Freelancing Digest Issue #69 – February 5th, 2016

The Ultimate System For Automatically Qualifying, Scheduling, and Preparing New Project Leads

Brennan has a great guide on how to setup a system to automatically qualify your inbound leads. The speed to reply hasn’t been a factor for me but making sure to do follow ups has helped land projects. Using Drip, most of that can now be handled automatically.

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I think Philip is right on when he says "I recommend making your first pitch for your services be for your lowest-priced offering". You need to give your potential clients a low-risk way to get to know you and for you to see if they’d be a good fit.

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Quick Links

How habits can make freelancing easier (theadmin.org)

7 Secrets for Balancing Freelance Projects With Your 9 to 5 (shopifypartnerblog.myshopify.com)

Webinar: How To Increase Your Income Without Hiring Junior Developers (crowdcast.io)

7 Consulting Mistakes That’ll Stop A Potential Deal Dead In Its Tracks (medium.com)

Freelance Transformation 047: How to Leverage Your Technical Skills to Sell Corporate Training with Reuven Lerner (freelancetransformation.com)

How to Strengthen Your Relationships with Clients by Delivering Them Results (nusii.com)

How to Retain Long Term Consulting Clients (consultingsuccess.com)

9 Vital Clauses to Include In Your Freelance Contract (bidsketch.com)

Thanks, I’ll see you next week

Eric Davis (@edavis10)