Are you a freelancer struggling to generate leads for your business? If so, then you should read every word of this blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We’re going to brainstorm 7 of my favorite methods to help\ngenerate leads for your business. Because as a freelancer, you have enough to\nworry about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You need to offer amazing freelancing services, and also you\nneed to promote your business. So, without ranting, let’s discuss 7 of the best\nways you can generate leads using my favorite marketing app, ClickFunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s go into much deeper detail regarding my favorite lead\ngeneration and email list building tips for freelancers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re a freelancer, then one of your greatest assets is\nyour list of clients and prospective clients! That’s one of the main reasons\nwhy I love lead capture page campaigns. They’re time tested, and they’ve been\naround since the start of email marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re a freelancer, then there are tons of lead magnets\nthat you can give away to help generate an email lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lot of marketers argue as to who created the traditional\nlead capture page. I can tell you, that I don’t know the honest answer!\nHowever, I’ve been the unwilling witness to several dozen marketers claiming\nthat they are the genuine inventor! (lol).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, and in any event, I can honestly say that I’ve been\nbuilding websites since I was a tiny kid in Junior High (decades ago). Since\nthat time, I’ve witnessed many dozens, if not hundreds of lead capture page\nstyles. Lead capture pages rock, and I don’t that they make for an invaluable\naddition into your marketing arsenal as a freelance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Automated webinars are still one of my favorite methods to\nget the word out about just about any business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a freelancer, you might be thinking, “But Mike, this\nis crazy! Webinars don’t work for freelancers!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, I honestly believe that webinars are one of the\nbest branding mechanisms for any business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why do webinars rock? Because they let you brand yourself,\nshare fantastic content, and they’re also a great way to promote your\nfreelancing services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another great benefit of webinars is that you can use them\nto generate leads. before your prospective clients subscribe to view your\nwebinar, you ask for their email address. You can then follow up with your\nleads over the long-haul whenever you have an open slot, availability, new\nservice, or if you want to share updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ClickFunnels makes it elementary to launch and deploy\nbeautiful automated webinar funnels that take all of the guesswork out of\nbranding your message in a way that looks wonderfully elegant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you were dangling me over the edge of a cliff, and you\nasked, “Mike! What’s the best type of funnel for a freelancer?” – I\nmight answer a hero funnel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a few reasons why hero funnels rock for\nfreelancers. A hero funnel is all about branding you and telling your story.\nPut yourself and your style front and center with a fantastic hero funnel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That way, you can let your prospective and existing clients\nknow about the real you. A hero funnel also rocks for sharing your portfolio.\nSo, if you’re a freelance writer, then you can promote your favorite writing\nsamples, blog posts, ebooks, email swipes, or other content that you’d love to\nshare and show off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best part about ClickFunnels is that they have the best\nhero funnel templates I’ve ever seen. Even if you’re not the savviest marketer\non the planet, you can still find an abundant wealth of fantastic and chic hero\nfunnel templates perfect for your freelancing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As always, revising and customizing the hero funnel template\nis preposterously straightforward utilizing the ClickFunnels drag and drop\neditor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Survey funnels pose a few significant advantages for\nfreelancers. First, a survey funnel allows you to pre-screen your prospects\nbefore they contact you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why is pre-screening so powerful? This way, you can find out\nexactly what your prospective clients want before you even contact them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another huge benefit of a ClickFunnels survey funnel is that\nyou can then segment your new leads according to their demands, their income,\nor their marketing budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, if you’re looking for a high profile client or a client\nwith specific needs, then you can use a survey funnel to help isolate and\nfollowup with your leads strategically and according to your overall freelance\nplan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Email newsletters are still one of my favorite methods for\nlead generation. If you look closely at this blog, you’ll see that I promote my\nemail newsletter everywhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I promote my email newsletter in the header of the blog, in\nthe navigational menu, and also via a welcome bar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think that email newsletters are still one of the best ways\nto build rapport, share your content, and of course, to generate leads. The\nbest thing about email marketing is that you can also promote your freelancing\ngigs, schedules, and availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A lot of freelancers believe that email marketing won’t work\nfor them. My advice, is to remember that if you love to create content, then\nyou have nearly endless email newsletter ideas that you could write and deploy\non a weekly, monthly, or even a daily basis!