by Jeanie Garrett | Feb 28, 2020 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
On February 12, 2020, Freelance Austin took its meeting on the road to tour the KUT studio with Morning Edition host and Women Communicators of Austin (WCA) member, Jennifer Stayton. KUT is located on the University of Texas campus in the Belo Center for New Media....
by Rafi | Jan 16, 2020 | Event, Freelance Austin Blog, Meeting Recaps
As 2019 wound down, copywriter Kristen Hicks spoke to Freelance Austin members about how to start the new year on a strong note: Break up with clients who are toxic or just aren’t a good fit. Keep The Right People On Your Client List Kristen gave us practical...
by Catherine Jewell | Dec 10, 2019 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
One of the most common business analogies is to think outside the box. I was lucky early in my business life to have a great coach, Mark LeBlanc, who said, “Out-of-the-box thinking is great. But most entrepreneurs fail because they don’t build a box. They don’t define...
by Jeanie Garrett | Nov 11, 2019 | Freelance Austin Blog, Freelance Tips
I remember visiting a house a few years ago for an end-of-the-year 5th grade graduation party for my oldest daughter. It was beautiful; tastefully decorated and filled with old paintings from an Inn in Maine the child’s grandparents used to own. “Wow, I wonder what...
by Rafi | Oct 23, 2019 | Faces of Freelance Austin, Freelance Austin Blog
Faces of Freelance Austin is a monthly feature to get to know one of our many members just a little bit better. For this month’s installment, we check in with Jeanie Garrett, Program Chair of Freelance Austin. Name: Jeanie Garrett Business: Grace Communications...
by Kristen Dunn | Oct 15, 2019 | Freelance Austin Blog
One of the hardest parts about freelancing, other than dealing with those dreaded taxes, is knowing how to handle the “dead space” between projects. You know what I’m talking about, right? You’ll be drowning in client work one day, and then all of a sudden, it just...
