Sell Hard: Getting Paid Traffic Clients

[hoodbgoode]

Hey guys.

You're looking at one of the biggest, most consistent losers on this entire forum.

For a guy who joined this site a couple years ago, I have hundreds of hours worked and very little to show for it. I'm not good at:

SEO
affiliate marketing
social media marketing
a host of other things.

It makes my heart hurt when I see people on here making thousands and being successful. I'm very happy for you guys, but why isnt that me yet?

I want to make you guys aware of my story.

Nothing in life makes me happier than thethought of me being a digital nomad, traveling all over with a laptop.

So I decided - I'm no longer going to write articles for months on end, trying to get sites to rank, buying links, only to top out at 50 visitors a day, for a site that I in the end realize doesnt have too much buying intent.

I have a skill t o offer: paid traffic.

I have a way to monetize it: not shopify, ecommerce, not selling leads, not the hot new flavor of the month that people do and get lucky to break even.

I'm going to take on clients.

From here on out, I'm a stone cold closer. I've read a few sales books - listed to a few sales podcasts -and I want to get hard into that closing mentality.

Though:

• Upwork
• Cold Email
• Building an email list from a niche-oriented facebook fanpage

These are the three big ways I plan on getting clients to start.

This thread inspired me: [Journey] Sphinx's SEO Agency Road to 6k/m till Dec 2018

A guy who is not accepting of any excuses.

This thread is for me, and evryone else, to track my progress and total effort along the way.

So feel free to call me out if I slack off! Let's get goin!

Goal: 8 Clients at $1K / Month

My Stats:

 

[Maj MAji]

Good luck buddy. Use the past as a learning experience but, leave it there.....everyday is a new day. So evetyd as y us a new d as y to learn and make your mark. Will be watching.
Having the will to keep going and even putting this up shows a lot.
Go get it.

 

[t2van]

Not to shoot down your efforts / new start. If your offering paid traffic.. what would the client be expecting in return just traffic and no sales? If I was paying you 1k a month and I saw an uptake in traffic but no ROI I doubt I would want to continue my contract with you. If you can't make it work for you, why would it work for others?

 

[hoodbgoode]

Good luck buddy. Use the past as a learning experience but, leave it there.....everyday is a new day. So evetyd as y us a new d as y to learn and make your mark. Will be watching.
Having the will to keep going and even putting this up shows a lot.
Go get it.

Thank you bro!

Not to shoot down your efforts / new start. If your offering paid traffic.. what would the client be expecting in return just traffic and no sales? If I was paying you 1k a month and I saw an uptake in traffic but no ROI I doubt I would want to continue my contract with you. If you can't make it work for you, why would it work for others?

Guess I should have clarified, I run adwords / bing ads campaigns for a living. Ecommerce, with relatively low margins (i..e selling $10 tee shirts) isn't much better than treading water. I consistently get ROI for doctors, lawyers...people that have high ticket services to sell. I'm responsidble for $100K / month clients in ad spend at my day job.

These will be the clients I take on.

 

[Interpreneur]

Thanks for sharing your journey with us - an honest one too. I wish you all success very soon and I hope your story will inspire me too. Subscribed!

 

[lacifitra]

Not to discourage you, but don't just offer paid traffic services to random people without actually mastering it and having testimonials, a portfolio and certifications to show for it.

Your day job seems to be in the PPC market, why not just get a promotion if you're that good?
The "digital nomad" (pukes) life isn't what all those YouTube channels make it out to be, and you're better off keeping your day job when you have no actual clients yet.

Just being able to send traffic isn't really that huge of a skill, you need an excellent conversion rate to charge 1K/month, think 33%.
I'm in the same boat as you, just a bit more advanced. Be aware of Indians doing the same thing for 100$/month, so get ready for some tough times in terms of competition.

 

[hoodbgoode]

Not to discourage you, but don't just offer paid traffic services to random people without actually mastering it and having testimonials, a portfolio and certifications to show for it.

Your day job seems to be in the PPC market, why not just get a promotion if you're that good?
The "digital nomad" (pukes) life isn't what all those YouTube channels make it out to be, and you're better off keeping your day job when you have no actual clients yet.

Just being able to send traffic isn't really that huge of a skill, you need an excellent conversion rate to charge 1K/month, think 33%.
I'm in the same boat as you, just a bit more advanced. Be aware of Indians doing the same thing for 100$/month, so get ready for some tough times in terms of competition.

This is a poor post. You aren't explaining anything I don't know.

Yes, I have a portfolio and certifications.

The point is to get clients, dude, and have the ability to quit my job.

But thanks for posting.

