You have a great product or service and a fantastic front end offer. You would like to reach a larger audience and get yourself more ideal clients. If you have a sales funnel in place and would really like to scale your business, running an ad campaign is the best way to attract new people to your product…
If you’re like most people, you’ve probably allowed procrastination to keep you from getting started, from doing the things that you’ve wanted to do with your life. After spending over a decade in the transformation economy, Mike Shreeve shares a core belief in this premiere episode of The No Pants Show podcast, concerning our life’s dreams and goals:…
Turning strangers into clients? Is that really what you got yourself into when you decided to take on this whole freelancing thing? Sure, you love creating your own work schedule, and spending more time with your family. The lack of commute is really nice. You don’t miss having a boss breathing down your neck. And being able to…
Before joining The No Pants Project in 2018, I had never even heard of a sales funnel before. Funnel building? Huh? None of my prior job experience ever required knowledge about marketing or business. That is, until I decided to join a tribe of freelancers, and become a pantsless business owner myself. As I began to learn more…
While writers are often the first group that come to mind, freelancing isn’t just for those with a flair for words. There are as many ways to make money freelancing as there are creative people in the world. Those with a gift for the artistic or the technical (like some of these creative rock stars) will find that…
While it may at first sound presumptuous, marketing yourself as an expert in your field is a very valuable strategy that a lot of freelancers miss out on. The tendency is to want to appeal to the masses so that you are sure to have enough work to support yourself. But without realizing it, many creatives are actually…
Fears. We all have them. Even the most courageous and successful people that you can think of have things they are afraid of. While most of us don’t like to admit it, fear is actually a very normal reaction to the unknown and the challenging. In this article from Psychology Today, neuropsychologist, speaker, and author Theo Tsaousides says:…
Proposals. They’re an interesting concept, aren’t they? You write up a document that asks someone to do business with you, and then you sit and wait for them to respond (hopefully in the positive). Not all clients require proposals, but in certain cases (like large projects, or if the client needs to get approval from a higher up…
It’s every freelancers dream - finding the perfect client. Someone who respects your time, willingly pays you well, and values your expertise. But with such high standards, it can be difficult to find that perfect pairing. And sometimes you can even get in your own way when trying to land those high-value clients. What’s a freelancer to do?…
You understand the value of good blog writing. Creating custom content is one of the surest ways to build rapport with your audience. In a recent article published on forbes.com, Jayson DeMers makes a strong case for business blogging, when he says, “By providing your own unique thoughts and insights, you naturally grow your search traffic, customer trust…