Joey Korenman is the founder of School of Motion and author of The Freelance Manifesto. During the episode, we talk about why and how he started School of Motion, a few tips from The Freelance Manifesto and his love for teaching, his kids and a short commute.  

 

Links:

The Freelance Manifesto http://www.freelance.how/

School of Motion: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/

Toil: http://toilboston.com

Twitter: twitter.com/SchoolOfMotion

 

Highlights:

- Freelance.how

- Story behind his new book

- Two parts: Why you should freelance & recipe for getting clients

- How he got his start in motion

- Opened a motion design studio: Toil

- Doing awesome work, but depressed

- Didn't like going into work every day

- Felt like there was a lack of purpose

- So he created School of Motion

- Wrong Mountain Syndrome

- The Perfect Day Exercise

- Tired of trading my time for money

- The beauty of releasing products & passive income

- Started teaching at a college: Ringling College of Art and Design

- School of Motion started

- 30 days of After Effects

- Business coach helped launch it

- Ask people to buy the course before making the course

- Webinar about what is now Animation Bootcamp -100 spots filled up

- It sold out in ten minutes

- Wired to always be chasing more

- But it's not sustainable

- Design something that can be run without Joey

- Finding balance while still working hard

- The art of teaching

- Motivators : money and doing cool stuff

- Doing work you are proud of not just the work you can get

- Core of the book: it's not about money it's about time

- 93% of the work Buck does doesn't go on their website

- You should intentionally do work you don't want to do because it will pay you better

- How to go freelance

- Before you ever ask someone to hire you, they have to know you and like you

- Reliability trumps talent any day

- Identify companies who might need motion design

- LinkedIn can be your best friend - sign up for one month of "recruiter" allows for advanced feature

- Trigger words to get people to open up an email -- remember people need to open it

- First/most important tip: Never ask for work in the first email

- Freelancing myth

- Myth - Full-time jobs are secure

- In theory, people can find more security as a freelancer

- Dream Client: Learning and translating animation into new formats

- Favorite Animated Film: The Incredibles

- What does your family think you do: Teaching people how to make Disney movies

- Animalator: Octopus