Make It Easy to Hire You: The Secret to Repeat Freelance Clients

Freelance Fitness is your weekly 10-minute movement break designed for creative freelancers, voice actors, designers, writers, editors, and anyone who spends their days creating, producing, and problem-solving. Hosted by freelance voiceover artist and former fitness instructor Alison Pentecost, each episode blends mindset coaching, creative productivity, and simple exercises you can do anywhere.

If you're in creative freelancing, you've probably realized that a lot of your day is spent hustling. Y'know, trying to get someone to hire you.

But you know what? Getting a job is one thing.

Getting a client to come back?

That’s where freelancing actually becomes sustainable.

Having great clients come back to us for repeat work really is the ideal. People with whom we enjoy working, pay on time, and trust us to deliver our best, that's every freelancer's dream.

So how do we cultivate long-term client relationships when so much of the creative industries seems to be focused on the transactional?

If you want to follow along with the exercises from today’s workout, here is a guide to Overhead Arm Stretch, Dynamic Knee Hugs, Hamstring Sweeps, Over the Fence, Good Mornings and Thoracic Twist, all beginner-friendly and equipment-free.

Written and Hosted by: Alison Pentecost

Theme Song: Snakes and Fire by Pär Hagström

Playlist: Blood Harmony

To learn more about my voiceover services — including commercial, corporate, e-learning, and narration work — visit www.alisonpentecost.com. Questions or feedback? Email podcast@alisonpentecost.com or connect with me on LinkedIn.