Land your first 10 clients at once with this simple method

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Lessons about building a one-person business, writing, and self-improvement

It’s difficult to land your first client as a new creator.

Especially when you don’t have any prior experience or results to show, no social proof to speak of, or a validated offer to pitch to people.

The traditional way for people to get started as, let’s say, a freelancer would be to go on sites like Fiverr or Upwork and try to get some experience working for others. It’d take weeks/months for you to get your first client, and your second, and your third. You’d have to build up your reputation bit by bit before you’re able to land new clients consistently (because of the prior results that you can now showcase).

But that’s no longer the case nowadays. Not thanks to social media and the amount of digital leverage it gives. If utilized correctly, you can land a bunch of clients at once—without an enormous audience.

How do I know?

Because I did it myself. I used the method I’m about to show you when I had 1,000 followers. But I could’ve used it at a much earlier stage as well.

I know it could be effective at a much earlier stage because when I used it at 1,000 followers, I didn’t just get 10 clients. No no. I got … prepare yourself … a whopping 55 clients. 5.5x as much.

So yes. Even with 500, 300, or just 100 social media followers. You’d still be able to get results with this method.

There’s one caveat I want to address. These were free clients. The aim here is to build up experience, social proof, and authority quickly so you can skip the awkward beginner’s phase and start working with paid clients ASAP.

Enough introduction. Let’s jump into what I call the Social Proof Supercharger.

The Social Proof Supercharger

This method consists of 3 parts:

  • The offer

  • The giveaway

  • The questionnaire

Let’s look at each one individually.

Part 1) The offer

This should be obvious, but it’s still part of the method.

You need an offer. A service, a product, whatever it is. You need to come up with something you can do for/with people. Something people value and are interested in.

Don’t fall into the trap that this has to be some “Grand Slam Offer” as the Hormozi fanboys call it. Your offer can be as basic or as complex as you need it to be.

A simple “I will design a website for you” can be more than enough.

In my case, I offered a 30-minute clarity call covering topics such as monetization, audience building, content creation, and personal branding.

As you can see, nothing fancy. Just the bare minimum.

Part 2) The giveaway

Here’s where it gets fun.

Instead of offering it to anyone, everyone, all the time. And wasting your time reaching out to people one by one.

You’ll turn this into a giveaway that only a limited amount—an amount you choose arbitrarily depending on the time it takes to deliver your offer—of people can win.

This is the tweet I posted:

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We've reached 1,000 followers

To celebrate I'll take on 10 clients for FREE.

We'll create a roadmap to grow and monetize your account.

We'll cover:

• Audience Building
• Personal Branding
• Content Creation
• Monetization

Excited? Apply here: [link]

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I did it for a 1,000-follower milestone. But you could do it for just about anything.

There are lots of benefits to this method.

  • You let people come to you

  • You artificially increase the value by adding scarcity (limiting the number of people that can enter) and urgency (by a deadline showing how long people can apply).

  • Your post will get more reach—reaching more potential clients—thanks to the nature of milestone celebration posts & giveaways (even more powerful when combined)

Part 3) The questionnaire

You might think this last part is optional. But it really isn’t.

You’ll want to add a questionnaire to qualify the leads you’ll get from your post.

As you can see, I redirected people to a landing page I created just for the sake of that giveaway. It had a basic explanation so people knew what to expect, a deadline for the giveaway, and a Google Form with some basic questions so I could qualify every single person.

I received 55 applications and contacted the 10 most suitable people to work with. Aka, the people who had the highest chance of giving amazing testimonials and becoming a worthwhile case study.

Even if you don’t expect to get a lot of applicants. It’s still useful to have a questionnaire because it gives the feeling of exclusivity.

After all, it should be a wonderful gift and an honor to work with you.

Not another commodity everyone has access to.

There you have it. Try it out and let me know how many clients you got from using this method.

And if you’re interested in learning more about client acquisition, and how to best get paying clients once you’ve gotten some experience, social proof, and prior results built up. Then check out my Abundant-Client System here: https://alexvandromme.gumroad.com/l/clients

P.S. Whenever you’re ready. Here’s how I can help you:

  1. Hop on a Clarity Call with me: Remove all of your uncertainty. Get clear on what you have to do, when you have to do it, and how. Let’s get you on the right track to achieving the freedom you deserve.

  2. Work 1-on-1 with me: We’ll determine where you stand and where you want to go. Then we’ll devise a roadmap to get you from A to B. And we’ll work on getting you there in the next 60–90 days.

  3. Check out my products (free & paid): Ranging from every resource I ever read to everything I know about content creation. It’s all waiting for you to claim it. Start your journey to financial freedom the right way.