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Happy Friday! This is the Freelance Gig, where we share news, tools, tips, and tricks to help grow your freelance business.

Welcome to the 18 subscribers whoā€™ve joined us since the last edition.

Mentioned in todayā€™s email: Meta, TikTok, Perplexity, Canada, and ChatGPT. Plus why you should stop sharing email updates and start doing this instead, and how to unlock the power of identity shifts in your freelance business.

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Working With Clients

Stop Sharing Email Updates and Start Doing This Instead

Communication is an easy way to stand out with clients.

But written messages often lack context.

Especially when it comes to sharing project updates.

So instead of sending an email to update clients on progress, record a custom video walking them through what youā€™ve done instead.

Thereā€™s plenty of low and zero-cost tools that can do this:

And for many peopleā€¦

Recording a video is actually faster and easier than writing out a polished email.

A personal touch like this goes a long way in client relationships.

Making the Rounds

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Working For Yourself

How to Unlock the Power of Identity Shifts in Your Freelance Business

One of the best parts about working remotely is the dress code.

As in, there is none.

But as nice as it is to spend the day working in sweatpants and a hoodieā€¦

Hereā€™s the thingā€¦

Having an ā€œeveryday is Casual Fridayā€ mindset can bleed into how you show up in your business.

If you want to perform at your best, day in and day outā€¦

And be taken seriously as a service providerā€¦

Meaning you want to be seen by your clients as someone who knows how to get resultsā€¦

(and is paid handsomely for it)

Then you need to come correct.

That doesnā€™t have to mean business formal attire, but it should mean a clean and wrinkle-free outfit.

Better yet, create a ā€œuniformā€ you wear every day to minimize decision fatigue.

Studies have shown that what you wear can and does affect how you feelā€¦

So leverage this proven scientific phenomenon to show up the way YOU want to inside your business.

AI Prompts For Freelancers

Prompt of the Week: Buying Triggers

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Here is the prompt:

What would motivate a customer to buy [PRODUCT OR SERVICE]? Include emotional and logical triggers plus specific strategies and messaging to activate each one.


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Tool of the Week

The One ā€œMust Haveā€ AI Tool For Anyone Doing Client Work

New AI tools are a dime a dozen these days.

But one tool we canā€™t run our business without is a meeting assistant called Fireflies.

With Fireflies, you can:

  • Record a video of the meeting

  • Get a highly-accurate and searchable text transcript

  • Plus generate a concise meeting summary to share with others

Once you sign up, all you have to do is invite Fireflies into the meeting and it takes care of the rest.

No need to press record.

So if youā€™re looking to make life easier for yourself and clientsā€¦

Bonus Points

šŸ’¼ Work: The generosity power move that can boost your career (link)

šŸ¤“ Learning: The best note-taking apps for collecting your thoughts and data (link)

šŸŽÆ Focus: How to control your attention (and stop wasting time) (link)