Episode 17 of indie business club podcast is called Hanging On The Telephone and it’s all about professional ghosting.

In it, we cover:

reasons why prospective clients might ghost you

ways to try and prevent it happening

what to do if you do get ghosted and

if you’re ghosted on payment, this blog from FreeAgent might be useful

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Voicenoted

We’ve got a voicenote in from cat-daddy Will Slater, creative content specialist at 43 Clicks North. Will’s also an event speaker and specialises in storytelling as a marketing tool.

Your friend and mine

This week’s YFAM is the lovely Heather Pownall. Heather is an award-winning media and marketing consultant, podcast producer and ideas machine. She’s also producer for friend of the show Ange Lyons’ podcast, Creatives Like Us.

YouTube

Did you know you can now watch the show on YouTube here? You get to see all our facial expressions and the messy bits Ant cut but I can’t be bothered to trim off the video.

Email the show

Got a burning question about being a freelancer, founder, or independent business owner? Or a story about how you’ve been ghosted? Get in touch on [email protected] and we might feature you in a future episode.

Cheers,

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The back catalogue

16 Heart Shaped Box: niching ft Ayo Abbas and Raymond Manzor15 The Masterplan: goal setting ft Janine Coombes and friends b-side Word of the yearb-side LinkedIn revisited14 Handbags and Gladrags: Industry Awards ft Charles Commins and Fab Giovannetti13 You’re The Voice: Tone Of Voice ft Nick Parker, Rishi Dastidar and Amy Nolan12 Plug In Baby: Software ft Jo Shock and Jack Chambers-Ward11 Somebody Told Me: Referrals ft Bob Burg and Penni and Jo Pickering10 Paranoid Android: AI vs creativity ft Tom Albrighton and Molly Scanlan09 Shiny Happy People: Personal brands ft Lea Turner and Steve Folland08 Chasing Rainbows: Business planning ft. Alastair Thomson and Melanie Johnson07 A Design For Life: Creating for yourself with guest co-host Dan Nelken ft. Penny Brazier and The McKinneys06 I Bet You Look Good On The Timeline ft. Dave Harland and Jonathan Wilcock05 Flaming Lips: Public Speaking ft. Pascalle Bergmans, Becki Wilson and Nikki Pilkington04 A Little Respect: Client Relationships ft. Jodie Newman and Sophie Cross03 All Together Now: Communities ft. Mark Masters and Ant Henderson02 It’s Oh So Quiet: Finding Clients ft. John Lyons and Bonnie Harrington01 Fools Gold: Pricing your projects ft. Tom Garfield and Ange Lyons00 What’s The Story? Podcast origins