 

[hoodbgoode]

10.3

Been going hard on upwork over the last few days. Lots of bidding. I am taking the video of shooting quick videos for every proposal.

It takes a bit more effort. At the same time its easy because:

• Typing long paragraphs based on experience and how I can help...is much higher effort compared to a 1:20 video shot from my phone, of me explaining how I can help the client.
• A quick video shoot ilets me stand out a bit more than other more traditional proposals (text only)

Over the past week:

• 20+ proposals
• 2 discussions with clients (one to manage their google ads, the other to manage their fb ads account)

The 1st client called me and we had a few discussions. Looked at his campaigns and listed out a bunch of bullet points how I could help. then he went cold and stopped replying.

2nd client - facebook ads ecommerce project. Shot a video for him, had a call on monday night in which i talked about how I'd run his campaigns.
I was the runner up out of several. He went with the other guy and I was pretty bummed out...was so close to having my 1st client.

To my surprise he msged me this morning and asked me if I could run a campaign on google ads for him.

So looks like I might have my 1st client

I'll keep you guys posted. I'm the meantime, going to keep working on upwork and expanding to cold email this weekend.

 

[dart]

Good luck ! I read this one today maybe it can help you
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/22-letters-17-000-profit-in-3-weeks.354896/

 

[hoodbgoode]

10.8 Update

Oh boy...mixed news to report lol

Good News:

• Got my first client off upwork! So after sending out about 50 proposals over the past couple weeks I finally hit on something; got on the phone with a client, had a long productive conversation and now have a trial camapign active for him. This will be a Google ads display campaign; I'll prob bring up Google Shopping with him as well if it goes well. The niche is a pretty cool ecommerce eone (I won't go into it), I'm looking forward to having the chance to impress and hopefully extend this contract beyond the trial month.
  
• Talking to two more people off upwork lol; not too sure whether either will become a client but hopeful I can get at least one of the two to convert.
  
• I feel like I'm starting to build a bit of momentum on upwork

Bad News:

• So I just realized now upwork only lets you bid on a set amount of jobs per mont; kicking myself over the way. I may have burned through my bid supply too quickly...I'll have to mix in upwork with a few other strategies when it comes to building up a client base.

That means..

- Cold Emailing
- Cold Snail Mailing (Maybe)
- Cold Calling (Maybe)
- Building up a email list / fb messenger list of people interested in a lead magnet

All things to consider.

I also need to get the ball rolling on my personal site. Somewhere I can list my credentials, portfolio etc.

Lots to be done! Time to get out there and CLOSE

 

[Leader777]

Good luck with your journey. I think it's better if you can call the client or meet them directly

 

[hoodbgoode]

10.17 Update

I'm sorry...I went to a music festival this weekend and forgot to update.


Clients

• Still the one client. Doing a re-marketing campaign for him in Google Ads. This is really cool because I'm being given the chance to figure out how shopify works along the way, along with preparing to launch Google Showstopping campaigns.
• It will be great to generate my first payment through upwork and more regular payments as we go along.

Pipeline

• 2 clients potential in the pipeline here
• First client is again through upwork; an online classroom than wants students to register for certifications with them. Minimal budget here. Pitching the client on a 300/mo retainer (too low in hindsight) to do a retargeting campaign for them, then scale up from there
• 2nd client: through upwork too. Gogole Shopping campaign. Lady has been pestering me like crazy with questions trying to get her to slow down. Hopefully I can sign her too.

Prospecting

• Prospecting has fallen off while I am dealing with tehe above three. I will have more time to get the ball rolling again this weekend. My next step is to get higher paying clients, 300/mo isn't enough.

 

[hoodbgoode]

10.28 Update

What's goin on!

Client #2 closed! Woohoo! While I'm not tearing shyt up, I know that I'm moving forward. Baby steps!

Freelancin is all about having as many conversations as possible with people that need help. Offer them some value. Look at their ads accounts for example. Audit them. Critique.

Then when they're seeing you as the expert and want to know more, sell them. close.

That's what it's about. You have to get on the phone, or have a conversation, with these guys. Gotta make them see you as a real person, not another anonymous guy.


Current Metrics

A. Clients

• Ecommerce Toy Client (SEM) (Through Upwork)
  
• Online Classroom Lead Gen Client (SEM, SEO) (Through Upwork)

B. Pipeline

• Potential roofer client (through upwork) wants to do a quick call with me to audit his campaigns.

The annoying pestering lady of course immediately went with a cheaper different option as soon as I pitched her.


C. Currently Pitching

• Pitching has slowed down a bit due to a busy week of work, I'm on upwork this afternoon and have IDed 4 different clients to pitch today.

Sorry for short update today, it's a busy day.