{"id":4495,"date":"2013-01-04T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=4495"},"modified":"2013-01-04T06:00:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T14:00:25","slug":"earl-nightingales-secret-for-getting-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/earl-nightingales-secret-for-getting-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Earl Nightingale&#8217;s Secret For Getting A Ho&#8217; Bunch Of Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reaction to Monday&#8217;s &#8220;Burn Notice&#8221; email&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Ben I was intrigued by your &#8216;Michael Westin&#8217; business model. Would love to be a freelance copywriter while marketing my own products too but I don&#8217;t know where to begin getting clients. Thoughts?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s a good question.<\/p>\n<p>No, freelancing isn&#8217;t everyone&#8217;s cup of tea.<\/p>\n<p>But in a screwy economy it can put food on the table if everything else goes to hell in your business.<\/p>\n<p>As for thoughts on getting clients?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.<\/p>\n<p>Take Earl Nightingale&#8217;s advice:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Look around at whatever everyone else is doing and do the exact opposite&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No joke.<\/p>\n<p>Most freelancers haven&#8217;t clue what they&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t know how to sell.<\/p>\n<p>And they struggle BIG time.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why this week I decided to focus on helping people get clients (whether freelance copywriters or any other kind of service provider) and start 2013 off right with Daniel Levis&#8217;s free webinar last night for coaches, consultants and freelancers.<\/p>\n<p>Wait a minute&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What????<\/p>\n<p>You missed it???<\/p>\n<p>Worry ye not.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be up for the next couple days at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellevis.com\/QILsettle_replay.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>www.daniellevis.com\/QILsettle_replay.html<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(My affiliate link)<\/p>\n<p>But you can&#8217;t dawdle.<\/p>\n<p>This sucker comes down in a couple days.<\/p>\n<p>After that?<\/p>\n<p>Well, you will have missed out.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S.<\/strong> Remember, if you buy from my affiliate link I&#8217;ll send you those two MP3 trainings on how to get booked solid with clients. (And virtually ALL of it applies to coaches &amp; consultants, too.)<\/p>\n<p>Tips include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to get paid top fees for your services &#8212; even if you&#8217;re brand spanking new.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How to get 100% of your fees upfront. (World class copywriter Peter Stone uses this &#8220;trick&#8221; all the time. Now you can, too.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to get clients even if you have no experience.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Why copywriting is the least important skill you need in order to get booked solid with clients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to get started if don&#8217;t know a soul in business now.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Where to find clients who are already looking for YOU.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A secret way to use your local library to find dozens of high paying clients in a single afternoon.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How to &#8220;position&#8221; yourself as an expert, high-value copywriter, even if you just hung up your shingle yesterday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why having a portfolio of your strongest samples can actually HURT your chances of getting freelance assignments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How to collect testimonials if you haven&#8217;t done any &#8220;real&#8221; copywriting jobs yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why you must NEVER &#8220;optimize&#8221; a website selling your copywriting services.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The two best (and easiest) ways to get paying clients almost overnight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bob Bly&#8217;s &#8220;big secret&#8221; to getting booked solid with paying copywriting clients.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How to instanly position yourself as an &#8220;expert&#8221; &#8212; even if you&#8217;re just starting out, with no name recognition, contacts or track record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How to know what clients are willing to pay BEFORE talking to them.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How to make money even from clients who don&#8217;t hire you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>And a whole lot more&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, here&#8217;s how to get these bonuses:<\/p>\n<p>1. Listen to the webinar replay at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellevis.com\/QILsettle_replay.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>www.daniellevis.com\/QILsettle_replay.html<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(that&#8217;s my affiliate link)<\/p>\n<p>2. If you buy the product Daniel sells, I&#8217;ll send you the goodies above.<\/p>\n<p>Word out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reaction to Monday&#8217;s &#8220;Burn Notice&#8221; email&#8230; &#8220;Ben I was intrigued by your &#8216;Michael Westin&#8217; business model. Would love to be a freelance copywriter while marketing my own products too but I don&#8217;t know where to begin getting clients. Thoughts?&#8221; It&#8217;s a good question. No, freelancing isn&#8217;t everyone&#8217;s cup of tea. 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