I just doubled my weekly income.

All it took was:

*Scanning Upwork for four days

*Three hours of writing

*A thirty minute phone interview

*And writing twenty six proposals

 

You want to make $2,000 a week freelancing? (How about $10,000 a month:Here)

 

Then do what I did, stay consistent. (Here’s a list of tools to stay consistent:Here)

 

Inconsistency is a form of robbery.

‘Wait, what?’

-You

 

You are stealing from yourself when you are inconsistent.

 

Every missed proposal, every extra episode on Netflix, every stupid listicle you read you push your freedom, funds and goals further away. (Quick start guide to start freelancing immediately:Here)

 

‘I don’t have the time to do that.’

-You

 

Yes you do. I run two businesses, am learning a new WP platform, research, write, grow this blog, love my girlfriend and train for a marathon.

 

I’m not superhuman or super brilliant (i’m not super anything). I accomplish everything because I am consistent.

How Do I Stay Consistent?

I stay consistent with a simple two step approach.

 

Step 1)I plan out what I want:

Knowing what you want means you can cut out all the stuff you don’t want, that you don’t need and won’t help you.

Consistency is about leanness and letting go of baggage.

 

Step 2)Discover the easiest way to get what I want and then do those things every day.

If being consistent is about leanness then being successful is the reason for consistency.

Doing the least amount of work to get the largest results (and this matter for all things, life, learning, investing) will keep you on track, growing and positioning yourself to make active solution decisions.

 

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Key Takeaway:

Consistency isn’t about hard work.

 

This is a huge mistake! Consistency isn’t about hard work. Consistency is about finding out how to leverage small amounts of easy to do actions you do every day to accomplish massive results.

 

Consistency is like compound interest. A little goes a long way.

 

What are your favorite consistency tricks, tips and hacks?

Or…

What is holding you back from being more consistent and achieving your goals?

Comment below and i’ll respond with my suggestions!

What Cooking Teaches Us About Success

You ever cook an amazing meal only to have it turn out terrible?

 

You ever try to make an amazing steak only to burn it because you didn’t let it come to room temperature before cooking? Or have you not salted your water enough before inserting the pasta? Have you forget to put olive oil on vegetables last?

 

Tiny mistakes can halt big efforts.

 

I hear it all the time on my coaching calls. Usually my student does everything right except one thing and then loses the job.

 

It’s annoying isn’t it?

 

You write a great proposal but leave out a call to action or a relevant sample or the client to review.

 

Tiny mistakes suck. (Big projects don’t though! Read here to find out how to make $5,000 per project)

 

They add up. They lead to lost jobs, dropped clients, bad reviews and, if unchecked dry months were they don’t get a single client.

 

It doesn’t have to be that way.

 

I’ve created a list of mistakes freelancers make. Read it. Copy it. Post that copy beside your work station.

 

Avoiding these mistakes will put you 80% ahead of all the other freelancers out there right now. I followed these rules and booked my first $6,000 project (read here).

 

Don’t believe me?

 

Consider this. Over 75% of the proposals sent out on Upwork and Problogger are Templates Proposals. That means over 75% of your competition is making the LEAST effort possible to get a job.

 

Great clients and the great jobs want more than the minimum. Follow these rules and you’ll outpace the competition and start doing the work you love. Follow these rules and you will find yourself booking your first $10,000 month (how I booked my first $10,000 month).

 

Things I wish freelancers would stop doing.

 

1)Complaining:

 

Freelancers complain all the time! Go on freelancer forums, freelancing blogs or read the content posted in HuffPost or Business Insider.

 

They all say the same things to!

 

Clients don’t pay enough. Deadlines aren’t realistic. There aren’t any good clients. All the good work is dried up.

 

I say bullshit.

 

There are clients who pay extremely well, deadlines are easy to meet if you have a good work flow, there are amazing clients everywhere and every day awesome new work pops up (Upwork publishes millions of dollars in gigs every week!).

 

Stop complaining and get to work. In no time you’ll find yourself with great clients, great pay and no time to complain!

 

2)Not Adapting:

 

The freelance economy is constantly changing (Asana, Google Hangouts, FB Ads). There are new job boards, new ways to reach clients, new programs to learn.

 

There will always be something new to learn.

 

You can either adapt or die (okay maybe not die but certainly stop making money). A lot of complaints (see mistake #1) come from freelancers trying to force new models into old ideas.

 

For example online cover letters have changed. Instead of acting as a proposal they act as an introduction.  

 

The most successful people on Upwork use their cover letters as a chance to start a conversation.

 

What conversations have you tried to start today?

 

3)Freaking out over every time a client tells you ‘No’:

 

My advice on being told no:

‘Get used to hearing it’.

 

You are going to get turned down, denied and told no.

 

Guest what! You weren’t told ‘No’ because you suck. You were told ‘No’ because you weren’t right for the client.

 

You only want to work with clients you are right for. Remember every ‘No’ brings you closer to the right ‘Yes’.

 

4)Taking Advice From Unreliable Sources:

 

Why people? Why do you do it?

 

You wouldn’t take cooking advice from someone that doesn’t cook regularly. You wouldn’t take health advice from a shoe salesman.

 

So why do we take freelancing and business advice from people without a proven track record for success?!

 

I publish my successes every month in my guest posts, emails, podcasts and monthly income reports. You can follow me as my income goes up.

 

Same thing is true of Michelle Schroeder, Pat Flynn and Ramit Sethi. Don’t waste time clicking on mindless links. Pick a few key sources and use the information they share.

