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Good Morning and I welcome you to today's class
I assume we all have a niche (or some niches) to target now
Before I start talking about how to find clients, let me quickly chip this in. I call them the "super niches". These are niches reserved for experienced freelancers
I assume we all have a niche (or some niches) to target now
Before I start talking about how to find clients, let me quickly chip this in. I call them the "super niches". These are niches reserved for experienced freelancers
Who have understood the rope. These are:
1. Development , design and online agencies. The sub-niches include mobile app developers, web developers, ecommerce, product design and software developers. This means you can start working with any of these agencies as a freelancer
1. Development , design and online agencies. The sub-niches include mobile app developers, web developers, ecommerce, product design and software developers. This means you can start working with any of these agencies as a freelancer
2. Advertising and Marketing agencies. These are the big guys in SEO, digital marketing, PPC, media buying, market automation, video production and SEM (I have worked with Insivia and Man of Many).
3. IT services These include those in SaaS (software as a service), cloud
3. IT services These include those in SaaS (software as a service), cloud
computing, cyber security, VOIP, and staff augmentation.
4. Business services Industry: HR, accounting, Payroll, contract consulting, customs brokerage, and call centers
5. Local Business Industry: This is a huge niche but many freelancers unlook. I mean it's one of the niches
4. Business services Industry: HR, accounting, Payroll, contract consulting, customs brokerage, and call centers
5. Local Business Industry: This is a huge niche but many freelancers unlook. I mean it's one of the niches
that can give you $1k online. Many of them don't know fiverr, upwork or LinkedIn. In fact, they don't even think they have problem till you show them. More often than not, they need simple websites, social media management, and local SEO. I will divide them into two categories:
- the exposed ones
- the mid to non-exposed ones
The exposed ones are those in plastic surgeons, social care and elderly homes, attorneys, and dentists.
The guys on the other divide are nail salon, massage Spa. These people are only interested in local SEO (simple graphic
- the mid to non-exposed ones
The exposed ones are those in plastic surgeons, social care and elderly homes, attorneys, and dentists.
The guys on the other divide are nail salon, massage Spa. These people are only interested in local SEO (simple graphic
designs and majorly GMB). You might succeed in convincing them to have a website (extremely hard tbh)
So Biola, enough of this talk. How can I, as a new freelancer, land my first client?
Chill....read this
I will talk extensively about getting clients through:
So Biola, enough of this talk. How can I, as a new freelancer, land my first client?
Chill....read this
I will talk extensively about getting clients through:
- Google
- directories
- Events and conferences
- Setting up fiverr and upwork account
Are you following?
HOW TO GET CLIENTS THROUGH GOOGLE
The ability to carry out resourceful google search is a differentiating factor Vetting relevant results from our google search is a
- directories
- Events and conferences
- Setting up fiverr and upwork account
Are you following?
HOW TO GET CLIENTS THROUGH GOOGLE
The ability to carry out resourceful google search is a differentiating factor Vetting relevant results from our google search is a
superpower that is easy to acquire but most freelancers don't have it. I will simplify this for you through examples and show you how to leverage Google for prospecting
Understanding Google's advanced operators The google advanced operators are basically commands that expand
Understanding Google's advanced operators The google advanced operators are basically commands that expand
the abilities of our regular google searches. With these operators, you can do anything from prospecting to marker analysis and finding emails. Understanding them will improve the quality of your google search.
Even though there are many operators, all follows a similar syntax
Even though there are many operators, all follows a similar syntax
like the diagram below. When we break this down, we will have something like:
Site: this limits your search to a specific website mentioned or indicated in the search query
Intitle: these are web pages that have certain keywords in their title
Site: this limits your search to a specific website mentioned or indicated in the search query
Intitle: these are web pages that have certain keywords in their title
Inurl: web pages that have certain keywords in their URL
Filetype: these contain certain file type like png, doc or pdf
[Number...number]: this command restricts the search to certain range of numbers
Let's look at some examples. Shall we?
Filetype: these contain certain file type like png, doc or pdf
[Number...number]: this command restricts the search to certain range of numbers
Let's look at some examples. Shall we?
Let's assume we are looking for a certain spreadsheet that contains "startups" and "2022" in the title, our search command will look like this:
Site:https:docs.google.com intitle: startups 2022
When I search this, it returns the following results
Site:https:docs.google.com intitle: startups 2022
When I search this, it returns the following results
Use Case: this command will give you the result pictured above
links to spreadsheets with data about startups and the year 2022. For instance, if your service is for startups that are hiring remotely, you have just found a list with about 900 potential leads.
links to spreadsheets with data about startups and the year 2022. For instance, if your service is for startups that are hiring remotely, you have just found a list with about 900 potential leads.
Easy right? Let's proceed
Let's say we want find LinkedIn profiles that
has "founder" and "we are hiring", our search query becomes:
Site:LinkedIn.com "founder we're hiring"
Let's say we want find LinkedIn profiles that
has "founder" and "we are hiring", our search query becomes:
Site:LinkedIn.com "founder we're hiring"
If you follow me, this search will return LinkedIn profiles with founder and we are hiring in their titles. If they are your ideal customer, you can connect with
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