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What’s your goal in phoning freelance & consulting prospects?

September 7th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Feature Article, cold calling for freelance and consulting

The best reason to phone possible freelance and consulting clients (also called “cold calling” if you do not yet have a relationship with them) is to find out if they use freelancers or consultants to provide the services you offer. Then there’s the not-so-great reasons.

Multipurpose your freelance and consulting marketing

June 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Marketing, cold calling for freelance and consulting

When you make the effort to research a freelancing or consulting client before reaching out to them, why not multipurpose your effort by contacting them in more than one way?

Apples vs. oranges in cold calling: tips for going orange

May 24th, 2011 · No Comments · Feature Article, cold calling for freelance and consulting

Many marketing coaches who work with freelancers, consultants and other solo entrepreneurs pontificate on the evils of cold calling. They set up cold calling for assignments as the most dreadful activity in the world as a straw man to make the alternative they teach—often emailing, magnetic websites / blogs or social networking—seem like a breeze in comparison. But there is an effective, pleasurable way to do cold calling.

The perfect cold calling script for freelancers and consultants

May 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Feature Article, cold calling for freelance and consulting

Writing out your cold calling script for freelance and consulting assignments helps, but it’s over the course of delivering it again and again that the rough edges wear away.

Phoning for work when you’ve been told not to (or it’s implied)

May 1st, 2011 · No Comments · cold calling for freelance and consulting

Whether applying for a “regular” full-time job or for freelance / consulting assignments, sometimes we are instructed to approach posted opportunities through a very specific channel. For instance, we respond to an ad that calls for us to submit “a resume by email.” In the worst cases, the ad specifies very strongly—maybe even in ALL CAPS—that we are not to follow up. However, I always follow up by phone.

How to research freelance and consulting prospects . . . but wait! I already have researched them

March 28th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Feature Article, Marketing

Tracking down contact info for freelance / consulting prospects is research enough, augmenting years of past employment that was also a form of “research.” Any further research before calling or writing is gussied up procrastination.

Cold calling and its connection to creativity

March 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Living life well

Psychotherapist says, “The risk you take has a feedback effect on the unconscious. The unconscious will give you ideas and it wants you to act on them. The more courage you have when you act, the more ideas it will give you.”

The satisfying connection between measurable effort and sales results

February 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Feature Article, Marketing

The most satisfying marketing techniques are those over which we have the most control. And that’s one of the reasons I find telephoning (often called “cold calling”) most satisfying.

I’ve never been rejected when phoning for solopro work . . . but here’s what I would do if I were

January 17th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Feature Article, Marketing

I’ve never experienced rejection during a telephone sales call. Yes, I’ve heard “no” and a few people have hung up on me, but no one has torn out my heart, thrown it to the ground and stomped on it. So I’ve come through the experience unscathed. And what would I do if I experienced rejection? Why, I’d hang up!

Do you hate experiencing rejection when you sell? Then read this

December 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Feature Article, Marketing

If we interpret a simple “no” as rejection, we’re going to experience a lot of rejection in life. “No” is a simple fact of life. When we sell a product or service, many people will say “no.” It doesn’t mean they reject us in some deeply personal way. It simply means they don’t want the product or service we offer, or at least they don’t at this time. If we determine how we will market with the primary goal of never having to hear this word, we are sacrificing a great deal of effectiveness to spare our own feelings.

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