Andy Strote
@strotebook.bsky.social
Talking business with freelancers and agency owners. I’ve been a freelancer, 2X agency founder (first agency was acquired, retired from second), author.
Books and blog with practical, profitable business tips. Here 👇
https://www.creativeagencybook.com
Books and blog with practical, profitable business tips. Here 👇
https://www.creativeagencybook.com
Bonus points for the Sparklehorse mention…
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Bonus points for the Sparklehorse mention…
#FreelanceFriends Don’t work in photography, but shoot as a hobby.
I know a lot of photographers are on the Squarespace platform because of ease of use, specific templates for displaying and selling, etc.
I assume WP will have the same but I see so many Squarespace affiliate messages on YouTube.
I know a lot of photographers are on the Squarespace platform because of ease of use, specific templates for displaying and selling, etc.
I assume WP will have the same but I see so many Squarespace affiliate messages on YouTube.
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
#FreelanceFriends Don’t work in photography, but shoot as a hobby.
I know a lot of photographers are on the Squarespace platform because of ease of use, specific templates for displaying and selling, etc.
I assume WP will have the same but I see so many Squarespace affiliate messages on YouTube.
I know a lot of photographers are on the Squarespace platform because of ease of use, specific templates for displaying and selling, etc.
I assume WP will have the same but I see so many Squarespace affiliate messages on YouTube.
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This 👆 100%. Making friends with “assistants” is a good rule in many places.
My favorite is to have an “assistant” I can call in accounting. “Is our invoice in your system yet?” (Or has my client not passed it along?)
#FreelanceFriends
My favorite is to have an “assistant” I can call in accounting. “Is our invoice in your system yet?” (Or has my client not passed it along?)
#FreelanceFriends
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This 👆 100%. Making friends with “assistants” is a good rule in many places.
My favorite is to have an “assistant” I can call in accounting. “Is our invoice in your system yet?” (Or has my client not passed it along?)
#FreelanceFriends
My favorite is to have an “assistant” I can call in accounting. “Is our invoice in your system yet?” (Or has my client not passed it along?)
#FreelanceFriends
#FreelanceFriends if you’re dealing with a CEO of a big company, you ask them what time they’re available. Maybe suggest a day or two, but leave it up to them.
Personally I’m not a fan of Calendly. Cold, impersonal.
Personally I’m not a fan of Calendly. Cold, impersonal.
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
#FreelanceFriends if you’re dealing with a CEO of a big company, you ask them what time they’re available. Maybe suggest a day or two, but leave it up to them.
Personally I’m not a fan of Calendly. Cold, impersonal.
Personally I’m not a fan of Calendly. Cold, impersonal.
#FreelanceFriends Yeah, worth a try.
I try to be careful when I think someone’s ghosted me. Maybe they didn’t intend it. Maybe life got complicated and I fell off their Top 10 list. 🤷♂️
Sometimes it just takes a nudge. Do it with true intention and spirit.
I try to be careful when I think someone’s ghosted me. Maybe they didn’t intend it. Maybe life got complicated and I fell off their Top 10 list. 🤷♂️
Sometimes it just takes a nudge. Do it with true intention and spirit.
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#FreelanceFriends Yeah, worth a try.
I try to be careful when I think someone’s ghosted me. Maybe they didn’t intend it. Maybe life got complicated and I fell off their Top 10 list. 🤷♂️
Sometimes it just takes a nudge. Do it with true intention and spirit.
I try to be careful when I think someone’s ghosted me. Maybe they didn’t intend it. Maybe life got complicated and I fell off their Top 10 list. 🤷♂️
Sometimes it just takes a nudge. Do it with true intention and spirit.
My $0.02 worth… sure, why not? What do you have to lose?
I assume your options are a) do nothing or b) contact them.
No predicting what will happen if you contact them. 🤷♂️ #FreelanceFriends
I assume your options are a) do nothing or b) contact them.
No predicting what will happen if you contact them. 🤷♂️ #FreelanceFriends
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My $0.02 worth… sure, why not? What do you have to lose?
I assume your options are a) do nothing or b) contact them.
No predicting what will happen if you contact them. 🤷♂️ #FreelanceFriends
I assume your options are a) do nothing or b) contact them.
No predicting what will happen if you contact them. 🤷♂️ #FreelanceFriends
#FreelanceFriends You’re in the mountains? Where?
December 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#FreelanceFriends You’re in the mountains? Where?
That’s an amazing bio!
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
That’s an amazing bio!
Had started to watch a doc on the Expos. Found it too slow and too much on the business, not enough on players.
Expos caps are hipster wear in Canada. My son wears one to honour his years in Montreal. He’s in Vancouver now, über hipster capital of Canada.
Which player are you writing about?
Expos caps are hipster wear in Canada. My son wears one to honour his years in Montreal. He’s in Vancouver now, über hipster capital of Canada.
Which player are you writing about?
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Had started to watch a doc on the Expos. Found it too slow and too much on the business, not enough on players.
Expos caps are hipster wear in Canada. My son wears one to honour his years in Montreal. He’s in Vancouver now, über hipster capital of Canada.
Which player are you writing about?
Expos caps are hipster wear in Canada. My son wears one to honour his years in Montreal. He’s in Vancouver now, über hipster capital of Canada.
Which player are you writing about?
We don’t have standalone post offices in downtown Toronto anymore. They’re all counters at the back of drugstores or card shops.
The last local post office is now a dollar store.
#FreelanceFriends
The last local post office is now a dollar store.
#FreelanceFriends
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We don’t have standalone post offices in downtown Toronto anymore. They’re all counters at the back of drugstores or card shops.
The last local post office is now a dollar store.
#FreelanceFriends
The last local post office is now a dollar store.
#FreelanceFriends
Yours is the only country in the world to do healthcare like this.
The U.S. has invented costly healthcare management structures that bleed money away from the actual care.
Why? At the root, I believe it’s classism and racism. Well-off white males don’t want the undeserving to get these benefits.
The U.S. has invented costly healthcare management structures that bleed money away from the actual care.
Why? At the root, I believe it’s classism and racism. Well-off white males don’t want the undeserving to get these benefits.
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Yours is the only country in the world to do healthcare like this.
The U.S. has invented costly healthcare management structures that bleed money away from the actual care.
Why? At the root, I believe it’s classism and racism. Well-off white males don’t want the undeserving to get these benefits.
The U.S. has invented costly healthcare management structures that bleed money away from the actual care.
Why? At the root, I believe it’s classism and racism. Well-off white males don’t want the undeserving to get these benefits.