3. Build Relationships 🤝

Lectures




Start Interesting Conversations


There’s no way around it: you’re interacting with people. And when you’re a freelancer, you need to know how to work well with a variety of different personality types and positions of authority. You’ll learn to be likable and make lasting impressions so you’re at the top of clients’ lists when they need to hire a freelancer again.

  1. Ask Open Questions ✏️
  2. Prepare Questions ✏️ + 🎙
  3. Make a Good First Impression 📺 + 📖
  4. What Makes the Other Person Tick? ✏️ + 📖
  5. Build Memorable Conversations
  6. Resources 📺 + 📖


Follow Up Over Email


Sending out carefully crafted cold email after cold email is exhausting—and getting zero job opportunities from them is depressing. So stop! I’ll show you how switching your mindset from “desperate starving artist” to “confident, valuable professional” changes your entire approach to—and supercharges the effectiveness of—your interaction with prospective clients. 

  1. Why Are You Reaching Out? 
  2. Tips to Get You Started ✉️ + ✏️
    1. Complimentary Email
    2. Follow-up Email
    3. Invitation Email
    4. Hey, I’m out there Email
  3. Example Emails ✉️ + ✏️
    1. Reach out to a creative studio/agency
    2. If you're moving to a new place
    3. Reach out to a talented individual personally
  4. How to turn up the heat
  5. You're not the only one...
  6. Don't overdo it
  7. Do's and Dont's
  8. Quality Work Will Make You More Effective
  9. Resources


Building a Network


  1. Meet in Real Life! ⭐️
  2. Example Emails to Creatives ✉️
    1. Reach out to meet up for a drink.
    2. Say Hi because you admire someone's work.
    3. Work with another talented artist.
    4. Ask someone to collaborate pro-bono.
  3. Go Outside of Your Bubble ✏️


Open Doors & Be Resourceful


You’ll learn to be likable and make lasting impressions so you’re at the top of clients’ lists when they need to hire a freelancer again.

  1. Open Doors That Lead to You 
  2. Studio Visit Example ✉️ 


Good Practices


  1. People Talk
  2. Don’t be an Attention Seeker
  3. How to Handle Distractions
  4. Keep a Secret and Build Trust
  5. Your Problems & Beliefs
  6. Be Friendly But Not Friends
  7. Open Up Before You Judge 📺
  8. Arguments Can Result in a Bad Reputation
  9. How to Get to Good Terms
  10. How to Handle Behavior You Don’t Tolerate


5 Lessons