Comments on: Are You Wasting 90% of Your Prospecting Efforts? http://freelancefolder.com/are-you-wasting-90-of-your-prospecting-efforts/ The Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:25:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://freelancefolder.com/are-you-wasting-90-of-your-prospecting-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-73848 John Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:54:05 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/?p=1239#comment-73848 Cultivating relationships with the "not-today" crowd takes a large amount of patience. Cultivating relationships with the “not-today” crowd takes a large amount of patience.

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]]> By: How to Make Your Freelancing Website More “Cutting Edge” – Your online guide for finding a job http://freelancefolder.com/are-you-wasting-90-of-your-prospecting-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-63871 How to Make Your Freelancing Website More “Cutting Edge” – Your online guide for finding a job Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:26:01 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/?p=1239#comment-63871 [...] mailing lists. This shows you’re a savvy marketer as well, one who knows the importance of constantly communicating with leads. Most people aren’t going to be ready to hire you when they first land on your site. However, [...] [...] mailing lists. This shows you’re a savvy marketer as well, one who knows the importance of constantly communicating with leads. Most people aren’t going to be ready to hire you when they first land on your site. However, [...]

]]> By: Mary http://freelancefolder.com/are-you-wasting-90-of-your-prospecting-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-53169 Mary Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:22:25 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/?p=1239#comment-53169 Great article! I definitely have a list of these people going. I call it my "tickle file" -- it's a database I set up in google docs. I list the person/company, the date and what I did to contact them, plus any response I get and when I get it. I've been keeping similar files and databases since I was in college and while I don't always need one, that sort of record keeping has helped me out a bunch over the years. I'm still not sure how your newsletter/articles/email list idea applies to me. I'm very targeted -- the people I'm talking to are the people who hire people like me on a freelance basis. The only things that I can come up with to send people are links to projects that I've just finished. I don't talk to my clients about business and I'd feel odd sending people links to random things other people have done. I'm not sure what else is worth their time, and it doesn't help me in my driest downtimes. "Do you have anything for me?" works really well for my current clients, but I'm not sure what to do for those people who've said "Great work! We don't have anything yet, but keep in touch!" Great article! I definitely have a list of these people going. I call it my “tickle file” — it’s a database I set up in google docs. I list the person/company, the date and what I did to contact them, plus any response I get and when I get it. I’ve been keeping similar files and databases since I was in college and while I don’t always need one, that sort of record keeping has helped me out a bunch over the years.

I’m still not sure how your newsletter/articles/email list idea applies to me. I’m very targeted — the people I’m talking to are the people who hire people like me on a freelance basis. The only things that I can come up with to send people are links to projects that I’ve just finished. I don’t talk to my clients about business and I’d feel odd sending people links to random things other people have done. I’m not sure what else is worth their time, and it doesn’t help me in my driest downtimes. “Do you have anything for me?” works really well for my current clients, but I’m not sure what to do for those people who’ve said “Great work! We don’t have anything yet, but keep in touch!”

]]> By: How to Land More Projects with Smarter Follow-Up Steps | nadaia http://freelancefolder.com/are-you-wasting-90-of-your-prospecting-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-50557 How to Land More Projects with Smarter Follow-Up Steps | nadaia Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:28:02 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/?p=1239#comment-50557 [...] there’s no one right approach to following up on proposals, the key to any follow-up process is to strike a balance. Sure, you want the work. But, you don’t want to turn off the prospect or [...] [...] there’s no one right approach to following up on proposals, the key to any follow-up process is to strike a balance. Sure, you want the work. But, you don’t want to turn off the prospect or [...]

]]> By: How to Land More Projects with Smarter Follow-Up Steps | World's Greatest T-Shirt http://freelancefolder.com/are-you-wasting-90-of-your-prospecting-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-50239 How to Land More Projects with Smarter Follow-Up Steps | World's Greatest T-Shirt Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:02:20 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/?p=1239#comment-50239 [...] there’s no one right approach to following up on proposals, the key to any follow-up process is to strike a balance. Sure, you want the work. But, you don’t want to turn off the prospect or [...] [...] there’s no one right approach to following up on proposals, the key to any follow-up process is to strike a balance. Sure, you want the work. But, you don’t want to turn off the prospect or [...]

]]> By: How to Land More Projects with Smarter Follow-Up Steps « Paul D. Jacobs – Freelance Web Programmer http://freelancefolder.com/are-you-wasting-90-of-your-prospecting-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-50190 How to Land More Projects with Smarter Follow-Up Steps « Paul D. Jacobs – Freelance Web Programmer Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:15:18 +0000 http://freelancefolder.com/?p=1239#comment-50190 [...] there’s no one right approach to following up on proposals, the key to any follow-up process is to strike a balance. Sure, you want the work. But, you don’t want to turn off the prospect or [...] [...] there’s no one right approach to following up on proposals, the key to any follow-up process is to strike a balance. Sure, you want the work. But, you don’t want to turn off the prospect or [...]

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