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Think about tips, updates, videos, tutorials, blog posts, or\neven YouTube videos in your niche that you could integrate into your overall\nemail marketing strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end of every email newsletter, you could include a\nshort call to action that promotes your freelance schedule, or your freelance\nsales page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, ClickFunnels makes it tremendously simple to\nlaunch a beautiful email newsletter funnel without stress. If you’re\ninterested, check out some of the squeeze page templates, lead magnet\ntemplates, and lead generation templates in the ClickFunnels back office.\nThere’s almost too many to choose from, which is a high-quality problem for all\nfreelancers to have! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Can you think of 5, 7, 12, or 25 lessons that your\nprospective freelance client needs to know about and consider? If so, then you\nshould create a fantastic email course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The way email courses work is simple. The first choice is to\ndecide how long you want your email course to last. Email courses are usually\nanywhere from 7-21 days, and you get to decide the type of content that your\ncourse contains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you’re not sure where to start, ask yourself this one\nsimple question. What are the top 5, 7, 10, or 14 lessons that your prospective\nfreelance client needs to know? Craft these tips into a handful of amazing emails\nthat go out to your email subscribers daily for the set interval of time that\nyou decide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you write your email course, don’t hold back! Try your\nbest to include the best content possible, so that your prospective clients\nappreciate your efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the end of every email, you can easily include a call to\naction for your freelance writing services. So, you can include a sales letter,\nan order page, a video sales letter, or you can even promote your freelance\nprofile in a third-party marketplace should you wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you like to promote your freelance services or business\nin a third-party marketplace like Fiverr, Freelancer, Upwork, and others? If\nso, then a bridge page might be a genius marketing tactic to deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, what happens if you don’t want to spend paid\nadvertising promoting that third-party marketplace? The answer is to launch an\nawesome bridge page!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The way a bridge page works is simple. You launch a simple landing\npage that promotes one of your calls to action. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, maybe you could launch a page with a brief introduction\nvideo describing your freelance projects, rates, and also your commitment to\ncreating fantastic results for your client.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Underneath the video, you could advertise your third-party\nmarketplace links. Another option is to promote your sales page, order form, or\nsurvey funnel – all of which you can easily create using ClickFunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The best part about your bridge page is that you can promote\nand advertise your bridge page wherever you have the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plug the bridge page on social media, in your email\nsignatures, on your blog, or anywhere else you (and your ideal clients) hang\nout online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In our modern gig economy, you’ve never had this many\nopportunities to get the word out about your services and to advertise your\nfreelancing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m a huge fan of ClickFunnels for lead generation because\nit can make your life much easier without the need to know programming or fancy\ngraphic design skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have amazing freelancing skills that can help your\nclients. Try your best to build an amazing lead generation funnel. Once your\nfunnel is up and running? Now comes the time to hustle hard to promote your\nfunnel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As always, if you ever have questions about lead generation,\nor if you wish to brainstorm, then never hesitate to give me a buzz. I love to\nhear from you, and I usually spend an hour or more writing per day. Let me know\nwhat to write about next!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks again for reading. Please have a fantastic day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cordially and humbly yours…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mike “Freelance Leads” DeVincent<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MrComputerScience.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you a freelancer struggling to generate leads for your business? If so, then you should read every word of this blog post. We’re going to brainstorm 7 of my favorite methods to help generate leads for your business. Because as a freelancer, you have enough to worry about! You need to offer amazing freelancing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[237],"class_list":{"0":"post-6390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lead-generation","8":"tag-7-smart-lead-generation-tips-for-freelancers-and-agencies-using-clickfunnels","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/clouds-2295189_1920.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/clouds-2295189_1920.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Mike D | MrComputerScience.com","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/author\/xzar\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6390"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6708,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions\/6708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrcomputerscience.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}