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It was from a potential client complimenting me on some copywriting work of mine that had landed in his inbox.
After some more emails and phone calls, we inked a deal that, during the next 8 months, generated $120,000 in fees for me.
The reason I’m telling you this is because I figure I have about 4.2 seconds to make it clear to you that, when it comes to working with clients for maximum fees, I know what I’m doing.
We live in a skeptical world, so just in case you think that one client was a fluke, let me tell you about the one the year before.
Now, I imagine you could read all of this and choose not to believe me. If that’s your choice, I take no offense. I know there are plenty of liars out there who make it their business to separate as many people as possible from their money.
I, however, am not one of those people. And for you to go on your way now would mean you’re passing up on an opportunity that could potentially change your life.
I have one very important goal for the next few minutes. My goal centers around a single belief I hold about you… even though I’ve never met you.
Oddly enough, this belief is something that, at your core, you share with me. Although you might not even be aware of it.
FACT: One of the quickest and easiest ways to make money in business is to take a commercially viable skill, go out and get clients, and do that thing for them.
FACT: Whether it’s copywriting, programming, graphic/web design or any other type of freelance work, you can have your business up by TOMORROW and be generating revenue very quickly.
FACT: As a savvy freelancer or independent professional, you can make a VERY nice income without slaving away “working for the man” holed up in an office cubicle somewhere.
I’ve had clients decide to hold a final payment hostage in an effort to squeeze out some more blood. (Don’t think for a minute that I caved. I got the money.)
I’ve had to call out the legal hounds on clients who had trouble getting invoices paid for work delivered… (I got the money owed once again.)
Heck, I’ve even had to fire clients who came to me with a creative definition about what it meant to be on the right side of the law. (I’m waiting for karma on that one.)
Let me be clear here. I’m not talking about the people that were my clients. The people I’ve worked with have nothing to do with this.
I’m just talking about the business model where you yourself provide a…