A freelancer’s goal is to become future proof. When you control your own destiny, your finances, your own opportunities, that makes you as future proof as you can be. Chris Ducker solves problems for people and built all his businesses with that in mind. When he saw that people were buying him, not his company, he realized that the personal brand business model was a real money maker and genuinely profitable.

Outreach is focused on building and maintaining relationships.

When outreach is done correctly, when it does come time for the pitch, it won’t seem sales-y because it will just be the natural course of the conversation and relationship.

What you’ll learn about in this show:

Gina started as a freelance writer and didn’t really even know that was a thing before she did a Google search one day while feeling unfulfilled in her career in personal finance. It’s amazing where this journey has taken her since then.

Gina shares why "always be marketing" is a mantra in her business in order to get clients in her business.

What you’ll learn in the show:

Did you know that you are an authority in your field and you have already written content that proves it?

Folks like Gary Vaynerchuk, Chris Ducker, and Chris Marr have become HUGE authority figures in their field and have people flocking to them for their next piece of content every single week.

In this episode, you will see how your experience and what you do daily will allow you to push that publish button quickly and often so that you produce authority content and become that go-to person your potential clients want to work with.

Think you can’t drink Coke and Pepsi? Or use Snapchat and Instagram? In this episode, you will see how those who do the same work you do are your colleagues and friends. Having a group of trusted colleagues in your network is a HUGE asset to your business in many different ways.

Laura Elizabeth a freelance graphic designer and her passion is helping businesses and individuals tell their stories online.

She’s passionate about client experience and creating it memorable for them. She does this because not only will it help her and her client projects be just that more successful, it also helps in creating a lasting memory in her clients’ head that when they hear a friend, colleague or anyone looking for design services, Laura’s name is front and center.

In our conversation, she talks about a few things to make this happen pretty easily. Especially if you need to get content, assets, or feedback from your clients, you’ll want to listen carefully.

This episode will dive deep into the tools and other aspects you need to have an effective sales team at work for you, while you are doing the actual client work.

This process can convert up to 50% of past clients into a second project by using scope creep to create new opportunities.

This episode gives you 3 ways to build a referral system in your business so that you can predictably get higher quality leads and better clients into your business by doubling down on what is already working for you.

Lauren Pawell from Bixamedia, is taking getting leads and qualified leads at that, to a whole new level. She puts them through a workshop and educates them on her services only to then pitch her services to those clients she wants to work with. In this episode she walks us through her process and how effective this is for her.