The Freelancer's Teabreak

In this mini episode, I share two tools that I've been loving recently to create guides, workflows and processes for both me and my team. And they're both handy little Chrome extensions! The tools are Loom and Scribe.   Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.   Mentions: Loom: www.loom.com Scribe: www.scribehow.com  

Last week, I spoke about what to do with all the ideas. This week, I'm sharing two ideas that are coming to fruition in September! Sign up to my newsletter: www.freelancelifestyle.co.uk/newsletter or https://freelancelifestyle.co.uk/freebies/ Freelance Lunch Club Sessions: https://freelancelifestyle.podia.com/freelance-lunch-club Biz and Brew Coaching Sessions: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biz-and-brew-group-coaching-sessions-values-tickets-704496446837?aff=oddtdtcreator Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

What do you do with all the ideas you have for your business? In this episode, I share the three steps I take to record, assess and implement business ideas - without getting overwhelmed!   Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.   Mentions: Extra Focus email: https://www.extrafocus.com/      

In this episode I'm joined by Kelly Cookson from Cheer Up Marketing, marketing strategist, to talk about positive psycholgy (NOT toxic positivity) and lean marketing.   Kelly Cookson Website: www.cheerupmarketing.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/cheerupmarketing Visit her on Facebook Freebie: https://www.cheerupmarketing.com/free   Emma Cossey Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.   Mentions VIA Character Strenghts Survey: https://www.viacharacter.org/        

Imagine being able to find clients without using social media. Sound like the dream? Viv Guy has done it. And she's here to share how she does it, what happened to her business when she came off social media, and how she's swapping scrolling for connecting!   Viv Guy Website: vivguy.com Freebie: https://vivguy.com/accelerator/   Emma Cossey Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

Whether you're taking the summer holidays off for family, or planning a break this year, there are a few things you should do before you close up your laptop. Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

In this mini episode, I have a little rant...about why freelancing isn't taken seriously as a career option. What do you think? Were you offered it as a career option?   Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

I love using Voxer in my business! It makes coaching more accessible, more afforable, gives you room to verbally process things and take action. Curious about how you can use it in your business, or curious about my Voxer coaching? Tune into this episode! Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.      

Have you set your Q3 goals? Make sure you include these three things to turn those quartely dreams into action plans! Complete the course: https://freelancelifestyle.podia.com/goal-setting-for-freelancers Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.  

Times are a little trickier right now for freelancers. Now is the time to make sure you're really following up with people, whether that's pitches you've sent, previous clients, or following up when someone has clicked through on your newsletter. In this solo episode, I go into a little more detail on how to do that.   Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

This week, I've got the two brilliant women who I trained to be a coach with - Jo Wheatley and Zoe Hawkins! Jo and Zoe share some tips on what to know about coaching, how to get started, and why getting training is so important.   In Good Company My affiliate link for their courses: https://www.igcompany.co.uk/a/2147490958/QYrGBFdd Website: http://www.igcompany.co.uk/ The Coaching Crown Podcast: https://www.igcompany.co.uk/blog  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_coaching_crowd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/414949805636198 Book: https://www.igcompany.co.uk/book  Quiz: Which coaching course is right for you? - https://mycoachingcourse.com/    Emma Cossey Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.        

Sophie Cross is the founder and editor of Freelancer Magazine. Join us while we chat about freelancing, starting a magazine and Good Boss-ing ourselves!   Sophie Cross - Freelancer Magazine LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophcross Website: https://freelancermagazine.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreelancerMagz   Emma Cossey Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.

Interested in podcasting? Wondering about the benefit of doing it as a freelancer? In this week's podcast, I have Podcasting PR expert Fiona Fraser on to chat about podcasting (including a little trip down podcasting memory lane), what makes a good podcast, why it's worth doing and how to do it!  Tools mentioned in the episode: Descript, Audacity and Acast ************** Find Fiona You can find Fiona on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/thepodcastexpert Check out her Get booked on Podcasts Live (thepodcastexpert.co.uk) *************** Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group (Fiona is in there too!) Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership. Want to know what your freelance personality type is? I've got a quiz for that! https://quiz.freelancelifestyle.co.uk/    

Resources mentioned in the podcast: The Nap Ministry The Nap Ministry | Rest is Resistance The Wintering https://amzn.to/42laUoc  Ellen Franklyn-Carr's details Ellen Franklyn-Carr is a multipassionate creative, holistic coach, yoga teacher & student & facilitator of transformation.  Website: The Good Space (thegood-space.com) Follow Ellen on Instagram Ellen Franklyn-Carr (@thegoodspaceuk) • Instagram photos and videos Create Shift podcast: Create Shift on Apple Podcasts Emma Cossey's details Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

  This week is a simple one - declutter your desk! In fact, in this episode you'll get five minutes of music to use to make a start on your desk.  Follow me on Instagram (@emmacossey) Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

Need to sort some of your SEO? Oh same. I've got Mary James onto the podcast to chat about how to do it without being totally overwhelmed! Mary's workshop: Sort Some SEO (maryjameswriter.com) Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

We're into week 3 of Great Freelance Spring Clean, and this week it's all about spring cleaning your online presence. Mary's SEO workshop: Sort Some SEO (maryjameswriter.com) Looking for the freebies? Here you go! Freebies Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

Throughout April, I'm sharing some micro spring cleaning challenges to help you make your freelance life a little easier. This week, I'm tackling emails! Below is a quick summary of the main points, with the links mentioned.  Create a filter for newsletters. I followed this tutorial on tiktok by Charlotte Goss VA, and it’s made my inbox a much happier place to be! I know Gmail has a filter a bit like this, but it still ends up contributing to my inbox numbers. This filter means it skips the inbox, goes straight to a subfolder and gets archived, but still shows up as unread in the folder until you read it. Essentially it filters for any emails that say ‘unsubscribe’ in the body, so any emails you’ve subscribed to. Which means your main inbox will mainly just be direct emails for you!  Try an app like Chuck. I think this might be an iphone only app, but I’m sure there are alternatives on Android etc. Essentially it sorts by sender, so I can see in one go how many emails I have from each sender…then quickly

Hey! Ready to spring clean your finances? It's April 5th, so it's a great time to do it. And the good news is, you can do most of it from the comfort of your sofa!  Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Jump on the mailing list at www.freelancelifestyle.co.uk/newsletter Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.    

In April, I'm going to talk about spring cleaning your freelance life, and I have a series of newsletters and podcast episodes lined up to help you with that! Join the newsletter at www.freelancelifestyle.co.uk/newsletter   Follow me on Instagram Email: hello@emmacossey.com Come join us in the free Freelance Lifestylers Facebook group Want more support? Check out the Freelance Lifestyle School courses and membership.