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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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Combining freelance writing and news journalism with Caroline Riches

Combining freelance writing and news journalism with Caroline Riches

We just love to meet freelancers who have managed to combine different types of writing into a successful career. This week, Rachel and Lynne chat with Caroline Riches, a news journalist for 25 years…

00:35:07  |   Mon 20 May 2024
Stories from our audience: when freelancing kicked you in the ass

Stories from our audience: when freelancing kicked you in the ass

This week, Rachel and Lynne are doing something different! They have turned the microphone over to some of their listeners. In this great compilation episode, listeners and former guests share some o…

00:53:47  |   Sun 12 May 2024
Jessica Mudditt on leaving journalism to start her own publishing company

Jessica Mudditt on leaving journalism to start her own publishing company

This week Rachel and Lynne have a return guest - Jessica Mudditt. A journalist and author, Jessica has embraced risk and adventure to start her own publishing business, Hembury Books, which provides …

00:55:00  |   Sun 05 May 2024
From magazine editor to content creator on the tools: Meet Natasha Dickins

From magazine editor to content creator on the tools: Meet Natasha Dickins

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne are chatting with Natasha Dickins, a former magazine editor who has carved out a great career creating content for DIY clients. Natasha talks about her love…

00:52:00  |   Sun 28 Apr 2024
Using evergreen marketing to avoid slow seasons as a freelancer - with Prerna Malik

Using evergreen marketing to avoid slow seasons as a freelancer - with Prerna Malik

This week on The Content Byte, Rachel and Lynne have one of the founders of Content Bistro, Prerna Malik. Prerna and her husband Mayank are copywriters and specialists in the area of evergreen market…

00:43:49  |   Sun 21 Apr 2024
Combining journalism with media training – with Theresa Miller

Combining journalism with media training – with Theresa Miller

This week, Lynne and Rachel are chatting with TV journalist turned media trainer, Theresa Miller. Theresa has a great story of creating a new career in media training and coaching, working with corpo…

00:51:32  |   Sun 14 Apr 2024
Lisa Almond on copywriting and life-or-death crises

Lisa Almond on copywriting and life-or-death crises

This week on the website, Rachel and Lynne are chatting with Lisa Almond, a copywriter and paramedic. We thought it was such an intriguing combination that we just had to get her on the podcast! 

We …

00:35:06  |   Sun 07 Apr 2024
Nicole Webb - journalist turned media expert and book publicist

Nicole Webb - journalist turned media expert and book publicist

This week Rachel & Lynne are chatting with media expert and publicist Nicole Webb. Now based in Singapore, Nicole has had a diverse and exciting career and she talks about her new service of book pub…

00:31:34  |   Sun 24 Mar 2024
Working with freelancers with Rounded's Grant McCall

Working with freelancers with Rounded's Grant McCall

This week Rachel and Lynne are chatting with the founder and head of product at Rounded - our sponsor. A former freelancer, Grant tells the story of how the company was founded and what it's like dea…

00:46:54  |   Sun 17 Mar 2024
Specialising in email marketing with Eman Ismail

Specialising in email marketing with Eman Ismail

This week Rachel & Lynne are super excited to have Eman Ismail on the podcast. Eman is a specialist in email marketing, which is such a growth industry and she shares her tips, tricks and the story a…

01:03:53  |   Sun 10 Mar 2024
Web 3 and content marketing with Bec Haddad

Web 3 and content marketing with Bec Haddad

This week on the podcast, Rachel & Lynne are looking to the future - and helping us all to understand what's in our pipelines. We are chatting with writer and content creator Bec Haddad, about her ca…

00:40:18  |   Sun 03 Mar 2024
Successful freelancers: stylist, writer and photographer Jessica Bellef

Successful freelancers: stylist, writer and photographer Jessica Bellef

This week on the podcast, Rachel & Lynne chat with a freelancer who keeps adding more skills to her arsenal - stylist, writer and now photographer Jessica Bellef. Specialising in lifestyle and interi…

00:39:59  |   Sun 25 Feb 2024
Successful freelancers: Julie Lee and the Medium Rare story

Successful freelancers: Julie Lee and the Medium Rare story

This week Rachel and Lynne are chatting with successful freelancer (and tree-changer) Julie Lee. Julie was one of the first employees at Medium Rare Content, a highly successful content agency with l…

00:34:54  |   Sun 18 Feb 2024
Why blogging isn’t enough for SEO - with Abbey of the Duo Collective

Why blogging isn’t enough for SEO - with Abbey of the Duo Collective

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne revisit SEO. We think that it's been a little overlooked lately with all this talk about AI and it's so important. Our guest this week is Abbey, half of mar…

00:45:26  |   Sun 11 Feb 2024
6 types of collaborations freelancers can do to get work

6 types of collaborations freelancers can do to get work

This week's it's just hosts Rachel and Lynne as we get back into the swing of things - and set ourselves up for a new year of freelance work. And, as the saying goes, it's not what you know, it's who…

00:26:56  |   Sun 04 Feb 2024
Specialising your way to higher rates with Abi Prendergast

Specialising your way to higher rates with Abi Prendergast

This week Rachel and Lynne have a special guest talking about how nicheing down (or specialising) can bring you higher income clients and a more successful and resilient business. 

Funnel strategist …

00:44:27  |   Sun 21 Jan 2024
6 things freelancers need to start doing on LinkedIn in 2024 with Adam Franklin

6 things freelancers need to start doing on LinkedIn in 2024 with Adam Franklin

And we are back for 2024 - and with such a useful episode! This week Rachel & Lynne chat with LinkedIn expert Adam Franklin on how to use this super-helpful and useful social media tool to get more w…

00:49:16  |   Mon 15 Jan 2024
Our takeaways from 2023

Our takeaways from 2023

As the year draws to a close, hosts Rachel and Lynne chat about our favourite episodes of the year - and some of the things we have learned from our marvellous guests.

We chat about:

  • What we learned…
00:24:26  |   Sun 17 Dec 2023
Freelance work in podcast producing, with Kim Kerton from Unemployed and Afraid

Freelance work in podcast producing, with Kim Kerton from Unemployed and Afraid

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne chat with Kim Kerton of Unemployed and Afraid, talking about the growing opportunities in podcast production. We chat about all thing podcasts, including:

01:01:51  |   Sun 10 Dec 2023
Using Copywriting to Attract Leads with Krystle Church

Using Copywriting to Attract Leads with Krystle Church

This week on the podcast, Rachel and Lynne chat with copywriter and coach Krystle Church, who is living her best life in tropical Mauritius doing work she loves. We chat about all things copywriting,…

00:45:41  |   Mon 04 Dec 2023
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