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๐๏ธ 23 December 2025
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Today’s caller dreads the spotlight but still needs clients. We’ll outline three low-noise, high-trust tactics that bring work to you without daily dancing on social media.
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| 0:00.0 | Lemonada. Do you have to be loud to sell your service? Do you have to be, I don't know, |
| 0:15.7 | one of those people who is always like cold pitching, sending direct messages or making phone calls. Well, I guess that's the |
| 0:22.6 | worst. Just imagine making cold calls. Some people actually do that. Personally, I cannot imagine. |
| 0:27.9 | And for somebody out there who is a new side hustler starting a business trying to figure out, |
| 0:32.6 | well, how do I get clients? Like I'm excited about the business that I want to start or grow. And I dread the |
| 0:39.7 | spotlight. I just want to spend my time like working on stuff and making people's lives |
| 0:43.6 | better, creating products and services that are going to serve my needs as well, bring in income. |
| 0:49.0 | What are the low noise, high trust tactics that actually work, basically? Especially with social media these days, if I want to not be so dependent on systems that |
| 0:59.0 | are outside my control, what can I do? |
| 1:00.5 | How can I market it without being a spammer, you might say? |
| 1:03.8 | That's what we're going to look at today. |
| 1:05.1 | You'll hear the detailed question from our caller and my answer right after this quick shout |
| 1:08.8 | out to our sponsor. |
| 1:17.7 | Thank you. caller and my answer right after this quick shout out to our sponsor. Hey, Chris, this is Lena. |
| 1:20.4 | I've built a small web maintenance service and every article says, |
| 1:24.9 | show up daily on social or DM prospects. Like, honestly, pushing myself into |
| 1:30.7 | people's feeds feels fake and salesy. I'm a total introvert and usually end up posting nothing |
| 1:37.2 | rather than cringe content. I know I need visibility, but I want a method that doesn't rely on hype or constant self-promotion. |
| 1:47.2 | Are there marketing approaches, maybe authority building or quiet outreach that work for someone |
| 1:53.1 | who hates being loud online? |
| 1:59.2 | Lena, I hear you. |
| 2:00.5 | I too. I'm an introvert. I get it. I don't want to make cold calls as you. I, too, am an introvert. |
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