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Welcome to this insightful conversation with Franklin Taggart and Craig Cannings, the founder of Freelance University. If you're re-entering the job market, especially if you're over fifty, this video is a must-watch. Craig Cannings introduces the Freelance After Fifty Summit, happening from April 15th to 17th. This event is perfect for those looking to join the freelance world, offering inspiration and insights from successful freelancers. You'll also be introduced to the community and resources offered by Freelance University, a highly regarded resource for freelancer careers of all kinds.

In this virtual coffee break, Franklin and Craig discuss the origins and growth of Freelance University. Craig shares how he and his wife started the university sixteen years ago, rebranding in 2018. Freelance University has become an amazing resource for freelancers of all styles, shapes, and forms. Craig's new YouTube channel, Freelance After Fifty, caught Franklin's attention, and Craig explains the inspiration behind it. He reveals that over three-quarters of their audience are over fifty, committed to learning and slowly rolling out their businesses. This demographic has become their best customers, leading to the creation of Freelance After Fifty.

Craig discusses the changing reasons people are freelancing today. While the laptop lifestyle was popular five to ten years ago, the pandemic and economic climate have shifted people's focus to financial opportunities. Many are starting side hustles to supplement their income or building full-fledged freelance businesses. Craig emphasizes the importance of mindset when transitioning from an employee to an entrepreneurial mindset. He shares his own experience of awkwardly shifting from a job to running a business and highlights the need to rewrite your job description as a freelancer.

The conversation delves into common surprises for new freelancers, such as the significance of mindset, the myth of "build it and they will come," and the importance of community. Craig explains how Freelance University provides a supportive community for freelancers, especially during challenging times like the pandemic. He shares success stories of students who started freelancing after fifty and built thriving businesses.

The summit covers various topics, including finding your freelance path, starting a side hustle, getting your first client, and carving out a freelance lifestyle that fits your needs. Craig highlights the importance of leveraging AI tools and technology to stay in demand and improve efficiency. He shares insights into the evolving freelance industry, emphasizing the plethora of opportunities, automation, and the growing interest in remote work.

Freelance University Home: https://www.freelanceu.com/

Freelance After 50 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@freelancefifty

Chapters

00:00:00 Summit Invitation and Link

00:00:58 Craig Cannings Intro

00:02:08 Inspiration for Freelance After 50

00:04:26 Shifting from an Employee Mindset to an Entrepreneur Mindset

00:07:18 Facing Limiting Self Beliefs

00:07:57 Common Surprises of New Freelancers

00:10:50 Introducing the Freelance After 50 Summit

00:14:42 The Terror of Entrepreneurship

00:17:43 Summit Information and Enrollment Details

00:20:43 Finding a Freelance Niche

00:25:59 Changes in Freelancing Since Craig Started

00:29:49 Future Opportunities for Freelancers

00:31:57 Next Step for Summit Enrollment

00:32:38 A Couple of Summit Speaker Highlights

00:34:53 Freelance University Resources and Community for Freelancers

00:36:48 Franklin’s Summit Topic and Invitation

In today’s coffee break -- pulling the plug on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, and Twitter/X

My enjoyment of social media has just gone through the floor for the last few years, and it's gotten worse. I don't feel like I'm serving myself by staying in that environment. I joined Facebook and Twitter back in 2009. At that time, I was going through a pretty serious health crisis and it felt good. To be in a place where I could actually reconnect with people going all the way back to my elementary school days. It was fun to be there and you could count on that if you posted something that a good number of your people following you would see it.

I want to say also it hasn't been easy to get to this point to pull the plug. I've had a lot of value over the years from from Facebook and Instagram. Just in terms of making connections there. Now every time that I've thought about leaving. I've had to weigh what makes it worth staying, and I have to be honest with you that it's just gotten worse and worse over the years. For every for every friend’s post that I see. I'll see ten other posts that I didn't subscribe to. The algorithm just continues to feed me things that I didn't sign up for, and I just don't want to do that anymore

I do plan on doing a little bit more direct emailing. I'm going to continue to make videos and a podcast. And I'll continue to show up on LinkedIn on occasion. One of the things that I also intend to do is to spend more time reading actual books. I intend also to look at the quality of what I post online, more so than the quantity of what I post online. So it may be that I only post a few times a year from here on out. But I really want to make sure that what I'm putting up there isn't. Just some AI generated crap. I want it to be helpful. Thoughtful. I want it to be meaningful to me at least.

If you have my e-mail, send me a note. If you don't have my e-mail, there is a contact form on my blog and you're welcome to use. Find me the old fashioned way. I already feel better. I already feel like that I have some time back. I think that the quality of my life is going to improve dramatically from this decision and I'm going to encourage you to think about even just giving yourself a break from it for a little while and see what the difference is.

There are some people that are going to say, am I worried about what it's going to do to my business? I haven't seen any real benefit to my business in a long time and have been very inactive in terms of promoting my business in social media. I found that there are other ways that are much more effective. I don't have a huge business to promote. I only take a few clients at a time, and I don't really do a lot of other things other than maybe release the occasional blog or podcast or video. So I don't feel like that my business is going to suffer at all, in fact. It may actually improve. Take good care. See you here.

Chapters

00:00:00 Getting ready to pull the plug on Meta and X.

00:01:26 It isn’t getting better.

00:02:39 What to do with 16 years of stuff?

00:04:28 YouTube is still where I'm going to be spending a lot of my time.

00:05:05 Weighing the decision to stay or go.

00:06:49 Making online connections more meaningful.

00:07:30 Reading actual books.

00:08:38 If you have my e-mail, send me a note.

00:08:49 If you don't have my e-mail, there is a contact form on my blog.

00:09:20 I already feel better.

00:10:05 What about my business?

00:11:06 Revisiting an old New Year's resolution.

In this Virtual Coffee Break, Franklin Taggart welcomes media industry veteran Pete Pachal for an insightful conversation on the impact of AI on the media industry and creative sector. Pete, a seasoned editor and writer, shares his expertise and discusses his latest venture: The Media Copilot newsletter, podcast, and YouTube channel.

Pete has been covering technology for more than two decades and has been following the field of artificial intelligence since before Gmail was trying to complete your sentences. Pete was Chief of Staff for Content at CoinDesk where he led the publication’s AI Committee and wrote the company’s guidelines for the use of generative AI. He’s also held senior editorial positions at Red Ventures, Mashable, and NBC Universal. His work has appeared in Fast Company, Forbes, TIME, and more.

In his meager spare time, Pete also hosts Pull To Open alongside journalist Chris Taylor, a weekly Doctor Who podcast that features thoughtful and entertaining commentaries on every single televised story. You can subscribe to the podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/@PullToOpen

A few of the resources mentioned in this episode:

• ChatGPT

• Perplexity

• OpusClip

Important links for The Media Copilot

• Media Copilot newsletter: https://mediacopilot.substack.com/

• Training classes: https://learn.mediacopilot.ai/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themediacopilot

Media Copilot on social:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-media-copilot/

• Twitter: https://x.com/themediacopilot

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themediacopilot/

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