 

5)Not Being Consistent:

 

This is the worst. Being inconsistent has the biggest effect on how much you earn as a freelancer.

 

Consistency is the key to generating quality work, getting ongoing clients and mastering your work flow.

 

Freelancers and online business owners all make this mistake. They will make a little money, get some success or land a great client and just like that they quit advertising, marketing or sending out proposals.

 

Then one day ‘Poof’ it all dries up and they are left scrambling to find work and revenue.

 

Being consistent in your submissions, growth, proposals, study and goal setting is the fastest way to creating real, lasting richness in your life.

 

Key Takeaway:

 

-Avoid the tiny mistakes that can derail your path to progress-

 

Be consistent, focus on growth, quit complaining and you will transform your situation, self and income in an instant!

 

Final Note:

 

I am going to be publishing an article a week for the next two months (eight articles in eight weeks). If you guys like this shorter and more to the point articles be sure to leave me a comment to tell me!

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Monthly Income Report for June 2016

Welcome!  

   This is my monthly income report. I share my monthly income so you can see the effect my advice has on my income. If you are a fan of John Lee Dumas, Pat Flynn, Michelle Schroeder, etc then you will love reading my income report.

  

    Every monthly income report I share my three income streams. I diversify my earnings for two reasons.

1)Diversified earnings protects you from low income periods.

2)More streams of income means more income which means more freedom! 

If you are interested in creating multiple streams of easy to manage income then you should get my Epic Guide To Start Making Money Online Today. In it I share my best content on how to increase bookings, charge more and find better clients.

I have three source of income:

1)Entertainment

2)Coin/Gold/Pawn Shop

3)Online Freelancing

1)Entertainment:

I am finished touring. My next season will start eleven months from now. I will not start booking new shows until November and December. 

Since I will not be booking shows for a few months I am going to keep this section short.

Total Earnings:$0

2)Coin/Gold/Pawn Shop:

Last month was an average month in my shop. My income stream from the shop has shrunk for two reasons.

1)The silver and gold market are fluctuating.

2) This is the season for big coin shows.

How To Have a Good Month During a Slow Season

I had a good month in June. My income rose because I took in more scrap gold, scrap silver and I landed two coin estates. I increased my stock, made money and found new clients.

I spend a lot of time networking. Everywhere I go I tell people that I handle estates, buy gold and silver and sell coins. I also publish weekly articles in magazines in newspapers about antiques, coins and unusual memorabilia.

The other coin and gold shops in my area don’t profit from being a coin shop. By focusing on outreach, creating multiple streams of advertising (marketing, billboards, ads, writing articles) and offering amazing prices I make a profit.

Use this approach when marketing your business, side hustle or online stream of income! If you want your hustle or business to succeed you need to leverage multiple outlets. Target your market and grow your outreach!

What I Made This Month

This month I did well enough to pay myself.  Every month the shop makes money but I only pay myself every couple of months. I don’t use the shop as a direct source of income, instead I use our profits to increase our stock and marketing outreach.

Total Earned: $2087.00

3)Online earnings:

Last month I talked about how I raised my rates and I was worried my income would shrink for a short period as I adjusted to the market. My income dipped a little (less than I thought) then I hit a transformation! This month was my busiest month for online work!

How I Booked Two Major Clients Without Trying

I booked two major clients in the month of June. Both clients contacted me for work which meant I skipped over the vetting and proposal process and jumped straight into writing. How did I get two clients to book me without sending out proposals?

The two clients who booked me did so after reading an article I wrote online. They were impressed by the quality of my work, research and writing and wanted me to represent their content online. However there was one catch.

The Catch

Both contracts came with the same catch:I couldn’t start working on the content until the middle of the month and the largest part of my payment would not be paid until July. If you read my income reports you know that this can happen.

The catch meant I booked two large contracts for the month of June, enough that I couldn’t take on any other work, but most of my income won’t be realized until July. I was okay with the catch and trusted both of the clients so I took the contracts.

So What Did I Make This Month?

The month of June I got paid twenty percent of the total value of the contracts. To be specific I got paid twenty five percent on one contract and ten percent on the other contract.  

The money I received this month was small. That is why I urge freelancers and business owners to not think of their income month to month but instead as an average for the year. 

By thinking about income in longer terms instead of month to month you can understand the impact your growth in freelancing, side hustle or online business has on your take home income.

I made $513.00 copywriting in June. That is a small amount of money. However the total contracts amount to over $3,000.00 in work. If you average that out over two months that is $1,500 extra per month. 

Total Earned This Month:$513.00

Final Total:

$2,600.00

  

Key Takeawyay:

    This month there are two key takeaways. Key takeaway one is to average out your income over the course of the year.  Averaging out your income allows you to see the larger impact your yearly income experiences. This will keep you motivated during the down months.

     

     Key takeaway two is to increase the outreach of your marketing while remaining true to your targeted demographic. I increased my coin shop and online income because I increased my outreach (both times through writing). The cost of increasing my outreach was little (outside of my time) and it multiplied my income. Figure out where the most profitable places to invest time over money to increase your income.

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    What would you do if you could increase your income? Would you finally take that trip you’ve been dreaming about, fly you and your friends to some far off place? Or would you settle into an amazing meal on your new furniture? 

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       Think about where you will be in six months while using a system like that, a year? Do the math. Even if you fall short every month think about how much extra you’d make.

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     What would you give if I could set you on a course to earning massive amounts of extra income, enable you to leave your job and work anywhere in the world in less than six months? 

     You’d say I was crazy, that nobody could actually do it. Well I did it along with dozens of my students. 

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