Adam Ashton
Turning Personal Projects Into Paid Ones
Episode Notes (by minute):
-3:00 - How Adam has created a portfolio of podcasting projects
-5:00 - How referral and word of mouth is how Adam started working on some podcast production, coaching, and consulting projects
-8:00 - Why doing the actual work is a great way to figure out how to eventually figure out how to price your services, what to offer, etc
-10:30 - “small personal projects that I did mostly for myself over the last four or five years all then sort of came to lead to something else. And it all sort of happened in 2020.”
-12:00 - How an unexpected LinkedIn search turned into Adam ghostwriting a book for someone else after likely seeing that Adam had “author” in his LinkedIn profile
-14:30 - “I didn't put them out to get a paid job in the end. But it just sort of just sort of happened that way.”
-16:30 - How there are so many benefits of podcasting
-18:30 - How to give helpful feedback for others with their creative projects. The story about how David tried to give feedback to Adam when he was writing his new book in 2020.
-25:30 - Theory vs actionable ideas, and how the Portfolio Career podcast aims to provide actionable ideas
-27:30 - Why it is beneficial to create a branding umbrella for you to be known for a certain topic, generic, or type of work
-32:30 - Why creating your own personal projects gives you “proof of work” to be able to potentially do that type of work or related for someone else.
-33:00 - Two career book recommendations: Positioning and The First 90 Days
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)
Published Date: 7/29/21