{"id":4499,"date":"2013-01-02T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=4499"},"modified":"2013-01-02T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T14:00:26","slug":"how-to-use-an-ordinary-watch-to-get-more-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/how-to-use-an-ordinary-watch-to-get-more-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Kennedy&#8217;s &#8220;Pocket Watch&#8221; Secret For Building A Huge Freelancing Or Coaching Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burping along with my coaching &amp; freelancing tips this week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s is a real doozy.<\/p>\n<p>And, it&#8217;s a pity most will brush today&#8217;s tip off since it&#8217;s not a &#8220;bright shiny object&#8221; or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>But, it CAN get you clients.<\/p>\n<p>And it can also impress the shizzit out of the ones you have now.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it can make you the ONLY person people want to hire.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anyway, what&#8217;s the big tip?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Punctuality, baby.<\/p>\n<p>Sounds boring, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Mayhaps it does.<\/p>\n<p>But if you read Dan Kennedy&#8217;s magnificent &#8220;No BS Time Management&#8221; book he makes a brilliant case for the power of punctuality. Specifically, how people are already (even if subconsciously) &#8220;sizing&#8221; you up by your punctuality (or lack thereof). And how being punctual gives you a lot of power in a world full of undisciplined wannabes who can&#8217;t be bothered by such trivial nonsense as doing WHAT they say they&#8217;ll do, WHEN they say they&#8217;ll do it.<\/p>\n<p>Scoff if you must.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve found this to be 100% true.<\/p>\n<p>You stick out like a glowing thumb respecting people&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p>Especially since most people don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Many times, people are even purposely late or miss deadlines to show they are in control or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>Dumb.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, what&#8217;s the bottom line?<\/p>\n<p>If you want clients who love and rave about you, be punctual.<\/p>\n<p>It truly separates the men from the boyz.<\/p>\n<p>Also, a reminder:<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I&#8217;m hosting a webinar for my colleague (and master at building 6-figure coaching &amp; freelancing businesses) Daniel Levis.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>&#8220;The 7 Hell-Fire Commandments<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> of Internet Riches &#8212; And the Systems That<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Support Them&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sign up with my affiliate link at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellevis.com\/QIL_settle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>www.daniellevis.com\/QIL_settle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and I&#8217;ll give you two advanced trainings on getting copywriting clients you can normally only get from my $297 Copywriting Grab Bag product.<\/p>\n<p>The info inside these bonuses is for freelancers.<\/p>\n<p>But virtually ALL of it applies to coaches &amp; consultants, too.<\/p>\n<p>Like, for example:<\/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. Sign up for the webinar at:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daniellevis.com\/QIL_settle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.daniellevis.com\/QIL_settle<\/strong><\/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>And don&#8217;t worry&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to buy anything.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel is giving some powerful tips away you can use (immediately), whether you buy anything or not.<\/p>\n<p>OK, that&#8217;s it for today.<\/p>\n<p>Laters&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burping along with my coaching &amp; freelancing tips this week&#8230; Today&#8217;s is a real doozy. And, it&#8217;s a pity most will brush today&#8217;s tip off since it&#8217;s not a &#8220;bright shiny object&#8221; or anything like that. But, it CAN get you clients. 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