
Freelance Indexer Exchange
Welcome to the Freelance Indexer Exchange — a podcast for freelance business owners specializing in indexing books, websites, documents, and digital content. Working as a freelance indexer can be isolating and lonely. But you're not alone. Let the Freelance Indexer Exchange be your source of support, insights, and community. Your host, Michelle Guiliano, is an experienced indexer who has indexed more than one hundred thousand pages over the past nine years as a freelance business owner. In each episode, she will take an in-depth dive into the business of indexing, providing you with an authentic, personal look at the ups and downs of freelance life. By talking about our work with transparency, we can raise our businesses to the next level. We can do better together.
Podcasting since 2023 • 31 episodes
Freelance Indexer Exchange
Latest Episodes
#30 Labeling Entries
Michelle labels some index entries to streamline her indexing and index edit processes. In this episode, she explains her labeling system—naming and explaining the nine labels she uses. Do you use labels while indexing?
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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23:12

#29 Naming—and Conquering—Resistance When Indexing
Sometimes, even with deadlines looming, indexers might not feel like indexing. It can be hard to sit down at the computer and just start working. In this episode, Michelle details the times she has encountered Resistance. (Yes! Resistance in th...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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18:42

#28 My Go Bag (In Case of Emergency)
In this episode, Michelle expands on what to do "in case of emergency" by describing the contents of her Go Bag. By having a Go Bag, she's ready for travel, hardware failures, and electricity outages. If you're not ready to keep indexin...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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17:13

#27 In Case of Emergency, Contact...
This is the first episode of season 3. Thank you for being a loyal listener!In today's episode, Michelle addresses the sticky situation of what to do in case of emergency. Do you have a system in place so clients of ongoing projec...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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20:55

#26 Rethinking Legacy Plans
In this episode, Michelle discusses the fate of bespoke indexing software programs in light of Scribendi.ai's announcement about CINDEX. As of April 1, Scribendi will no longer distribute or support CINDEX, but will make it available as an open...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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13:57
