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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 198 subscribers whoâve joined us since the last edition.
Mentioned in todayâs email: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google, freelancing, Dell, Frank McCourt, TikTok, and the 4-day workweek. Plus 3 magic words to make clients trust you, and 5 tips to prevent âgray workâ from hurting your productivity.
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Working With Clients
3 Magic Words to Make Clients Trust You
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If a client asks a question, you should always have the answer⊠right?
Wrong.
In fact, trying to weigh in on something when youâre out of depth is the fastest way to make yourself look silly.
So, whatâs the answer?
Donât be afraid to say âI donât know.â
Being open about what you donât know shows honesty and will give you credibility.
Plus it creates an opportunity for you to find the answer and demonstrate your resourcefulness to the client.
Making the Rounds
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OpenAI releases new â4oâ model for ChatGPT
Google announces AI summaries will start appearing in search results
Why weâre in the golden age of freelancing
Dell cracks down on remote workers
Billionaire Frank McCourt plans bid for TikTok in U.S.
Why the 4-day workweek is gaining momentum
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Working For Yourself
Is âGray Workâ Hurting Your Productivity? Try These 5 Tips to Avoid it
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Itâs no secret that âcontext switchingâ hurts your productivity.
One reason why?
âGray work.â
This is when youâre forced to dig through Slack, Asana, emails, DMs, and Google Drive to find the one piece of info you need to actually complete the task.
And if youâre not carefulâŠ
Youâll end up spending more time searching for information than actually doing something with it.
Luckily, our friends at Forbes wrote an article sharing 5 tips to prevent this.
Click here to check it out:
AI Prompts For Freelancers
Prompt of the Week: The Follow-Up
This AI prompt is designed to be tacked on to any other prompt for better quality outputs by encouraging ChatGPT to ask you follow-up questions before giving an answer.
Here is the prompt:
Before you create your response, please ask me follow-up questions until you are certain you can execute my request perfectly.
Tool of the Week
TextExpander: Save Time With Simple Shortcodes
TextExpander eliminates wasted time on repetitive tasks.
This trusty time-saver lets you set up shortcodes for just about anything you can think ofâŠ
So you can auto-populate a chunk of text, big or small, in just a few keystrokes.
Emails
Templates
Connection requests
Outreach messages
Etc etc
It may not sound like a game-changerâŠ
But once you start using it, youâll realize how much time you just got back.
Give it a go at the link below:
Bonus Points
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đ Interviewing: 9 interview red flags to watch out for (link)
đȘ Success: 20 soft skills to accelerate your career success (link)
đČ Business: 13 years of brutally honest advice in 90 mins (link)
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