Find Content Marketing Writing Clients Without Job Boards

Look in these 14 places for clients who hire content marketing writers. Avoid Upwork, Fiverr and job boards. Earn more.

What you'll learn
How to find content marketing writing clients without using Upwork
How to find content marketing writing clients without using Fiverr
How to find content marketing writing clients without using job boards
14 proven places to find content marketing writing clients
Requirements
No prerequisites
Description
If you want to earn a decent living as a freelance content marketing writer, you must embrace one simple, proven, and indisputable fact. WEALTHY CONTENT MARKETING WRITERS DON’T USE JOB BOARDS.Content marketing writers who earn $75,000 a year, $100,000 a year, or even $150,000 a year and more don’t use Upwork. They don’t offer their content marketing writing gigs on Fiverr, for a fiver. They don’t have a profile on Freelance dot com.Why don’t wealthy content marketing writers use job boards? Three reasons. First, because the level of competition on job boards is brutal. Every job post receives proposals from dozens or even hundreds of other content marketing writers. You can’t possibly stand out amidst all that noise.Second, because there’s a race to the bottom in rates. Job boards attract businesses who want to pay the lowest possible price for your content marketing writing services. On job boards, you are in direct competition with overseas freelancers who charge a fraction of what you charge. They get the gigs. You go hungry. Or, you lower your rates, YOU get the gigs, and you STILL go hungry.The third reason wealthy content marketing writers don’t use job boards is simple: they are a massive waste of your life. Spend any time on Upwork, for example, and you’ll discover that you can waste an entire day responding to job posts, crafting customized proposals and pitching your services, and have nothing by the end of the day to show for it except sore fingers. I know writers who have applied to hundreds of jobs on Upwork, let me say that again, hundreds of jobs on Upwork, and they have heard absolutely nothing in response.If you want to earn a decent living as a freelance content marketing writer, you must shun all the job boards, and find your writing gigs another way. That other way is what I teach you in this course.Hi, I’m Alan Sharpe, and welcome to my course on finding content-marketing writing clients without job boards. I wrote my first piece of marketing content for pay back in 1989. Today, I make around 150 thousand dollars a year as a freelance copywriter and content marketing writer. And I don’t use a single job board, ever.The secret to earning decent money as a freelance content marketing writer is to shun job boards and reach out to potential clients directly. When you land clients directly, you have less competition, you earn more, and you take control of your future.In this course, I teach you where to find content marketing writing clients, including professional associations, mailing list tools, supplier directories, trade publications, trade show directories, trade associations and other uncommon but effective sources. I teach you how to find clients in all the same places where I look for prospects. I have been at this for more than 30 years, and I know all the best places to look. By the end of this course, you will, too.One thing to know about this course is that I don’t tell you to look for clients in any of the usual places that so-called “experts” tell you to look. I don’t tell you talk to your family and friends, or to join Facebook groups, or to follow people on Twitter, or to attend networking events. WRONG!If you want to get the same results that mediocre content marketing writers get, keep looking for clients in all the wrong places, including job boards. But if you want to earn six figures or more, do what I teach you in this course. Find your clients yourself by looking in more than a dozen uncommon, but effective places. You’ll find better clients, you’ll earn more money, and you’ll take control of your future. See you soon.

Overview

Section 1: Professional Associations

Lecture 1 About this Module

Lecture 2 Introduction to Professional Associations

Lecture 3 How to Find Professional Associations

Lecture 4 How to Find Member Directories

Lecture 5 Project

Section 2: B2B Mailing List Tools

Lecture 6 About this Module

Lecture 7 Introduction to B2B Mailing Lists

Lecture 8 Understand B2B Data Cards Before You Rent a List

Lecture 9 How to Create Your Custom B2B Mailing List

Lecture 10 Project

Section 3: Supplier Directories

Lecture 11 About this Module

Lecture 12 Introduction to Supplier Directories

Lecture 13 How to Find Supplier Directories

Lecture 14 How to Mine Supplier Directories for Potential Clients

Lecture 15 Project

Section 4: Vendor Partner Directories

Lecture 16 About this Module

Lecture 17 Introduction to Vendor Partner Directories

Lecture 18 How to Find Vendor Partner Directories

Lecture 19 How to Mine Vendor Partner Directories for Potential Clients

Lecture 20 Project

Section 5: Trade Associations

Lecture 21 About this Module

Lecture 22 Introduction to Trade Associations

Lecture 23 How to Find Trade Associations

Lecture 24 How to Mine Trade Association Directories for B2B Clients

Lecture 25 Project

Section 6: Trade Show Directories

Lecture 26 About this Module

Lecture 27 Introduction to Trade Show Directories

Lecture 28 How to Find Trade Shows for a Particular Industry

Lecture 29 How to Mine Trade Show Directories for B2B Leads

Lecture 30 Project

Section 7: Trade Publications

Lecture 31 About this Module

Lecture 32 Introduction to Trade Publications

Lecture 33 How to Find the Best Trade Publications

Lecture 34 How to Mine Trade Publications for B2B Clients

Lecture 35 Project

Section 8: Government Agencies that Compile Company Lists

Lecture 36 About this Module

Lecture 37 Introduction to Government Agency Company Lists

Lecture 38 How to Find Government Agency Company Lists

Lecture 39 How to Mine Government Agency Company Lists for Potential Clients

Lecture 40 Project

Section 9: Regional Trade Associations

Lecture 41 Introduction to Regional Trade Associations

Lecture 42 How to Find Regional Trade Associations

Lecture 43 How to Mine Regional Trade Associations for Potential Clients

Lecture 44 Project

Lecture 45 About this Module

Section 10: Tools for Detecting Website Technology

Lecture 46 About this Module

Lecture 47 Introduction to Tools for Detecting Website Technology

Lecture 48 How to Find Tools for Detecting Website Technology

Lecture 49 How to Mine for Potential Clients Using Tools for Detecting Website Technology

Lecture 50 Project

Section 11: Four More Places

Lecture 51 About this Module

Lecture 52 “Top 100 Firms” in Your Industry

Lecture 53 Your Chamber of Commerce

Lecture 54 Competitor Websites

Lecture 55 Influencers in a New Industry

Lecture 56 Project

Section 12: How to Find Contact Names and Email Addresses

Lecture 57 About this Module

Lecture 58 How to Find Contact Names

Lecture 59 How to Find Email Addresses

Lecture 60 Project

Freelance content marketing writers who want to earn more and control their futures by ditching job boards and approaching clients directly