When little JMO was a wet-eared freelancer…
This was the thing that frustrated me the most. It was like someone was crushing me in a vise-grip. On one hand, you have to spend all your time attending to clients and delivering… while on the other working ON your business to get new clients.
And, it never seemed like I had enough time in the day.
Something always suffered.
Drove me nuts.
My problem, then, is I was just flying by the booty of my denims. I had no plan. No system. Nothing to rely on. I just got up each day and hoped. I’d frantically check my Upwork invites… nothing.
Website quote requests… nothing.
Twitter, Facebook, Youtube… nothing.
And, every day, I’d panic.
Now what?
And, I’d try to come up with some grand scheme to bring a flood of new clients into my freelance business. And, I just kept chasing shiny objects. A new platform or some “trick” some online marketer was peddling.
Day after day.
Until I finally got sick of it.
What I finally got through my thick skull is…
You need a system.
You’ve gotta spend the time upfront to build a step-by-step system for consistently bringing in new clients. No guessing. No hoping. No panicking every day. Just grinding it out. Set it up then run it.
And, that’s what I did.
And, ended up working on projects for Inc. Magazine.
And, Tim Ferriss.
Michael Hyatt and Lewis Howes.
It’s a system.
And, it’s science.
And, it works.
In fact, I’m convinced that once you set up a system like this and run it on a daily basis (mine takes me less than an hour each day), your long-term success is guaranteed. Short-term, things happen.
But, long-term, you can’t lose.
I’ve just seen it time and time again.
All kinds of people…
From all different walks of life…
From all over the world.
The system has worked for all of them.
In any case, this is what I teach you in my Beginner’s Guide to Freelance course. How to build a repeatable system for getting new clients. Creating a backlog of job invites and quote requests…
So, you have more control over your freelance business.
You can charge more.
Fire problem clients.
And, not have to worry where next month’s dough is coming from.
Anyway, you can get started with the course on my free tutorial site here: https://johnsfreetuts.com/freelance
See ya over there,
John
