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Surprise client has ghosted(?) me. Was supposed to get him on a call to approve the new site I built up and take final payment, then he put off that call, and he's been kicking it down the road weekly for a month now.

E-mails- about 200 out, one touchback though I don't believe it will be a high-paying job. Weird situation since it won't be a huge-ticket job, but I think it would be a good inroad since he's massively B2B working with people I want to work with across the u.s.- this one is in progress and doing some mockups for him.
At about 160$ of spend for about 275 "qualified" leads my contractor has dug up, but no touchbacks besides the above unfortunately. I did have him go through old D7 lists which is more cost efficient, need to double down on that since he's the only upworker I trust (put out another posting but didn't like the replies/work I got in the range I provided- I may take this back to a manual task for myself).

Networking- Going to more, found a hot B2B networking event in my city, they already have a WD but they have 3 other groups who need one... but the groups meet during business hours so this is something else that has to wait until after the dayjob- had two people get in touch who wanted calls within this month at least. Found other events as well, had 6 requests for website audits at one which were all completed but they went ghost.

Follow ups- More can kicks, had 3 ripen last week, two wanted calls then again ghosted at the times they requested I call them- not getting depressed, I'm tired of feeling down and not doing sh!t for months, I'm tired of feeling sick and tired.

Been listening to interviews of other people that got into freelancing, the recurring theme is always "never give up, just do good work, offer value, and the moment everything kicks off you'll be looking back at your lowest lows from the stratosphere"- with that in mind, I soldier on (also been putting out resumes and doing dayjob interviews at least).
 
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Kamz aqfevi:

Tvomm puv fuxp gus vji duapv cav tvomm hivvoph dasctvunqif gsun hjutvoph, iwip vjuahj O vsz vu fotraemogz pux et jesf et iwis. O movisemmz katv jef vji qjupi tmennif up ni iesmois cz e haz xju't ciip vemloph vu ni ecuav e coh tovi siwenq topdi Gicsaesz ug 2022- ji xepvif vu veml e gix tevasfezt ehu epf tahhitvif e voni jontimg, cav vjip ji piwis demmif ni. O xeovif apvom egvis vji 4vj ug Kamz ug xiil epf xjip O demmif jon vufez O sinopfif jon xju O xet epf xet niv xovj e -TMEN!-
US,
Xjip qiuqmi eqqsuedjif ni ev e C2C catopitt pivxusloph iwipv, vemlif ecuav xjev vjiz jef, etlif ecuav nz qedlehit, epf jepfif ni e catopitt desf epf etlif ni vu i-neom epf vjiz'mm juq up e demm xovj ni xovjop e xiil?
-pefe, dsodlivt-

Tisouatmz ev nz xovt ipf xovj vji safi qiuqmi epf muulz-muut, vjot ot vji 5vj voni vjev vjot jet jeqqipif vjot zies, epf vjot ot gummuxoph vji podi quvipvoem 5.5l qsukidv xjisi vji uxpis demmif ni uav ug vji cmai epf etlif ni vu sitipf ov epf jux getv O duamf hiv ov fupi epf jux ji duamf qez ni katv gus jon vu cmoq uav ug iyotvipdi eheop.

I-neomt:
Ecuav 220 uav eheop, 2 malixesn mieft (vemlif epf fof e qsuqutem gus upi, ji't """vjoploph""" ecuav ov), vji uvjis O piif vu juq up vji mopi xovj, 3 "pu vjepl zuat" epf vjip e jepfgam ug cmudlt xjodj ot emxezt muwimz. Eheop sappoph uav ug catopittit op vji podjit O lpux ug, O vsoif ep iyqisonipv xovj F7 motvt epf hivvoph nz dupvsedvus vu dmiep vjuti, cav vji F7 motvt esi ecztnem op raemovz.

Huuf pixt:
Xseqqoph aq 2 qeof qsukidvt sohjv pux xjodj siqmedi e nupvj ug fezkuc opduni epf jimq ni csiel opvu vji siem-itvevi tqedi- vjot ot huuf cideati O sep opvu epuvjis XF 4 ziest zuaphis vjep ni xju vumf ni ji xet fuoph 20l qis xictovi gus iminipvus tovit, cav emtu vjev ji jef nefi qmipvz ug duppidvoupt xusloph ev jot ehipdz epf vuul vjin epf jet ciip sappoph ugg ug vji siqavevoup topdi.

