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The Content Byte

Hosts Rachel Smith (from Rachel's List) and journalist and content writer Lynne Testoni are serving up weekly short bites of advice, tips and strategies, plus special guests, for freelancers who make a living from using their words. We're shooting for 15-minute episodes, but can't promise anything because we can both talk the leg off a chair.

Media Writing Marketing Careers Business
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
34 minutes
Episodes
274
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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How to be paid well with Sue White

How to be paid well with Sue White

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne are chatting with freelance writer, journalist, consultant and media trainer Sue White. As a highly successful freelancer, Sue is all about knowing your own…

00:58:14  |   Sun 03 Nov 2024
How to earn more as a freelancer without ruining your life with Sarah Greesonbach

How to earn more as a freelancer without ruining your life with Sarah Greesonbach

This week, Rachel and Lynne chat with B2B writer and coach Sarah Greesonbach. We reached out to her after seeing her great comments and funny posts on LinkedIn and we love her approach to freelance w…

00:41:54  |   Sun 27 Oct 2024
How to use community to grow a freelance business with Jenn Donovan

How to use community to grow a freelance business with Jenn Donovan

This week on the podcast Rachel and Lynne are talking about how to grow your businesses with Jenn Donovan. Jenn is passionate about small businesses (which is what a freelance career essentially is) …

00:38:21  |   Sun 20 Oct 2024
Creating personality-driven email newsletters with Steven Lewis

Creating personality-driven email newsletters with Steven Lewis

And we are back! After a short post-Summit haitus, Lynne and Rachel are back with a new season and a great guest. And it's all about personality-driven email newsletters. Emails are having their mome…

01:00:59  |   Sun 13 Oct 2024
It's Summit Time! Our pick of the must-see sessions

It's Summit Time! Our pick of the must-see sessions

It's just a few days before the biggest event of the year (in our calendars anyway!). It's time for The Content Byte Summit. Hosts Rachel & Lynne talk about the impressive line-up of speakers and all…

00:22:58  |   Sun 08 Sep 2024
Corporate communications and using data to create better content, with Cameron Pegg

Corporate communications and using data to create better content, with Cameron Pegg

Communications professional and content strategist Cameron Pegg is Rachel & Lynne's guest this week. Cameron talks about how his time at university helped him create better stories and what his early…

00:46:23  |   Sun 01 Sep 2024
Lucia Osborne-Crowley on court reporting and trauma-informed writing

Lucia Osborne-Crowley on court reporting and trauma-informed writing

This week on the podcast, Rachel is unwell, so Lynne is on her own talking with new author and court reporter Lucia Osborne-Crowley. Lucia's latest book, The Lasting Harm, Witnessing the Trial of Gh…

00:36:34  |   Sun 25 Aug 2024
Paul Merrill on moving from publishing to content

Paul Merrill on moving from publishing to content

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne are chatting with Paul Merrill, a former editor in chief of weekly magazines, who established his own freelance content business five years ago. Paul talks …

00:39:28  |   Sun 18 Aug 2024
Sarah Aubrey on a career as a voice actor

Sarah Aubrey on a career as a voice actor

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne have a special guest - voice actor Sarah Aubrey. A long-time actor, voice actor and freelancer, Sarah shares her career journey and how she found her niche …

00:45:41  |   Sun 11 Aug 2024
Leonie Dawson on Marketing without Social Media

Leonie Dawson on Marketing without Social Media

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne chat with the inspiring Leonie Dawson. Leonie is a marketer, author and course creator, helping businesses develop their marketing - all in just 10 hours a …

00:47:16  |   Sun 04 Aug 2024
Editor Virginia Jen on how print and digital work together

Editor Virginia Jen on how print and digital work together

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne are chatting with Virginia Jen, subeditor, writer and now editor. Virginia has worked on some of Australia's most prestigious publications, including Vogue …

00:43:57  |   Sun 28 Jul 2024
Austin L Church on the $300k flywheel and The Content Byte Summit

Austin L Church on the $300k flywheel and The Content Byte Summit

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne are chatting with Austin L Church. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, Austin is a writer, marketer, and coach - and is one of the keynote speakers at The Cont…

00:53:50  |   Sun 21 Jul 2024
Akash Arora on working as a travel writer and editor

Akash Arora on working as a travel writer and editor

Travel writer, editor and journalist Akash Arora is living the dream - and this week Lynne and Rachel chat to him about what it takes to be a travel writer, what it really means to be on the road alm…

00:32:51  |   Sun 14 Jul 2024
Rachelle Unreich on freelance writing, and telling her mother’s story

Rachelle Unreich on freelance writing, and telling her mother’s story

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne chat with freelance writer and author Rachelle Unreich. Rachelle talks about the journey to publication of her compelling memoir, A Brilliant Life, about he…

00:41:04  |   Sun 07 Jul 2024
Moving from freelancing to starting your own agency, with Vanessa Keys

Moving from freelancing to starting your own agency, with Vanessa Keys

This week, Rachel and Lynne chat with agency content director, Vanessa Keys. Vanessa shares her career journey from work experience in glossy magazines, to securing feature writing roles before trave…

00:39:41  |   Sun 30 Jun 2024
Making business finance accessible with Justine McLean

Making business finance accessible with Justine McLean

This week Lynne and Rachel chat with Justine McLean, who is on a mission to help small business owners and freelancers understand their finances. Her new book, Business Money Magnet, is all about how…

00:42:19  |   Sun 23 Jun 2024
Writing your first novel, with Siobhan O'Brien

Writing your first novel, with Siobhan O'Brien

This week, Rachel and Lynne chat with writer Siobhan O'Brien, who has just released her first novel to much acclaim - All the Golden Light - details here: https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460762…

00:43:39  |   Sun 16 Jun 2024
All about LinkedIn and how to make it work for you, with Cathy Anderson

All about LinkedIn and how to make it work for you, with Cathy Anderson

This week on the podcast, Lynne and Rachel are speaking with Cathy Anderson, a senior editor at LinkedIn Australia. Cathy shares her inside knowledge on how LinkedIn works, and how to make the most o…

00:46:36  |   Sun 09 Jun 2024
All about pricing for freelancers with Jasmine Parasram

All about pricing for freelancers with Jasmine Parasram

This week, Rachel and Lynne chat with the Pricing Queen, Jasmine Parasram, and talk all things pricing, an issue that we know freelancers, both new and experienced, struggle with.

Jasmine talks about…

00:53:25  |   Sun 02 Jun 2024
Louise Milligan on storytelling, investigative reporting and her new book, Pheasant’s Nest

Louise Milligan on storytelling, investigative reporting and her new book, Pheasant’s Nest

This week Rachel and Lynne welcome investigative journalist Louise Milligan to the podcast hot seat. Louise talks about her work on Four Corners and her previous non-fiction books, Cardinal, The Rise…

00:47:49  |   Sun 26 May 2024
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