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Working With Clients

Avoid This Prospecting Mistake If You’re New to Freelancing

If you’re a new freelancer looking to land clients…

You’ve got two choices:

Go fishing in the equivalent of the Atlantic Ocean by trying to persuade any and every business owner out there to hire you…

Or go to a small pond where the density of fish is much higher.

Where do you think your chances are better?

The small pond, of course.

And that’s exactly what freelancing platforms are.

Places like Upwork, Freelancer, Fiverr are where you can find paying clients looking to hire right now.

So if you’re just getting started…

Don’t waste your time messaging random strangers on Facebook or LinkedIn.

Focus on freelancing platforms instead.

Then aim to take your work off the platform once you’ve built strong relationships.

Making the Rounds

• Forbes accuses AI search engine Perplexity of stealing their content
  
  

• Threads launches API for developers
  
  

• Anthropic unveils fast new model of their AI chatbot Claude
  
  

• OpenAI’s co-founder announces new AI safety company
  
  

• Many millennials & Gen Z’ers say they would rather do nothing than be unhappy at work
  
  

• Thailand’s new digital nomad visa lets remote workers stay for up to 5 years

Working For Yourself

How to Avoid Information Overwhelm

Living in the Information Age has its pros and cons.

On the one hand, you can teach yourself the basics of just about any skill for free online.

But on the other hand…

This embarrassment of riches creates a paradox of choice.

Who do you learn from? Who do you ignore?

It’s no easy task.

That’s why the secret to avoiding information overwhelm is…

Choose 1-2 experts to learn from and ignore everyone else.

- Consume everything they put out
- Implement their strategies as best you can
- Find out what works and what doesn’t before moving on

Learning a high-income skill like copywriting, sales, or paid ads can feel like drinking from a firehose.

You need to control the flow of information you’re taking in.

Otherwise your head will explode.

And the only way to do that effectively is to narrow your focus.

Bottom line: don’t get high on more than one guru’s supply.

The lessons you’ll learn from executing on ONE person’s strategies will trump it every time.

AI Prompts For Freelancers

Prompt of the Week: The Follow-Up

This AI prompt is designed to help you follow up via email with a potential client who hasn’t responded after a sales call or sending them a proposal.

Here is the prompt:

Click here to see an example output

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Tool of the Week

Say goodbye to roaming charges forever with Airalo

Being able to work & travel is a big motivator for many freelancers.

But if you’ve ever tried to work remotely in another country before…

You’ve probably run into a familiar problem:

Roaming charges.

Most cellphone carriers charge you an arm and leg for roaming plans that don’t even give you the same amount of data you have at home.

Luckily, that’s where Airalo comes in.

With Airalo, you can purchase eSIMs for a variety of destinations all over the world, such as:

• Italy

• Greece

• Portugal

• Thailand

• Mexico

• And many more

Best of all, they often cost as little as $5-$10.

So you can say goodbye to overpriced roaming plans forever.

If you’re a digital nomad or planning to work and travel in the near future…

Tap here to check out Airalo

Bonus Points

💪 Success: 5 lessons on winning in life & business from Matthew McConaughey (link)

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🗣️ Marketing: How to sell stuff online (and be cool about it) (link)

🤓 Learning: Why your failures can make you rich (link)