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The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time

And How a Little Experiment Turned into a Multi-Million Dollar Enterprise Sure, pushing papers for the Big Boss mortifies us. But every freelancer knows that calling our own shots isn’t pure bliss either. I don’t know about you, but on at least two occasions, I’ve nervously looked “bankruptcy” in the face and by pure luck or [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Secret to Landing Clients Nearly 100% of the Time", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/consulting/the-secret-to-landing-clients-nearly-100-of-the-time/" });

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The Pick Up Artist Gets the Client

Today, I had lunch with Jason Adams, a friend and brilliant marketer who handles most of the online promotion for Mystery, VH1’s “The Pick Up Artist.” I actually met Jason through Mystery one year ago at the Rich Jerk’s 2007 Playboy Mansion event. Talk about a small world. An old friend from Hollywood randomly shows [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Pick Up Artist Gets the Client", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/consulting/client-acquisition/the-pick-up-artist-gets-the-client/" });

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No Portfolio? No Problem!

Ah, the catch 22: how do you get your first client without any past clients to reference? Here’s a couple quick tips: Have you launched any of your own sites? Reference them as past projects you’ve done. Gather any quantifiable data you can. If you optimized it, what phrases ranked in the search engines, how many [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "No Portfolio? No Problem!", url: "http://www.warwagonblog.com/consulting/no-portfolio-no-problem/" });

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