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In a 10-minute video, Rob from Fox Web School shares a simple-but-powerful sales plan you can use to 🤯 prospective clients… He explains it in the context of selling web design services, but the same approach would work well for pretty much any freelancer. (Definitely check out Rob’s video on SPIN Selling as well if you haven’t already.)…

A public service announcement via Reddit: The biggest thing I’ve learned about the business world from myself and others, is that people are VERY fickle. Example: You just started company XYZ. You’re on the hunt for clients. You contact 100 people. 10 of them reply to you, saying they’re interested. Of these 10, 1 or 2…

A recent tweet from Ramit Sethi: I’m getting a lot of podcast invitations that say, “This won’t take a lot of your time!” That’s not a good pitch. Busy people don’t just want to minimize time — they want to maximize impact, or results, or just plain have fun

That’s according to a recently published academic study 👨🏻‍🔬 The abstract: We show that it is virtually impossible for an individual to day trade for a living, contrary to what course providers claim. We observe all individuals who began to day trade between 2013 and 2015 in the Brazilian equity futures market, the third in terms of…

Morgan Housel writes about the biggest and most practical takeaway from Warren Buffett’s success: “Start investing when you’re in third grade.” Buffett’s fortune isn’t due to just being a good investor, but being a good investor since he was literally a child. $80.7 billion of Warren Buffett’s $81 billion net worth was accumulated after his 50th…

Everybody knows that social media is pretty bad for driving traffic, but a recent study really drives it home. Especially this finding: Google drives 8 times more traffic than all social media networks combined. Instagram is particularly terrible if you’re trying to get people to your website, accounting for only 0.08% of all traffic from social.…

Matt Giovanisci made some smart tweaks to his existing YouTube videos and saw solid results 📈 The numbers aren’t mind-blowing right now – about $14,000 via YouTube so far this year – but those small incremental improvements should add up massively over time. Two tips that stood out to me:

If you’ve been following up with a client or lead and hearing nothing back, try sending this email: Since I have not heard from you on this, I have to assume your priorities have changed. That’s it. Kai Davis calls it The Magic Email and writes: It’s simple, intentionally vague, and absolutely effective. I get at least…

Lots of ideas in this new article: How to Get Clients Fast: 15 Actionable Strategies You Can Deploy Today If you’re brand new to freelancing though, I’d recommend you skip building an offer page, doing a podcast tour, etc. Instead, try using these strategies from the article in this order: 11. Simply Ask (ref: The Billboard Method + Door-to-Door Method)5. Do…

An inspirational freelancing story on Reddit. The guy was broke and effectively homeless back in July. Now he’s on track to earn $10k next month from a handful of clients 💰 He offers digital marketing services and found his clients through Upwork. Sounds like he didn’t learn any new skills since July so much as he…

Harry Dry from Marketing Examples has been crushing it lately. Two great posts from him: From the latter: Most people put a few seconds thought into what they tweet. Steve would put hours, days, weeks into each one. When someone goes above and beyond to such an extent, they’re going to get noticed.