How To Stay Broke With Free Sample Outreach - Here's What Nobody Tells You
You know something is off when you're doing everything "right" and still not getting paid. Look, I know you've followed every guru's advice like it's gospel. Sent free samples (maybe even multiple) Lead with value. Prove yourself before you ask for money. Like you we're taught to. You've wasted 8 hours on those "this is the only masterclass you'll need to watch on getting clients'' type masterclasses... Another 8 hours crafting the "perfect" sample... Maybe even waited 8 days for a response... Only to get: "Thanks, but not what we're looking for." which stings so hard... And I know exactly how this feels because I have literally experienced this exact bullshit before. I followed the guru playbooks like gospel. And I'm pissed that I wasted so much time on it. Because here's what nobody TOLD ME about "free sample" outreach: It literally violates the fundamental laws of business psychology. They all say... "Free sample outreach is how you build relationships." No it doesn't because when you lead with free work... I know freelancers who've gotten stuck with clients who accepted their free samples and literally ghosted them after all their hard work... When you do this... - You're programming them to see you as worthless. - You have zero leverage because they don't care if you can write words—they care about results. But with free samples, you can't prove results. You can only prove you can create content. Plus, you barely reach out to anyone at volume because each sample takes hours to create. (Outreach is a volume game) It's a broken model disguised as "providing value." While I was wasting months creating free samples that got ignored now matter how much I learned... Instead, I could have been using a method that gave me leverage from day one. A method where you're making an offer they can't easily ignore. And no when I first used this method... I literally hadn't generated a single dollar for anyone... Zero results. Zero testimonials.