The Causey Consulting Podcast

It's pretty easy to find articles, chats, and support if you're a client wishing to kvetch about a freelancer. And I get it: I've been on that end of the transaction, too, waiting and wondering if so…

If you ever feel like you're floating through life, not really sure about what you want or you look around at other people and feel envious... "Why do they have that? Why are they experiencing life s…

What happens when you're not stuck with nothing... you're just getting that which is unwanted? Sometimes getting 💩 feels worse than getting nothing at all. 

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✔️ Sadsacks and wounded birds te…

I received some Viewer Mail from "Eddie" who is struggling with ads. The types of ad strategies that work for others in his space aren't working for him. So now what?

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✔️ Eddie has hired a f…

We've all had times when we wanted something to show up in our lives but... where is it? How do we handle the impatience and frustration? 

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✔️ I think of Charlotte in SATC saying, "I'm exhau…

Is ghosting always a negative thing? In times past, we tended to think that there was never an acceptable time or circumstance to simply vanish. Yet technology has changed the culture so much and, li…

In this episode, I'm discussing some viewer mail I received from "Cindy." She is looking to attract clients who treat her with dignity and respect rather than being pains in the neck, micromanagers, …

An hour worked should be an hour paid. Yet so many small business owners, solopreneurs, and freelancers feel like they need to give entirely too much away. In this episode, I discuss my client "Jeff"…

Back in March, I recorded an episode about Making the Price Leap, which is when your business is surviving and you want to kick it up to thriving. I received some requests to discuss the first big le…

It's April Fool's Day, but this is no joke. *insert wah wah horn here*

Recently, I had a conversation with one of my clients about "almost" clients. What do we do with people who got 4th & Goal but ne…

Last November, I recorded an episode about Sandra Aamodt's book Why Diets Make Us Fat. This episode is a sort of next chapter to that. In other words: no more dieting, so now what? If you've done bat…

Video may not have totally killed the radio star, but the game sure changed. LPs to 8 tracks to cassettes to CDs to MP3s to streaming... Is the global gig economy killing third party, contingency-bas…

The first big leap is transitioning from corporate employee into full-time self-employed business owner, solopreneur, or freelancer. But what about the next big leap... How do you go from surviving i…

Special Saturday broadcast. 🛰️ On Thursday, the NY Times published an op-ed about critical thinking and internet disinformation. In this special episode, I discuss my thoughts.

✔️ Con artists, grifte…

People who are out there selling based on a process are typically not making the kind of money they want to make. Do your clients care about your process or getting bogged down in minutia or having y…

January was a crazy month for me. My plans of just half-hibernating through the month went to the wayside and I had a couple of bizarre experiences. I am sharing them here (highly sanitized, of cours…

In July of last year, I predicted that censorship was the wave of the future. Now here we are. So if you didn't heed my warnings last year, cockadoodledoo. 🐓 Here's your wake up call.

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✔️ I…

If even the mention of the term "sales call" gives you heartburn, you're not alone. Especially if you had some hard-driving manager who monitored your phone time or gave you a call sheet every day to…

If you're hearing this broadcast, congrats: you made it out of 2020 and into 2021. Unfortunately, I don't know that 2021 is going to be any better for us than last year was and it will be even more i…

One important component in getting what you want in life is to focus on what you want rather than dwelling on what you don't want. Sounds so simple and easy... yet for many people, it's a struggle.

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