⏫ ChatGPT upgrade
Jim Hamilton
September 13, 2024
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Happy Friday the 13th! This is the Freelance Gig, where we share news, tools, tips, and tricks to help grow your freelance business.
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Mentioned in today’s email: OpenAI, Google, Wayback Machine, X, Gemini, and Android. Plus how to avoid being needy as a freelancer, and a productivity hack for juggling multiple clients.
Read time: 2 minutes and 46 seconds
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Working With Clients
How to Avoid Being Needy As A Freelancer
What’s the #1 sales-killing mistake freelancers make when pitching clients?
A) Charging too much
B) Not turning your camera on
C) Not sharing enough testimonials
Answer:
None of the above.
The #1 sales-killing mistake freelancers make is being NEEDY.
Nothing kills attraction faster than neediness.
So, how do you avoid being needy on sales calls and when dealing with clients?
Maintain a healthy pipeline of prospects.
The more prospects you have, the less you need any one sale to close.
Because you know there’s another one right around the corner.
And that confidence is magnetic.
It makes more people want to work with you.
So if your lead flow is dwindling and struggling to close deals, ramp up your lead gen efforts.
Stop being needy and you’ll have a much easier time getting clients to say yes.
Making the Rounds
OpenAI unveils o1, a model that can fact-check itself
Google partners with Wayback Machine to display archived links
26% of advertisers are planning to cut spending on X
Google Ads is getting rid of enhanced CPC for Search and Display
Gemini’s chatty voice mode is out now for free on Android
Google Wallet to test a feature that turns your US passport into a digital ID
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Working For Yourself
Juggling Multiple Clients? Try This Productivity Hack
Your productivity suffers every time you switch tasks.
This is known as “context switching.”
And unfortunately, it’s par for the course for most freelancers.
When you’re juggling multiple clients and projects, not to mention your own marketing and prospecting efforts…
It’s easy to get distracted and lose focus.
That’s why you should experiment with batching your client work into half-day blocks.
This way, you’re guaranteed to be able to put in a solid deep work session…
Without having to carve out an entire day.
It does require more planning in advance to ensure you can still hit all your deadlines…
But it’s well worth the increase in output.
AI Prompts For Freelancers
Prompt of the Week: The Feedback Request
This AI prompt is designed to help you craft an email requesting feedback from a client after you’ve completed a project.
Here is the prompt:
I'm a freelance [TYPE OF SERVICE]. Create a fill-in-the-blanks template for an email I can send to clients requesting feedback on my services after a project has been completed. The tone should be friendly, casual, and conversational. Emphasize speed and ease. The email should link out to a survey.
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Tool of the Week
International Freelancer? Here’s How to Give Yourself a Pay Cut
The biggest perk of being an internal freelancer is:
Getting paid in USD.
Only problem is:
If you rely on PayPal (or god forbid, your local bank) to convert your currency…
You’re taking a serious haircut every paycheck.
Instead, use Wise.
With it, you can:
Get better rates on currency conversions than PayPal or a local bank
Send money cheaper and easier than old-school banks
Get paid like a local in 10 different currencies
And convert & hold up to 53 different currencies.
In fact, Wise is 6X cheaper than other international accounts on average.
That’s why over 13 million people trust them to handle their international payment needs.
So if you’re an international freelancer…
Bonus Points
💼 Work: How to break up with your career (link)
🏝️ Travel: Will tourism backlash kill digital nomadism? (link)
😊 Life: How to design your dream life in 7 minutes (link)
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