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Jay Clouse
Creator of Freelancing School
Helping creatives become confident business owners. Creator of Freelancing School, founder of Unreal Collective, and host of Creative Elements.
Good morning, everyone! How did your week go?
At the risk of some crossover with any wins you've experienced related to our challenge, Operation New Client Project, let's hear how your week went!
A couple wins for me:
At the risk of some crossover with any wins you've experienced related to our challenge, Operation New Client Project, let's hear how your week went!
A couple wins for me:
- Crossed 100K downloads on Creative Elements!
- Lined up a call with a strong lead on Monday
- Moved my entire business from MailChimp to ConvertKit (HUGE win)
- Really excited about our August Challenge – 120+ people joined!
OK, enough about me – let us know what you're celebrating this week! 👇
- Had 2 wonderful calls with prospective clients. I'm hoping to seal the deal with proposals next week.
- Scheduled another prospective client call for Tuesday.
- Spent a good chunk of time putting my new SEO and Google analytics skills to use and it felt great!
- Kicked some serious butt with my new D&D character in a campaign I just started last night...🙃
This is a place to celebrate! If you line up a conversation with a potential client, share it on this thread.
If you LAND a client, share it on this thread! Let us celebrate with and learn from you.
If you LAND a client, share it on this thread! Let us celebrate with and learn from you.
I had a potential client flake on me today, but set up a call for tomorrow for something that might become a long term gig!
I also had a really random call from someone who had totally unrealistic expectations and a ridiculously low budget but felt comfortable enough to turn him down. In the past, I think I would have agonized over the lost opportunity. Now I know it's not worth the stress and meager pay!
I also had a really random call from someone who had totally unrealistic expectations and a ridiculously low budget but felt comfortable enough to turn him down. In the past, I think I would have agonized over the lost opportunity. Now I know it's not worth the stress and meager pay!
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Reached out to an owner of a development consulting firm in New York. Had a quick introduction call. We're talking again in a month.
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This has been a week of wins for me:
- A former colleague who now works at a small healthcare software company contacted me about doing some writing for them.
- I hired a designer to create branded social media images for me, and they turned out great.
- I had an awesomely fun Zoom call with
Erica Holthausen yesterday, and she introduced me to this community. - We're having a new back porch built, and it will be finished today. I plan to sit out there as much as possible this weekend!
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Hey folks! As part of this months challenge prompts, I've asked you to start by creating a list of your advocates or existing clients.
Have you done that yet?
If so, comment below and let us know how many folks you've identified! And if you've started your outreach, that's event better. 👇
Have you done that yet?
If so, comment below and let us know how many folks you've identified! And if you've started your outreach, that's event better. 👇
I know a lot of copywriters will charge by the word – what's your method? Project fee? Hourly? By word?
I started by writing for a client who paid by the word. I still write for them but it works out because I'm well versed in the topic and can churn out articles for more $$$ than I would have made by charging my initial hourly fee!
Now I lean toward hourly rates because I'm still learning how long certain projects take me and how to account for hours of troubleshooting, editing, etc. I had bad experiences with another client when I tried project rates because there was always more to the project than initially communicated.
Now I lean toward hourly rates because I'm still learning how long certain projects take me and how to account for hours of troubleshooting, editing, etc. I had bad experiences with another client when I tried project rates because there was always more to the project than initially communicated.
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I first heard this song covered by Ben Platt on Instagram, and it is so good.
This is a space to share something that applies to freelancers or freelancing generally, but doesn't seem functionally aligned to any of the other spaces.
This space is intended to be free-flowing, so share away! No need to overthink.
This space is intended to be free-flowing, so share away! No need to overthink.
This channel is for expressing some gratitude to people in the community, the universe, or anything else.
Sharing gratitude is a gift to yourself and others – so share away!
Sharing gratitude is a gift to yourself and others – so share away!
I just (finally) made the switch from MailChimp to ConvertKit...and I am kicking myself for not switching so much sooner.
ConvertKit has already proven to be a superior system for managing and emailing my audience, and I can't wait to dig in even deeper. It's easily my go-to recommendation for building your audience.
Sign up for ConvertKit here
ConvertKit has already proven to be a superior system for managing and emailing my audience, and I can't wait to dig in even deeper. It's easily my go-to recommendation for building your audience.
Sign up for ConvertKit here
Hey everyone!
It's the first week of August, and our first full month together. So this month, I'm kicking off our first project...Operation New Client Project.
When I asked, it seemed that most of us could use the focus on getting more work in the door. And so, we will help each other do just that.
How it works
It's the first week of August, and our first full month together. So this month, I'm kicking off our first project...Operation New Client Project.
When I asked, it seemed that most of us could use the focus on getting more work in the door. And so, we will help each other do just that.
How it works
- Every week, I will send you a prompt to help inspire and provide specific steps you can take to find new client work
- Each Friday, I've scheduled a Zoom hangout for us to share notes – both our successes and our challenges
→ To enroll in the challenge, enter your email here ←
That will allow me to send you weekly email prompts, as well as send you the link to register for our weekly Friday calls.
Can't wait to kick this off with you all!
PS: Comment below and let me know what type of work you'll be selling!
OK - well out of my comfort zone now....but lets give it a go.
I'm offering Full Market Potential Analysis and Planning. Doesn't sound very creative does it? But it is! It really stretches thinking and helps with exploration and innovation.
Can be applied to any business but ideal for small to medium ones that
1. have a physical product to sell
2. are consumer focused (not B2B)
3. want to go international but have no clue which markets to prioritise and how to make it happen
I'm offering Full Market Potential Analysis and Planning. Doesn't sound very creative does it? But it is! It really stretches thinking and helps with exploration and innovation.
Can be applied to any business but ideal for small to medium ones that
1. have a physical product to sell
2. are consumer focused (not B2B)
3. want to go international but have no clue which markets to prioritise and how to make it happen
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This sounds like a lot of fun.
Ironically, I landed a new client for a strategy consulting project where my objective is to deliver a micro and macro roadmap for their new business.
This client is a good friend from high school and we've each been a part of our respective entrepreneurial journeys from Day 1.
I've never charged my friend for advice but we've gotten to a point where if his business needs to be run in a professional way - which includes paying for all services, including those of my own.
The good thing is that I've allotted just 10 billable hours of work for this project for a test run this month.
My end goal is to expand my role in his company, increase my hours, and possibly become a full-time partner (permitting this project goes well).
Ironically, I landed a new client for a strategy consulting project where my objective is to deliver a micro and macro roadmap for their new business.
This client is a good friend from high school and we've each been a part of our respective entrepreneurial journeys from Day 1.
I've never charged my friend for advice but we've gotten to a point where if his business needs to be run in a professional way - which includes paying for all services, including those of my own.
The good thing is that I've allotted just 10 billable hours of work for this project for a test run this month.
My end goal is to expand my role in his company, increase my hours, and possibly become a full-time partner (permitting this project goes well).