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Freelancing taught me that your biggest competition isn't other freelancers, it's inconsistency. đ
Some weeks you're turning down work.
Other weeks you're wondering where the next client will come from.
The real skill isn't just delivering great work. It's showing up, improving your craft, building relationships, and staying visible even when things feel quiet. đŻ
That's the part people don't post about.
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If you are a founder looking for fresh brand strategy, or a fellow creative interested in packaging design for CPG and lifestyle brands, make sure to hit follow. There is plenty more design work coming soon. Let's build standout brands together! đ¤
Penrose Audio is now a verified Studio on Contra đ¤
Really grateful to @Contra HQ team for the vetting.
One suggestion, offered with loveâ¤ď¸: Could we get a Sound Design & Music category?
Right now audio studios sit under Video Production, next to editors and film crews, which makes us pretty hard to find. Every launch video, product demo, and brand film briefed on Contra also needs sound, so my hunch is that a dedicated filter would surface a whole layer of talent that's already here and just uncategorized.
@Ben Huffman đ, happy to help think through the subcategories if it's ever on the roadmap.âđźđ
when's the last time you asked for something and got more than you asked for? i'll go first!
"she's tiny, but she's a spitfire!"
that's what Linda Nell Cooper, the chairman of our theater department and the director of the show i was in, said about me after that day.
here's what she was talking about.
we were doing Parade at Liberty University, and felt like nobody knew about it.
our department had been having the same frustrating conversation for a while: convocation announcements didn't really make room for theater shows. my professor brought it up in class. i sat in those complicated conversations.
everyone agreed it was a problem, and nobody had a way in.
then i ended up in a meeting with David Nassar, our campus pastor, about something completely unrelated. when we finished, i had a window to ask one question, so i asked it: who's the right person to talk to about getting our show into the convocation announcements?
he didn't give me a name. he said, "you can come up and do the announcement yourself."
i said, "huh?"
he said, "come tomorrow. you'll be backstage, have breakfast with us, do the announcement, and then stay on stage with us for convocation."
the guest that day was Tasha Cobbs! (i was & am i fan of her music so WHAT a treat to meet her like huh? đ)
so the next...