After nearly a year of $0 income, I finally stopped trying to get another job, and began hunting my own clients. Not to jinx it, but today I bagged my third. One more and I'll be making what I used to

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Congrats; that’s great! Keeping fingers crossed for another and another! You deserve it for having the courage to go out on your own.

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You are giving hope to a lot of people here. Including me.

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I met an entrepreneur on an intercontinental flight, and he couldn't get enough of our conversation on branding and advertising. He was launching two products and became client #1.
#2 found me on one of those piece-of-shit job boards no one ever goes on, looking to hire a webmaster for $45k. I'm not sure why I bothered to respond, but somehow I convinced him he needed much much more than a webmaster, and now I'm overhauling his entire brand.
#3 was looking for social content creators (which tells me they don't know what the fuck they're doing), and that's what my cold email to them said. I almost fell over when they actually emailed me back and wanted to get on the phone. An hour-long lecture on branding later and they wanted a new name, new site, new strategy, etc.

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That’s rad. Nice hustle!

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Is this the beginning of a new agency of only over 40? Call it Wisdom or something

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That's fantastic. and yes, there should be an over 40 boutique agency for clients who want creatives who are actual adults instead if diaper wearing, man bun 20 year old d-bags who just want to make stuff look "cool".

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Welcome to freelance life! Been making more than I did at my agency job for 3 years now with way more flexibility.

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Ah but you’re seeing the light now, right??

Congrats! And how?

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Do tell, write a book, CDs the world over are dying to know your secret - or just tell us

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Congrats! What's your secret to snagging them on your own?

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That’s really cheered me up.
🖕the Man!

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Congrats on your courage to keep yourself motivated.

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@OP: That’s freaking awesome! Congrats to you and your success!!!

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Major props to you! Way to keep moving up-
And not giving up. Inspiring and illuminating. 💥

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You are my hero! Well done!

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That’s amazing! Congrats 👍🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

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Inspiring! Thank you!

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Curious- is your background in art direction/design or copywriting?

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Yeah! 👍💪

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Awesome! Congrats!

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Awesome!

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