Today, I took 3 phone calls from potential clients, created a landing page for a client, wrote this email, and finished reading I Am Legend in one sitting. Also, across my multiple income streams, I generated $4,808 in profit today. That was my work day. Started at 1:30PM, done by 6PM. Some look at that and say, "IMPOSSIBLE!…
Got this little ray of sunshine from a prospect yesterday, "The charge for not rescheduling is ridiculous, this is obviously how you really make money. F%&^ your guys!!!" I love emails like this. So much. Here's why: One of the ways I get clients is to have prospects watch a pre-sales video, submit an application, and schedule a…
I got into the corporate grind in my 20s. It’s not what I wanted, but I was broke. What I wanted was to be creative, so I worked an astonishing array of odd jobs, mostly to support my favorite, and largely unpaid odd job, writing for music magazines. After a few years the novelty of free CDs and…
Quick tip: How much you earn is directly correlated to how many offers you make. If you aren't where you want to be financially, increase the number of offers you make. What is an offer? It takes 3 things: 1. A person you can help 2. Something you can provide to help them 3. Asking for money in…
There's one key difference between freelancers who struggle to get by and freelancers who can charge more and bank serious cheddar, and it’s something we’ve talked about many times before: The former sells a commodity, and the latter sells a result. Making the jump from the former to the latter won't be an overnight event, and it also…
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably allowed procrastination to keep you from getting started, from doing the things that you’ve wanted to do with your life. After spending over a decade in the transformation economy, Mike Shreeve shares a core belief in this premiere episode of The No Pants Show podcast, concerning our life’s dreams and goals:…
Turning strangers into clients? Is that really what you got yourself into when you decided to take on this whole freelancing thing? Sure, you love creating your own work schedule, and spending more time with your family. The lack of commute is really nice. You don’t miss having a boss breathing down your neck. And being able to…
Which hurts more: A sucker-punch to the groin... or getting fired out of nowhere? It all feels the same when you get fired from an internship destined to become your “dream job.” You know, breathtaking - in a bad way… It felt like my boss snatched away my golden chance to get paid doing what I love before…
We all want clients - great clients. But we don’t always have time to be out looking for them ourselves. In fact, if we’re doing this freelancing thing properly, we should be spending our time helping others. As freelancers, nothing lasts forever though, which means we need a system of attracting new clients to us even while we’re…
Chances are good that as a freelancer, you struggle with saying, “No.” Especially when you’re new to freelancing, or just starting to see some real success, the thought of turning down paid work and client opportunities can sound bananas. But part of being a freelancer is running your business - it’s being CEO of your own individual company…