⚔️ Twitter vs Substack

Author

Jim Hamilton
April 10, 2023

Happy Monday! Welcome back to The Freelance Gig, here with the news, tools, tips, and tricks to help grow your freelance business.

Here’s what we’re talking about as we head into the second week of Q2: Substack, Twitter, Facebook Marketplace, and work hours. Plus how to fire a client that won’t respect your boundaries.

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Making the Rounds

  • Twitter blackballs Substack links. Users can no longer like, reply to, or retweet Substack links, after the newsletter platform launched its Notes feature, a direct Twitter competitor.

  • Facebook adds video to Marketplace listings. Sellers can now add videos to their listings. Buyers can also request a video before making the purchase.

  • Americans are working fewer hours vs pre-pandemic. A new study found the average workweek declined from 37.5 hours pre-pandemic to 36.9 hours in November 2022.

Working With Clients

How to Fire a Client That Won’t Respect Your Boundaries

Not all client relationships have a happy ending.

If you’ve got a client who’s blowing you up with emails, DMs, and voice notes…

Hammering you with urgent requests that ignore your clearly-stated boundaries…

And implying that nothing you do is up to snuff…

It’s probably time to let them go.

But how, exactly? What’s the best way to fire a client?

Well, for starters, it’s never easy…

Even if you’re secretly wishing a pox upon their house.

Send them an email or DM that hits these key points:

- I'm not the right person to help you achieve XYZ
- I hope you've gotten some good value from our time together
- Happy to get on a call to discuss if need be
- Still believe in your mission/product
- Will be rooting for you to succeed

The reason to send them a message instead of getting on a call right away is to give them a chance to digest it…

And (hopefully) eliminate the need for a call.

But this way, even if they insist on one, you’ve already got the hard part out of the way.

And if you have a 30-day cancellation policy in your contract, you can always offer to let them out of it if you’re really eager to end the relationship.

Mindset Shift of the Week

“I provide a world class service that clients are happy to pay top dollar for.”

If there’s one thing that formal education is good for, it’s keeping impostor syndrome at bay.

Because when you’re essentially self-taught, it can be easy to doubt yourself.

So here’s how to rewrite the script:

Clients aren’t just paying for outcomes and deliverables…

They’re also paying for an experience.

And making sure that experience is top-notch doesn’t have to cost you a dime.

Be responsive. Be excited. Go above and beyond.

Actually CARE about the project.

These little things won’t go unnoticed by clients…

And recognizing that service can set you apart from everyone else is essential to building a lucrative freelance business.

Bonus Points

Gig Alerts

Looking for clients? These freelance jobs were posted on Upwork in the last 24 hours:

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Furthermore, job postings must be for high-income skills like copywriting, media buying, funnel building, graphic design, remote closing, etc in order to qualify.

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