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Pro tip: Don't fall for that "productivity course" advertised during slow weeks
Last February when work was dead I dropped $180 on some online course promising to help freelancers stay busy. It was just fancy-priced checklists and a guy repeating stuff from old blog posts. I got maybe two useful tips out of 40 videos, and one of them was basically "email people more." Anyone else get suckered into buying something shiny during a slow month?
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dakota_miller936d ago
Man, I feel your pain! I did the same thing last summer with some "social media influencer" who promised to double my client base. Turned out it was just a bunch of generic advice about "building your brand" that I could've found for free on YouTube. What actually worked for me was just reaching out to old clients with a quick "hey, whatcha working on?" email. Ended up getting two small projects and a referral from that, no course required. What kind of stuff were you hoping to get out of that course?
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rosepark6d ago
But email people more" is the real kicker though, isn't it? I paid for a similar course that had a whole module on "outreach strategy" and it boiled down to sending a generic template message to strangers on LinkedIn. Did yours at least explain how to write those follow-up emails, or was it just a list of subject lines? Seems like half these courses are just charging you for the permission to do the obvious thing you already know you should be doing.
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