One month, you're swamped with freelance work. The next, your project pipeline is dry.
You try all the tactics you can think of. You cast your marketing net far and wide. You come up empty-handed.
Meanwhile, those bills keep coming. It's no surprise that a lot of freelancers develop money anxieties!
Irregular income and anxiety makes it difficult for freelancers to do their best work and harness their creativity to score freelance projects.
In this episode, Austin shares his 7-step freakout protocol. It will come in handy when you’re staring down the end of the month and freaking out a little about your lack of freelance clients.
Austin also gives away free email templates that you can use to follow up with past clients and silent prospects without getting on their nerves.
Key points
- Intro (00:00)
- The Perennial Needs of Freelancers? (00:36)
- The 7-Step Freakout Protocol (02:00)
Notable Quotes
“Anxiety about money can cause our creativity to contract like water when the temperature drops. We really have to fight harder to open up that creativity, to expand it, and think, “Maybe this is an opportunity to go after a dream client."
"Share what you’re building online. Give the play-by-play. Invite people into the mess. Show the work while the sawdust is still on it.”
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Lead Tracker Template
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