For many, becoming a freelancer can be the best way to ease into becoming a successful business owner.

Chip Schofield shares what it’s like to be a successful freelance business owner.  He works for himself, but he’s been able to sell his skills to some of the biggest advertising and production companies in the Philadelphia area.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Winning strategies to win repeat freelance work
• How to backward engineer your jobs to deliver what you promise
• The proper mindset to best serve your clients
• That humility is a powerful tool in your freelance bag-o-tricks
• How to draw from your past experience and victories to give your inner critic a proper beat-down
• Why technical proficiency is never enough to keep you employed
• What song you should spin plates to

Resources mentioned in the show:

• Entrepreneur on Fire with John Lee Dumas (not an affiliate link)
• Chip’s Theme song: “Sabre Dance” composed by Aram Khachaturian

Books mentioned:

(These are all affiliate links- meaning if you buy any of these books through the link, Amazon will pay me a commission)

• Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
• Mo Betta Blues: the world according to QuestLove – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson & Ben Greenman
• Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell

How to Connect with Chip:

• Twitter: @vinylspider
• Chip’s Demo Reel on Vimeo– Chip edited my favorite TV commercial ever, and it’s at about 5 minutes into the video linked here.