John Doherty

This post was originally meant to go directly on the Entrepreneur subreddit because it is a question I get asked over there all the time, but I figured it should probably live here in perpetuity. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hi everyone.

Long time lurker, semi-often commenter, first time posting a fresh thread here (as far as I can remember).

Whenever I comment on a post and mention that I’m a marketer and have consulting clients, I *always* get asked “how did you get/do you get clients?” I see this here, on /r/financialindependence, on forums, and different sites. It’s always the same question.

My tips to get new consulting clients are:

1. Teach everything you know via blog posts, videos, etc
2. Connect with industry friends and build a network
3. Try sites like GetCredo.com
4. Niche yourself down to get hyper-focused clients
5. Hustle to sign your first ones, then use them to get bigger clients

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