I received many requests to review pitch/cold emails from service providers. Regardless of what you sell, learning how to approach people who need your service could be the difference between where you are where you wish to be.
While I have reviewed many, I still have tons to
review. However, there is a common trait in all the pitches I have reviewed so far.
You want a stranger who doesn't know you to commit to doing business with you over the mail.
Gary V of this world can't achieve that.
Provide value and your prospects will show you how to
sell to them.
"Your website content is poor. You aren't optimizing it. I can write you SEO-content"
Your client will laugh you. Who are you? Leave me. I'm making sales with my poor client"
This is what might be running in your client's mind.
"Hi,
I can see the wonderful
thing you are doing with your website. In particular, the Call To Action buttton is irresistible. I can tell you are the leading supplier in this industry. However, we can do more.
I'm wondering if you optimized your website for calls, messaging or email lists. The "Call us Now
" button can be shifted to the top right corner of the page, creating more spaces at the center to include your social proof. I'm happy to tell you more about this if you'd be glad to know more"
Compare the former with the latter.
Business owners are busy people. They receive
more than 100 cold calls/emails per day from service providers like you. Show them why you are different from the rest. Include humors - it is the single most important tactic to defuse objections.
I wish I could talk/write more about this.
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If you are into writing Facebook ads copies, one proven way to get clients is using the Facebook ads Library. Some of the ads in that library are terrible. Conversions are low. Reach out to them with a better copy for their ads. If you are into SEO, target attorneys
(Especially the personal injury and car crash attorneys). Many of them spend more than $10k a month on ads. So many of them combine Facebook with Google ads. You can as well target Chiropractors and financial consultants. This is followed by real estate agents. They are the big
Spenders when it comes to hiring freelancers. If you are an email copywriter, your best clients are ecommerce store owners especially those involved in CBD (because of the regulations).
Many of them are currently hiring looking for a longterm relationship with competent
Top 20 INSIGHTS FROM "THE BEZOS LETTERS" BY STEVE ANDERSON
1. Leaders should see business risk as an investment rather than something to be avoided. Bezos often takes risks based on what he observes to be future opportunities rather than a sure bet, such as emerging technologies
2. Take advantage of existing infrastructures to facilitate growth. Amazon would not have been able to offer fast, two-day shipping if FedEx hadn't already led the way with an efficient delivery network decades before.
3. Utilize A/B testing and invent on behalf of the customer
so that you alway drive your industry forward. This is a low-risk way to test new ideas. You may find that you know what customers want before they do.
4. Identify what your company is known for, then experiment with advances in that marketplace. For example, this is how Amazon
These are digital markets that are known to accept pitches from and make assignments to freelancers.
I have e included pay rates where I could find them, but Ive left out editor contact information for tworeasons: (1) Editors will be different
depending on the sections youre pitching, and (2) Editors changeso rapidly these days that its very hard to keep this guide current.
As always, please make sure you confirm pay rates and terms with editors directly and only use this listas a guide, not something thats set in
stone. Many of the publications listed below have writersguidelines on their websites as well.
Happy Querying!
1. Audubon, pays $0.50.word, audubon.org 2. BBC Online Travel, pays approx $350, bbc.co.uk/travel 3. Brain, Child, pays $50,
I won't lie. I have seen it many times, every day. In daylight and darkest nights. I have seen people discussing their problems. I have listened to folks dieing in silence because they had no solution at sight.
But these are business owners.
They are entrepreneurs who want to make more money. They are startups, small business owners, and local businesses who need more reach and more revenues. People who just want to leverage people to double their profits and hit their targets.
But you have the solutions. Maybe
you don't know.
Your solution is the logo and banner you design everyday. The solutions to their problems are the content, Facebook ads copies, resumes and cover letters you write for fun. These people have money to spend. They are jostling around, running between north and
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