To Get More Clients, Get R.E.A.L.

One of the ways I help self-employed professionals and creatives build their businesses is with writing — blog or Substack posts, byline articles, ebooks, and more. To explain to them the type of editorial content self-employed pros need to write in order to...

Don’t Give Up Marketing Before the Miracle

“It’s just not working,” my client said dejectedly. “I’ve been doing exactly what the experts say –- expanding my network, asking for referrals, following up, but I still have only a handful of clients. I’m thinking about giving up...

Marketing the Real You

I often wonder how the practice began among self-employed professionals and creatives of pretending to be someone else in order to promote your business. You know what I’m talking about — it’s the marketing face, the selling voice, that you often put...

Follow-Up Is Simple — So Why Isn’t It Easy?

Doing a good job at follow-up is a piece of cake. You just capture every lead or potential referral partner you run across, then place a call, send an email, or both. If you don’t make a sale right away, you calendar them for the next follow-up and do the same...

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