Open Thread: Who Would You Like Us to Interview Next?
Posted February 28, 2010 in Open Thread
Freelancers can and do learn from each other. It’s often best to learn from someone else’s mistakes rather than make those mistakes yourself.
One of the things that makes the Freelance Folder community strong is how we all share ideas and information with each other. Each time I see a reader jump in with an answer to a question for another reader, it makes me proud to be a part of this community.
Another way to learn from each other is through reading the experiences of prominent freelancers who have achieved a measure of success.
That’s one of the reasons why we’ve revived interviews on Freelance Folder.
We kicked the interview series off last week with this interview of Deb Ng, but we’d like to do even more interviews–which brings me to my question for this open thread:
Who would you like for us to interview next?
What well-known and successful freelancer do you think that you could learn the most from? (No self-nominations, please.)
We can’t make any promises, but we definitely want to know what you think and we’ll do our best to reach the folks you’re interested in hearing from.
Leave your answers in the comments.
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About the author: Laura Spencer is a freelance writer from North Central Texas with over 20 years of professional business writing experience. If you liked this post, then you may also enjoy Laura’s blog about her freelance writing experiences, WritingThoughts. Laura is also on Google+.
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32 Comments
Vanja Djurdjevic
February 28th, 2010 at 8:31 amDavid Walsh :D
Artlessbum
February 28th, 2010 at 8:46 amJustin Maller from superlover.com.au =)
Nicholas Z. Cardot
February 28th, 2010 at 10:00 amI know this won’t help any, but I’m just looking forward to whoever it is you do interview. I don’t know who the ‘famous’ freelancers are so I’m just looking forward to learning from you and growing in my own mindset from these men and women. I can’t wait to see what names you and the community come up with. I’m really looking forward to these new interviews.
Jami Gibbs
February 28th, 2010 at 10:24 amMitch Cantor at studionashvegas.com
Rupinder Singh
February 28th, 2010 at 10:52 amWell , I dont want to say it directly but, if just go through “365 Concepts” my daily design project ,, I can be the next interviewee…
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Laura Spencer
February 28th, 2010 at 10:56 amKeep the ideas coming!
BTW, remember–no self-nominations please. This is about who the freelance community could learn the most from–not about getting your own business covered. :-)
Susan Johnston
February 28th, 2010 at 11:30 amI think Michelle Goodman, author of the The Anti 9 to 5 Guide (http://www.anti9to5guide.com/), would be a great interviewee. Also, Steph Auteri of Freelancedom.com and Chantal Panozzo of WriterAbroad.com.
iLoveCoding
February 28th, 2010 at 11:34 amLivePerson CEO Robert LoCascio may be an interviewee. My Concerns:
1) Why they deduct hefty fee (30% to 45%), from the freelancers, which I believe is the world’s highest.
2) Why their payment methods are limited to two options only a) Check and b) Paypal. Paypal is not an universally accepted payment system as the service is not available in many countries (even Paypal recently has got problems with India, the country having the largest pool of freelancers in the world). And check is a slow and inconvenient method of money transfer. They can think about Payoneer – much more global and versatile.
3) Liveperson is designed around Q&A type services. They don’t have robust escrow system and arbitration policy. The system don’t even allow to rate the buyer. Do they have a plan to focus on these areas?
Bearfoot
February 28th, 2010 at 11:38 amMichael Heald – fullyillustrated.com
Absolutely one of the most talented and successful freelancers I have ever run across. Not to mention he’s a great guy.
eric
February 28th, 2010 at 1:44 pmLast summer I had the privilege of seeing Von Glitschka at the HOW Design Conference in Austin. He was by far my favorite speaker, especially since he disciplined himself away from simply showcasing, or showing off, his work – and instead he gave us 90 minutes on “how to lead a creatively curious life.” Yes, this is something we all do naturally, but it was nice to see someone organize it and speak so eloquently about it.
I hope you will consider him, if not now then in the near future.
http://www.vonglitschka.com/
Thanks,
e
Amber Weinberg
February 28th, 2010 at 6:23 pmSeth Godin, if you can get him :)
Dara Chadwick
February 28th, 2010 at 7:33 pmI’m new here, but just wanted to say how much I’m enjoying the site and how much I’m learning from reading the comments.
No interview suggestions, but I look forward to reading about whomever you pick.
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March 1st, 2010 at 4:30 amJim Richardson, from JimRichardsonPhotography.com, or any other travel photographer if not, very interested in this area.
Deb Ng
March 1st, 2010 at 7:23 amJenna Glatzer author of “Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer,” Chris Garret who makes a living as a professional blogger for himself and others, Linda Formichelli author of “The Renegade Writer.”
Jordan Walker
March 1st, 2010 at 10:29 amNot sure. Any successful freelancer has the incite needed to make it.
Kim Dudra
March 1st, 2010 at 1:41 pmSteve Slaunwhite of Brampton, Ontario.
Daniel Whelan
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:13 amI’d like to see an interview with link building expert Eric Ward
Thanks for asking.
dp
March 8th, 2010 at 2:06 pmme. Why not?
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January 9th, 2011 at 3:26 amI’m new here, but just wanted to say how much I’m enjoying the site and how much I’m learning from reading the comments.
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January 9th, 2011 at 11:28 pmHi All, This has been very helpful. some really good information and tips! It was useful for my team. Thanks for all of your hard work!
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