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100% open rate on his cold emails

Just got this from Andrew: “I’ve sent out 3 emails to some lawyers in my town using your method, guess

The mortar round that nearly ended me

It was the closest I ever came to dying. During my year in Iraq, I was stationed on one of

As the world crumbles, here’s your escape hatch

Grab your tin foil hat, again… But, for real… I’m an optimist, but I sincerely think things are going to

Everyone thought I was having a mid-life crisis

You might know… A few years back, I had a mid-life crisis… at least, according to most my family and

Client-getting super powers from the man with 3 names

Brindas Filip Andrei. Quite the mouthful. Haha. Anyway, so speaketh Andrei (or Brindas… or Filip): “When I’ve received the notification

The 2400-year-old genius who invented Facebook stalking

All you really need to do is read Aristotle. Er’body these days is just ripping him off. When I was

Developer lands first client from cold email

So spaketh Filip: “The cold email course is pure gold! [It] brought me the first client that I’ve reached out

How scrubs do cold email

Just created this video breaking down a terrible cold email I received the other day. The kind you probably get

The ad that got me kicked off Facebook

I saw this coming after 2016. I was never big into Facebook ads, but I’d figured out a few things.

My 6-figure tele-marketing gig

One of the later sales jobs I had was for this company called CPI. I honestly don’t even remember what

Do people even read these emails?

Let me rap about the nay-sayers for a minute. I had someone ask me this: “Do you think, someone will

Absolute power and control of your life and business

There’s a few steps to this… so, stick with me. It starts with who you trust. In my opinion, the

[VIDEO] Where to find high quality clients on Google

So, I just want to show you this. Enough talky-talk, Johnny Boy! Am I right? SHOW ME THE LEADS! Haha.

The 5-minute client

I have to make a confession. When I decided to go ahead and create my Cold Email Method course, I

Cashme on onlyfans, how bow dah?

You remember that chick? Danielle Bregoli or “Bhad Bhabie” as she now calls herself — was on Dr. Phil when

Let the noobs fight for Upwork clients

I’m obviously a big fan of Upwork. I started my freelance career, in earnest, there. I teach a course on

The next 10 years of hell

Everybody in the room was bawling. Not gonna lie… I was choked up a bit myself. It sounds stupid, but

I can’t stop my daughter from making racist comments

Came across this absolute gem the other day: My 6-year-old daughter has beautiful blond hair and blue eyes. She gets

Your job security is a LIE

Check this out: Across the full sample, 43% of businesses had temporarily closed, and nearly all of these closures were

How to commie-proof your life and business

Let me make sure my tin foil hat is on tight. Haha. Seriously, though, it’s a wild time we live

Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver

I may have been a bit harsh in my last post: These tech CEOs read a book on Steve Jobs

Why I just left a 7-figure tech company

You’ll probably think I’m crazy. But, I just walked away from maybe one of the more lucrative gigs I’ve had…

Total domination of your clients

She was terrified to f*** with me. Vulgar maybe, but that was just the truth of it. And, it wasn’t

Use your competitors testimonials to sell YOUR services

It happened to by older brother a few years back. The cult of vegan got ahold of him… and suddenly

3rd-ranked Upworker reveals his secret weapon

This was posted over on LinkedIn by a freelancer named Ahmad: === Got rejected multiple times on Upwork. After being

For PHP scrubs only

For one of my clients… We’re redoing an API and we came across this file, written by a no-longer-employed-with-us developer

A “jedi mind trick”for getting positive reviews and referrals

My name is Johnny and I’m here to… PUMP… YOU UP! Okay really, I was just headed to the gym

The prostitute principle

This guy I know… Seriously, though… I once read about a technique used by veteran prostitutes to ensure they always

The mistake your kids will hate you for

September 5th, 1989. That day changed my life forever. Our little S-10 pickup was struck, on the passenger side, by

I’m bawling like a baby

I’m watching Criminal Minds on Netflix. Season 7, Episode 10. Jimmy Hall. A Philadelphia boxer whose son is dying and

Bully your way into a client’s wallet

Another lesson learned in the windy sand dunes of Iraq. The day I arrived on base (I was about 30

Let me talk dirty to you

Welcome to “JMO After Dark”… Just messin’. I was laying in bed, last night, and was thinking about you. Well,

Shoot. Move. Get more clients

Got a quickie for you, today. No… not that kind, dirty mind. A little vid-yo I put together on a

My sneaky scheme for 2021

I wrote a whole blog post about this awhile back… But, the idea is pretty simple. We all know 2020

Two Upwork jobs in one day after making these changes

Here’s another message I got… this one from Ani: === I took this course 5 days ago and created an

Ranked 2nd in Upwork search after just 3 jobs

Just got this message from Tessa: === I’ve been following your course on upwork doing the specialized profile. With a

The sneaky reason why goal-setting systems are DESIGNED to fail

It was the second conference I’d ever attended. I was with a client of mine and he knew the guy

Why most developers are broke

I’ll tell ya this… it has nothing to do with talent. I recently had another fupastar send me one of

13 “hacks” to force clients to pay you more

Can we cut the BS? Seriously. I see a lot people posing. On their Instagram or Twitter, spouting a bunch

My evil Upwork scheme

I just uploaded a brand new Upwork course that lays out my entire evil scheme for exploiting Upwork. The same

Smelly secrets of the 400K Upworkers

I know you’ve seen them. The Upwork boo-roos on Twitter bragging about how they’ve made 400K or 5 or whatever

Bizarre archetypes that will bring you more clients

It’s like living in two different worlds. Where you go to find clients, what services you offer, what you say

Feeling like a fraud?

I got this email from Jerry: === My question is how do you get past the mental block of “needing

2021 isn’t gonna be any better

I know… bahumbug. But, I always find it interesting the importance people place on the New Year. As if it

Before you set your New Year’s Resolutions… a little advice

I’ve been doing this a long time. I started on the internet over 15 years ago. I was also just

Now access your premium courses on my new training app

Just a heads up… If you’ve recently purchased one of my courses on my new training portal (R2 Protocol, 5-Figure

The Viagra of freelancing

Schwing scwhing! Lol… I was listening to a podcast last night on the way home from the gym and the

Upwork took down my YouTube videos

Seriously. I know there’s jackwads out there that’ll tell you their video got “banned” when it really didn’t. But, in

Not for the easily offended

My last email elicited this doozy from Sidney: “So your message is ‘If it can work for Hitler, and Manson,

A crucial life lesson from a cult leader and murderer

Been watching Mindhunter on Netflix. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about how the FBI developed its criminal profiling technique

Hi, I’m John. I’m a freelance web developer and online teacher. I help aspiring freelance web developers go full-time as freelancers. I’m on the social media sites below and look forward to connecting with you there.

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