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Subscription freelancing - Brand Designer Brennan Gilbert
Episode 322

Subscription freelancing - Brand Designer Brennan Gilbert

Brennan isn’t just embracing his love of design, but his nerdy love of business. He’s always looking to learn and implement new ideas while freelancing. How many freelancers have ‘annual reports’? Or ‘Straturdays’ where they take time at the weekend to relfect? How many offer a freelance design subscription model? Lots to discuss in this episode!

Being Freelance · Brennan Gilbert, Steve Folland

July 1, 202455m 43s

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Meet Brennan Gilbert, a seasoned designer based in Colorado - who after years of freelancing on the side went full time freelance in January 2023.

Multiple roles in agencies and tech startups gave him a tonne of knowledge in marketing, sales and processes that are paying off now. Brennan discusses the importance of time management, client expectations, and the intricacies of various business models, including subscription-based pricing. Yep, ‘subscription’ instead of ‘retainer’ - we dig deep into that one.

A self professed geek, Brennan’s leaning into the business as much as the design. Not many freelancers create an ‘annual report’, or have frequent ‘Straturdays’ to strategise at the weekend. But, maybe we should? See/hear what you think.

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