#2878 - Q&A: "How to use LinkedIn to find freelance clients?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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In this episode, we dive into how to use LinkedIn to find your first freelance client. Discover simple strategies to optimize your profile, connect with the right people, and stand out in a crowded market. Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week. Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com Email: [email protected] Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions Connect on Instagram: @193countries Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.substack.com If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.9	Chris Gillibow, your host here. Today's question comes from Kevin in New Mexico. He is kicking
1:05.9	off his freelance journey. Wants to know how to use LinkedIn, which can be a completely free platform. You don't
1:12.0	have to pay at all. You can pay, but you don't need to. How can he use LinkedIn to find his first
1:16.4	paying client? So he doesn't want to pay, but he wants to get paid. I'm down with that. If you two
1:21.3	are just starting out, or if you're thinking, I have a service, I want people to sign up for
1:26.0	some kind of coaching or it could be completely
1:28.7	different kind of service, all kinds of services. How can you, in fact, use this platform to find
1:34.7	paying clients? Now, it's a great lead generation tool. It's a great way to connect with people.
1:39.6	Many years later, LinkedIn, you know, it's been around a while. It's not the hot and fresh social
1:44.6	network, but it still really, really works. So let's talk about some simple strategies to optimize
1:49.5	your profile, connect with the right people, and stand out in a crowded market. That's what
1:53.9	this episode is about, all in a few short, action-packed minutes. Stay tuned. Despite my incredible advertising voice, it doesn't sell B2B. And
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