A few weeks back, I did my first Anti-Sell talk in a long while. It was for The Indie List, a freelance marketplace site in Ireland. I wanted to mention it and share it on here because it covered a lot of ground – not just what’s in the book, but also some stuff that…
CW: Sweary (if the title didn’t give it away). In a past life, I was a singer-songwriter. October 2006. I was starting my third year at Lancaster University (OMG, nearly 20 years ago… ) when me and my backing band were asked to be one of the acts at an event that welcomed some of…
In March 2019, I self-published Anti-Sell. Despite great reviews – as I post this it’s 4.6 on Amazon, 4.2 on Goodreads, 4.9(!) on Audible – the cover has always been a talking point. And sadly, not always positively. There were reasons why I went for the cover I did, which I talked about in more…
There’s two things I don’t like when it comes to business advice: 1) wishy-washy advice, and 2) clickbaity titles. …Aaand this post has both! Sorry. On the plus side, I’ll get straight to the point with what the actual advice is. Your superpower… There’s something I think a lot of freelancers are guilty of (myself…
I published Anti-Sell back in 2019 – but occasionally I’ll randomly remember an old memory that could’ve been a chapter in the book if I’d remembered it at the time. It’s happened a fair few times now: when I remembered the time I tried to hard-sell someone, and – more recently – when a guy…
Back in February I tweeted to say I would blog about being ghosted: My next Anti-Sell post is going to be about ghosting. Nearly 10 years into my freelancing career & I just experienced my most brutal ghosting yet, & from the last people I expected, too. I’ll tell the story + share my ghosting…
There’s a tweet I think about a lot. A few months ago, a freelancer bragged on Twitter – now known as X (ugh…) – about how he was earning “high six figures” from his freelancing efforts. Within minutes, someone replied to his tweet asking a few questions, and through his responses, it became quite clear…
I’ve written a book about networking, a process where (well, up until recently) you primarily went out and met people face-to-face, often at business networking events. As a result, you’d probably think I’m some outgoing and extroverted guy, who lives for networking! …But I’m really not. In fact, while I wouldn’t exactly call myself introverted,…
I’m a big, big fan of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D for short). I got into it properly back in 2018, and then in April 2020 – not long after the global pandemic kicked in – I started running games for other people, where I was the DM (Dungeon Master). I’ve run a weekly game ever…
This post started life as a Twitter thread… Here’s a thread of 29 random networking / self-promotion / personal branding tips, aimed at people who hate the idea of selling themselves – because f*ck it, why not? Hopefully there’s something for everyone & all tastes here… — Steve Morgan (@steviephil) October 28, 2022 …But alas,…