How to make a career doing work that’s meaningful for you with Tim McDonald
At CloudPeeps, we’re huge advocates of finding meaning and fulfillment in work and life. We truly believe that freelance work can help people find that meaning through flexibility, freedom and pursuing...
View ArticlePeep profile: Valerie Stimac, writer and community manager extraordinaire
In this week’s Peep Profile, we get to know Peep Valerie Stimac. Valerie was once a mental health therapist for three years and can handle just about anything. Today, she puts writing first, and just...
View ArticleHow to build a powerhouse community of loyal customers with Nicole Miller of...
Community can be so powerful for a business, and there’s no better example of community’s impact than Buffer. The startup has successfully grown its weekly #bufferchat Twitter chat to a total of more...
View ArticleBuilding healthy client relationships with Tessa Greenleaf
It’s important to us at CloudPeeps that both our customers and Peeps build healthy relationships with one another. That they develop a mutually beneficial relationship on understanding and...
View ArticlePeep profile: Brian Swanick, digital marketer, paid ad pro, client advocate
This week’s Peep Profile is with Brian Swanick, a conversion and data-driven digital marketer focused on paid advertising based in Atlanta, GA. Brian is a digital marketing pro who cares more about...
View ArticleUnearthing and curating great content with Sandi MacPherson of Quibb
Content is king in the digital marketing world right now, which means that there is a lot of it, everywhere. With all of the noise, it’s difficult to both find quality and relevant content, and to have...
View ArticleHow to get stuff done as a remote worker with Pieter Levels of Nomad List
Whoa, we just had an insanely engaged #peepchat Twitter chat with Pieter Levels, founder of Nomad List, RemoteOK and a bunch of other products tailored to remote workers. He also just launched a book...
View ArticlePeep profile: Flora Pang, full-stack marketer and startup enthusiast
For this week’s Peep Profile, we chatted with Flora Pang, a full-stack digital marketer with more than two years of experience in delivering top notch digital marketing programs for startups. Flora is...
View ArticleHow to build community with content with Andrew J. Coate of Facebook
Our community is super passionate about both content and community building, so when we can marry the two in one conversation, it’s a good day. Today we had Andrew J. Coate from Facebook’s community...
View ArticleTea talk: Tina Essmaker, Editor in Chief of The Great Discontent
In this Tea Talk, we talked with Tina Essmaker, Partner at Wayward Wild and Editor in Chief of The Great Discontent. We covered how she she turned her passion into her career, the origins of TGD,...
View ArticleHow to find and build a community that supports your freelance dreams with...
Sometimes a career in freelance can feel like you’re working on an island, but it really doesn’t have to. After all, 34% of the U.S. workforce are independent workers, many of which are freelancers....
View ArticlePeep profile: Jaclyn Lambert, public relations specialist, oral history...
For this week’s Peep Profile, we talked to Jaclyn Lambert, Gainesville, FL-based public relations, outreach and digital marketing professional. Jaclyn is passionate about getting to know her client’s...
View ArticleHow our community is spending the holidays
If you haven’t made the leap to full-time freelance yet, you may think you run the risk of missing out on holidays or downtime. Having a freelance career certainly does not have to be that way. We see...
View ArticleOur top 10 most popular blog posts of 2015
Being big believers in the lean startup methodology, we keep a constant eye on metrics across the business from sales to marketing; from content to community engagement. It’s also important to do a...
View ArticleTea Talk: Monika Kanokova, freelancer, author, Kickstarter
We’re excited to share the latest Tea Talk with freelance community and content strategist, Monika Kanokova who’s currently crowdfunding her second book, My Creative (Side) Business: A Guide for...
View ArticleTea Talk: Ben Parr, venture capitalist, advisor, author
For this month’s Tea Talk, we chatted with Benn Parr, venture capitalist, author, columnist, curator, marketing and technology advisor, podcast host and keynote speaker. Needless to say, Ben is a busy...
View ArticleWhat the heck is marketing automation?
Marketing automation is a term we always hear and maybe even use, but do we have a clear idea of what it really is? We know that it’s a tool or tactic to streamline a part of the sales and marketing...
View Article10 ways to beat freelancer anxiety and depression
We often talk about the freedom and flexibility a freelance career offers – and we stand by that. One aspect of freelancing that isn’t talked about often enough, though, is the impact an autonomous...
View Article10 meditation apps to help find your zen as a freelancer
It’s easy to get wrapped up in work to a point where you’re overwhelmed and frazzled. If you let it build up, your overwhelm can evolve into freelancer anxiety from managing your own workload and...
View Article5 ways to build healthy habits and routines as a freelancer
There’s no denying that freelancing can require working long hours when racing against a deadline, especially in the early days. But you can – with some trial and error – keep healthy hours. Sooner or...
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