{"id":9409,"date":"2015-01-12T06:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T14:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=9409"},"modified":"2015-01-12T06:30:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T14:30:31","slug":"how-to-get-high-quality-clients-if-youre-just-starting-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/how-to-get-high-quality-clients-if-youre-just-starting-out\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get High Quality Clients If You&#8217;re Just Starting Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In which the question is axed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;My question is, how do you get good clients who aren&#8217;t going to\u00a0waste my time and pay peanuts just starting off if you haven&#8217;t\u00a0reached &#8216;pro&#8217; status yet? &#8220;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An interesting question.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my not-so-exciting answer:<\/p>\n<p>If I could do it over, I would not have started with client work. I\u00a0would have either created or found a product to sell, built my own\u00a0list, emailed it daily, and did that, first. Then, I would have\u00a0went and found clients.<\/p>\n<p>So my advice is:<\/p>\n<p>Start selling your own stuff.<\/p>\n<p>One, you may not even need clients if you do it right.<\/p>\n<p>Two, when you do deal with clients you will automatically have a\u00a0lot more posture, and outcome independence, which is like catnip to\u00a0clients as far as who they like to hire in many cases.<\/p>\n<p>More:<\/p>\n<p>Check out the upcoming February &#8220;Email Players&#8221; issue.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not about getting clients per se.<\/p>\n<p>But, if you apply the information inside it, you will attract all\u00a0the clients (and customers, if you sell products and not services)\u00a0you can stand.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, you&#8217;ll probably have to start a waiting list.<\/p>\n<p>Bold claim?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe so.<\/p>\n<p>But this next &#8220;experimental&#8221; issue contains perhaps the most\u00a0valuable information I&#8217;ve ever taught to date.<\/p>\n<p>But, only for &#8220;Email Players&#8221; subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>And, only if you subscribe in time here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.EmailPlayers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.EmailPlayers.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In which the question is axed: &#8220;My question is, how do you get good clients who aren&#8217;t going to\u00a0waste my time and pay peanuts just starting off if you haven&#8217;t\u00a0reached &#8216;pro&#8217; status yet? &#8220; An interesting question. 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