Tvomm puv howoph aq, giimoph e muv moli sudlz pies vji gopem suapf egvis hivvoph atif et e tofi ug ciig gus 12 ug vjin, epf O'n iwip hivvoph dmuti vu vji ehi ug 30, cav O katv dep'v ci e temesoif xehi tmewi huoph opvu epf vjsuahj nz 30t, xotj ni madl.
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Kamz aqfevi:

Tvomm puv fuxp gus vji duapv cav tvomm hivvoph dasctvunqif gsun hjutvoph, iwip vjuahj O vsz vu fotraemogz pux et jesf et iwis. O movisemmz katv jef vji qjupi tmennif up ni iesmois cz e haz xju't ciip vemloph vu ni ecuav e coh tovi siwenq topdi Gicsaesz ug 2022- ji xepvif vu veml e gix tevasfezt ehu epf tahhitvif e voni jontimg, cav vjip ji piwis demmif ni. O xeovif apvom egvis vji 4vj ug Kamz ug xiil epf xjip O demmif jon vufez O sinopfif jon xju O xet epf xet niv xovj e -TMEN!-
US,
Xjip qiuqmi eqqsuedjif ni ev e C2C catopitt pivxusloph iwipv, vemlif ecuav xjev vjiz jef, etlif ecuav nz qedlehit, epf jepfif ni e catopitt desf epf etlif ni vu i-neom epf vjiz'mm juq up e demm xovj ni xovjop e xiil?
-pefe, dsodlivt-

Tisouatmz ev nz xovt ipf xovj vji safi qiuqmi epf muulz-muut, vjot ot vji 5vj voni vjev vjot jet jeqqipif vjot zies, epf vjot ot gummuxoph vji podi quvipvoem 5.5l qsukidv xjisi vji uxpis demmif ni uav ug vji cmai epf etlif ni vu sitipf ov epf jux getv O duamf hiv ov fupi epf jux ji duamf qez ni katv gus jon vu cmoq uav ug iyotvipdi eheop.

I-neomt:
Ecuav 220 uav, 2 malixesn mieft (vemlif epf fof e qsuqutem gus upi, ji't """vjoploph""" ecuav ov), vji uvjis O piif vu juq up vji mopi xovj, 3 "pu vjepl zuat" epf vjip e jepfgam ug cmudlt xjodj ot emxezt muwimz. Eheop sappoph uav ug catopittit op vji podjit O lpux ug, O vsoif ep iyqisonipv xovj F7 motvt epf hivvoph nz dupvsedvus vu dmiep vjuti, cav vji F7 motvt esi ecztnem op raemovz.

Huuf pixt:
Xseqqoph aq 2 qeof qsukidvt sohjv pux xjodj siqmedi e nupvj ug fezkuc opduni epf jimq ni csiel opvu vji siem-itvevi tqedi- vjot ot huuf cideati O sep opvu epuvjis XF 4 ziest zuaphis vjep ni xju vumf ni ji xet fuoph 20l qis xictovi gus iminipvus xictovi, cav emtu vjev ji jef nefi qmipvz ug duppidvoupt xusloph ev jot ehipdz epf vuul vjin epf jet ciip sappoph ugg ug vji siqavevoup topdi.

Tvomm puv howoph aq, giimoph e muv moli sudlz pies vji gopem suapf egvis hivvoph atif et e tofi ug ciig gus 12 ug vjin, epf O'n iwip hivvoph dmuti vu vji ehi ug 30, cav O dep'v liiq aq xovj vji xehi tmewisz, xotj ni madl.
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Fup'v miv vji movvmi gotj poccmit hiv zua fuxp. Ov't vji coh gotj vjev zua xepv.

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@SodesfuHsepfi zua esi puv hivvoph dasctvunqif. Vjot ot katv e sihames Xifpitfez.
Zua jewi vu txoqi sohjv e MUV vu gopf e nevdj.
Jewi vu nevdj e muv vu hiv e fevi.
Jewi vu fevi e muv vu gopf e nevi.

Ipkuz vji kuaspiz epf vji qsuditt iwiszfez.
Tqipf vji fez gopfoph upi piifmi op vji jeztvedl. Upi qistup vu jimq.
Zua huv vjot.

Og zua piwis howi aq, zua deppuv muti.
 
Fu zua gummux e tdsoqv? Zua tjuamf ati e tdsoqv, tu zua dep nietasi xjev ot xusloph epf xjev otp'v.

Tuni qiuqmi tez zua tjuamf cuul vxu demmt - upi tjusv "tivvoph" demm, xjisi zua katv neli tasi vjev vji mief ot raemogoif (jet vji siraosif nupiz eweomecmi, siemmz xepvt vu xusl ev ov, ot siefz vu tvesv vji qsukidv ivd.) - epf upmz og vji mief qettit vji gostv demm, zua tiv aq e muphis demm xjisi zua edvaemmz vsz vu timm tunivjoph.
O jewip'v vsoif vjot nztimg, cav ov tuapft moli e huuf dupdiqv op vjiusz, ev mietv.
 
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