that put you off 😉

What is a business plan? Aren’t they massive and complicated?

Well, yes. They can be as massive and complicated as you want them to be. We’ve got a top tip from our pal Alastair Thomson to help you get started.

Alastair has kindly agreed to run through business planning with us, using indie business club as an example. We’ll keep you updated when we know how/when/where it’ll run.

01 Fools Gold: Pricing your projects ft. Tom Garfield and Ange Lyons
02 It’s Oh So Quiet: Finding Clients ft. John Lyons and Bonnie Harrington
03 All Together Now: Communities ft. Mark Masters and Ant Henderson
04 A Little Respect: Client Relationships ft. Jodie Newman and Sophie Cross
05 Flaming Lips: Public Speaking ft. Pascalle Bergmans, Becki Wilson and Nikki Pilkington
06 I Bet You Look Good On The Timeline ft. Dave Harland and Jonathan Wilcock
07 A Design for Life: Creating for yourself with guest co-host Dan Nelken ft. Penny Brazier and The McKinneys
08 Chasing Rainbows: Business planning ft. Alastair Thomson and Melanie Johnson

Find, follow, and adore us…

Spotify / Apple podcasts / Amazon Music and Audible

and on the indie business club LinkedIn page.

See ya,

Mel & Ben

Find our producer, theme composer and tallboy Ant Henderson on LinkedIn