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Finding Freelance Clients

This guide is to help clients come to you. In here we'll detail how to build systems that generate new leads, and other methods that bring in more clients.

This book is written for all kinds of freelancers in mind, but also includes examples for writers, developers, digital marketers, and more.

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About

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About the Book

This book is to help you gain more freelancing clients. In here we'll give you effective strategies on how to find clients. Each set of strategies move from easy to hard, but the potential for profits increase. Most of all, we'll talk about how to find clients in an emergency. If you need clients now, then this guide is for you. 

I'll also talk about how I made $39,000 in one month, the law of attraction, the power of repeat clients, dependability, and a whole lot more. 

This book is the result of 7-years experience in freelancing, where many of those years I made $100,000+. Back when I started, I didn't have a guide or book to follow on finding clients, and I wish I had this guide. So I didn't have a guide like this back then, but you do today.

So dive in, learn what you can, and let the money fall like rain.

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Author

About the Author

Stephen Godfrey

Stephen Godfrey was born in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. As Alberta goes, he’s lived up north where the ice roads start, and he’s lived down south where, as Rudyard Kipling said, it has “all hell for a basement.” In contrast to the cold, he lived in southern Australia during the hottest summer it had seen in one hundred years. He also lived in northern Australia, where he saw crocodiles leap out of the water to snatch meat from a line.

He holds a bachelor and master of science in information systems from Brigham Young University. He is a co-author on multiple academic papers.

Currently, Stephen works from home as a solo consultant. He’s been a successful consultant for the past five years, and though he’s had a few offers to work full-time for companies, he still chooses the freedom (and headaches) that come from working for himself. You can find more about his web design and web development work at mountainfreshmedia.com, and you can access his courses on freelancing at freelancecollege.com.

He loves to catch snakes, bake bread, make apple crisp (he has his own recipe), build custom journals, and write books.

He now lives in Lindon, Utah, USA, with his remarkable wife and two boisterous children.

Leanpub Podcast

Episode 196

An Interview with Stephen Godfrey

Contents

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Intoduction

Introduction

The Purpose of This Book

Overview

Assumptions

  1. You have a Skill to Offer
  2. That you Believe you are Worthy of Success

Part 2 - Systems for Finding Clients

Systems for Finding Clients - Emergency Mode

  1. Cast a wide net
  2. The $100,000 email
  3. Reach out to Agencies
  4. Reach out to Fellow Freelancers
  5. Local Chamber of Commerce
  6. Reach out to old Clients
  7. Get a Part-time or Full-time job
  8. Apply for a contract position
  9. Promote Yourself
  10. Job Boards
  11. Referrals
  12. Cold Calling
  13. Wrapping up

Systems For Finding Clients - Medium Effort

  1. Networking
  2. Guest Podcasting
  3. Blogging
  4. Guest Blogging
  5. YouTube
  6. Paid Networking Communities
  7. Request for Proposals
  8. Email Lists
  9. Wrapping Up

Systems For Finding Clients - High Effort

  1. It All Begins With Writing
  2. Free Seminars
  3. Public Speaking
  4. Newsletter/Email List
  5. Webinars
  6. Courses
  7. Write a Book
  8. How to actually write a Book
  9. Case Studies & Whitepapers & News Reports
  10. Wrapping up

Part 3 - Other Advice

Overview

Where to Spend Your Time

  1. Urgency Quiz
  2. Emergency Plan
  3. Stable Plan
  4. Elevated Plan

Effort Vs Profit

The Law of Attraction (Making $39,000 in one month)

Your Identity

Repeat Work

  1. Retainers
  2. Upselling Current Clients

Dependability

Always be learning

Overflow Work

Automation

  1. Recommendations
  2. Other Thoughts

Closing Thoughts

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