It's a wrap! January 2016

On the 4th of January, just shortly after midnight, I started another Kickstarter project. This time, it was to finance My Creative (Side) Business, another guide for freelancers. It’s been an unusual situation to not just work as a consultant to Kickstarter, but to simultaneously work on my own project, which put me back into a creator’s shoes. You should practice what you preach, so it’s been a good reminder of how it feels when your own project is live. 

The greatest success of the month was the incredible press coverage #MCFSB has received that helped attract new backers, and the opportunities I have been given to share my thoughts on other outlets. 

Here are some of my favourites: 

• Kickstarter Publishing project of the week on AdWeek.

• “Side Projects: Your First Step to Transitioning into Starting Your Own Business" a guest post on Amazing.com.

• A Tea Talk with CloudPeeps.

• A long interview about freelancing and side projects written up by Mark Janson on Creative Boom.

• Featured on DesignTaxi.

• An interview with Frau, Frei &.

• Guest post "Say 'yes' to a greater future, start a side project!" on The Freshpreneur.

• An interview about freelancing on Look What I Made.

• A guest post about "How to build your creative side business on Passion Stories.  

• An excerpt from #MCFSB on Passion Stories. 

• Interview about freelancing in German on The Gap. 

• Selected as one of five crowdfunding campaigns to watch on The Story Exchange. 

It’s been an exciting month, to say the least. Let’s see what February will be like!