Freelancing means working as an independing person or company rather than be employed by someone else.

W2 vs 1099

No Taxes Withheld

No Insurance

No Work Extras

No Retirements

Own Boss

Write Off Own Expenses

PAY YO TAXES - put away 30-40% of your pay

  1. Online Persona

    1. Porfolio

      1. Blaw ($1000): https://barbaralaw.me

        1. 3 Projects

      2. Shawn (Amazon - $1495): https://shawncharles.netlify.app

        1. MERN Stacks

      3. Templates

        1. Free (and not shady af): https://html5up.net
        2. After your first client: https://wrapbootstrap.com https://themeforest.net

      4. Hosting

        1. Netlify is FREE domain and contact form hosting!!!
        2. Just drag and drop your folder into: netlify.com/drop then change name if you wish
        3. Have client set up a netlify account and share their credentials like lastpass or one of the passwords form password manager

      5. Domains - sometimes you can get the first year free

        1. Namecheap
        2. IWantMyName
        3. Just use netlify.app for free

        Charge them for the domain!

    2. Twitter

      1. Nyah (AfrosInAi.com)

        1. https://twitter.com/EarthandCode

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      2. Sam (Material UI):

        1. https://twitter.com/tanoaksam

    3. LinkedIn

      1. Andy (Draft Kings):
        1. https://
      2. Rule of Three
        1. Past job/experience - frame it as something that’s gonna lead you to tech
        2. Current experience - talk about 100Devs as an agency - the agency has a training program and whats what you’re in - 100Devs Academy
        3. Freelance experience
          1. First name, Last Name, Consulting
          2. Clients are references to help explain the gap

    simple but effective

  2. Finding Clients

    1. Start Close
      1. Friends
      2. Family
      3. Social Media
      4. “Hey, I’m a software engineer. I build websites and web applications for different clients. If you ever know anybody that needs a website or web application, send them my way.”
    2. Go Local

      1. Networking - tell everyone

      2. Listings (craigslist) 🚨 ☠️

      3. Place You Know

      4. Outbound (pick a niche)

      5. Local is your value add!!! Local barbers/hair salons help them modernize and build a digital prescense online

      6. Restaurant Spreadsheet - build a list

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        1. Dial for dollars

          1. Red - f off
          2. Blue - couldn’t reach them
          3. Green - interested

        2. InstaDine - Calling Script

          Hi, this is [NAME]

          -Do you have a website where I could see your menu?

          Huh, odd question, but is the business owner available?

          • [NO] What is his or her name when they are normally around?
            • [WHY] I’m a Atlanta based web developer, I make websites and would love to help out a local business.
          • [YES] I am the owner
            • [Great] I’m a A
          • [YES] They are busy
            • [Great] I’ll call back in a few minutes, thank you!

          CONVERSATION

          ALWAYS BE CLOSING

          DO NOT HANG UP UNTIL THEY AGREE TO A $100 PACKAGE OR HANG UP ON YOU

      7. GO WIDE if you have too

        1. Gig Sites (upwork, fiverr…)
          1. Really tricked out profile
          2. High price
        2. Forums (reddit…)
        3. Build Authority
          1. Pick a niche that you know inside and out ex. dental office
            1. build a blog on hashnode

  3. Proposal - breaks down what you’re going to do and send the client

  4. Contract - protects both parties and allows both parties to agree on what happens when something goes wrong

  5. Closing

  6. Delivering

  7. Reinvesting Business

Good artist copy, great artist steal… go back through everyones portfolio / twitter / proposal / contract and COPY!

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