How to Find Freelance Clients

How to Find Freelance Clients

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This episode delves into effective methods for securing freelance clients. It explores two primary approaches: promotion, where you actively reach out to potential clients, and attraction, where you draw clients to you through strategic actions. Key topics include leveraging personal connections, the importance of personalized communication, the power of video messaging, and the use of advertising on platforms like Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. The episode also covers the benefits of listing sites, the value of local community engagement, and the role of educational webinars and trainings. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of building a comprehensive brand ecosystem and consistent content marketing. Finally, a 'secret weapon' strategy is revealed, focusing on using LinkedIn to jump directly into decision and action stages through well-crafted referral requests and free brand audits.

#businessdevelopment #marketing #clientacquisition #graphicdesign #freelancing #salesfunnel

• Introduction to Freelance Clients

• Promotion vs. Attraction: The Two Ways to Get Clients

• Leveraging Your Network: The Low-Hanging Fruit

• The Power of Personalized Communication

• Using Video to Stand Out

• Old School Advertising Techniques

• Effective Use of Listing Sites

• Teaching and Training as a Business Development Tool

• Building Your Brand Ecosystem

• Content Marketing and Its Importance

• The Secret Weapon: Jumping Directly to Decision and Action

• Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Philip VanDusen is a branding consultant and the owner of a brand strategy and design agency based in New Jersey. Philip is a highly accomplished creative executive and expert in brand strategy, graphic design, marketing and creative management. Philip provides design, branding, marketing, career and business advice to creative professionals, entrepreneurs and companies on building successful brands for themselves and the clients and customers they serve.