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Your First Client: The No's Are Your Real Superpower
Hey Freelancers! Do you hesitate to reach out to potential clients? Here's what the data says — and what nobody tells you when you're terrified of reaching out for the first time. 60 percent of clients say no four times before they ever say yes.👀 Not three. Not two. Four times. That's not a bug. That's the system. That means if you've gotten three rejections, you're not failing — you're statistically on the edge of a yes. You're closer than you think.🎯 The problem? 92 percent of freelancers quit before they even get to the fourth outreach. They never see the yes because they stopped before it showed up. ⚡ HERE'S WHAT A REJECTION ACTUALLY IS What you think it means: "My offer is bad. Nobody wants what I'm selling. I'm not cut out for this." What it actually means: "That person, at that moment, with that exact message, wasn't the fit. That's data. Now try the next one." 🔢 THE REAL MATH Response rate average: 3 to 5 percent Rejections before a yes: 4 on average This means you need to reach out to maybe 20 to 30 people to land one real conversation. One. And that conversation becomes a client more often than it doesn't. 💡 THE SHIFT YOU NEED TO MAKE Stop measuring success by "Did I get a yes?" Start measuring it by "Did I send the outreach?" Your job is not to convert every person. Your job is to reach out to enough people that the yes's find you. The rejection is not a reflection of you — it's a reflection of whether that specific person, at that specific moment, had a problem you could solve. You're not selling to 10 people and wondering why 8 said no. You're reaching out to 10 people, expecting that 1 will bite, and celebrating that you just moved one step closer to the next client. ❓ THE QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF How many rejections have I actually collected? And more importantly — am I willing to collect the ones that come before my first yes? Drop a comment.👇 Have you sent a cold outreach yet? If you got a no, celebrate it — you just have three more to go before the yes shows up.
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I got no response from a lot of cold leads with cold email. I didn't know that. Thank you for telling us this Mrs. Celeste. Mrs. Celeste, do you mean email the person again, like 2 or 3 or even 4 times? I think I might also try Fiverr.
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Mrs. Celeste, another thing I was wondering is sales training another way to get freelance clients?
Welcome, Please Introduce Yourself! (in this thread)
You’ve just entered The Freedom Lab... where we experiment, learn, and get paid for what we already know. After you introduce yourself, head over to the Classroom (tab at top of page) and take the Ah-Ha Moment Challenge to help identify your first freelance skill. 📌 Quick notes: - There is a 2 post per day, per person cap in the Community. - You can comment as much as you like (as long as it's not spam). Be kind and respectful. - We have a NO ALL CAPS rule in your titles AND posts. Your post may be removed if it is in all caps. - To report any suspicious activity, see this post. Drop your intro below 👇🏾 ✨ Name 💼 Current 9 to 5 role, interests, or hobby 💡 Why you're excited to be a part of the community 🎯 What ‘freedom’ looks like to you 💡 This community runs on energy and engagement. Don’t lurk... jump in! Ask questions, share your wins, and connect with others who are just as fired up about building freedom as you are. You’re in control here. The more you lean in, the faster you’ll grow. Note: When you first join The Freedom Lab, you will not be able to post your own Community post until you reach Level 2 on our Leaderboard. You reach Level 2 by gaining 5 points, and you gain points by receiving 5 likes on your comments on other people's posts. **There is a 2 post per member, per day limit.
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I'm SeaAmber and I am studying web development. My hobbies and passions are web development and coding, and also coding is a hobby to me too. My hobbies or some f the things I like to do are coding, listening to music, watching comfort shows, journaling, learning, going outside in nature when it is sunny and being in the sunlight, coloring and different arts and crafts, sometimes typing games, and also talking to the Lord. I am excited to be apart of the community because I want to learn how to get clients and add value to their business, and maybe learn new skills, meet new people. I am also excited to be apart of this group because I want to eventually create multiple sources of income, and I also want to start a web development business and freelance career in web development eventually. Web development is my passion. Freedom to me looks like having peace, there is nothing like peace, and it is also to me being connected to the Lord, having relationship with Jesus ,even though right now I feel like my relationship with the Lord is rocky, but I would say freedom to me first and foremost is being with God and His presence and Him being pleased with Me is where my freedom really comes from, and having that peace from the Lord. That is true freedom above everything to me. Then I would say freedom to me is also being able to form and have healthy relationship and anything that is healthy and peaceful, having positive healthy people around you that you can pour into and they can also pour into you, being financially stable and not really having to worry about money is also freedom to me, and having a career whether fulltime or freelance (which I prefer both) that you love to do or getting paid consistently for something or things you love to and are passionate about, and eating foods that you love, doing things and having hobbies you enjoy, selfcare and being able to pour into yourself, being able to help others and lift others up, and being in an environment where you can have peace, and living for the Lord. There may be some other things, but this is what came to my mind and always I think about when I think of freedom. These things are true freedom to me.
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@Celeste Yvonne , thank you Mrs. Celeste.
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Im SeaAmber, and I love learning. Learning is one of my favorite things to do.

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