No clients? Here's how to fix it!



Hi Reader

I know how difficult the freelance climate is at the moment, so I want to help. Often, the biggest struggle is staying consistent with your outreach, so I am sharing my tried and tested marketing process to help you get more clients.

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📽 No motion design clients? Here’s how to fix it!

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📽 No motion design clients? Here’s how to fix it!

Are you struggling to find clients and implement a consistent outreach process? 😣

In this video, I share my full process for finding clients, how to effectively track leads and reveal the ultimate marketing strategy for freelancers using LinkedIn 📲



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Most freelancers - just want to create amazing motion design projects. But so much of their time is consumed by invoicing, contracts, client communication, leads conversion and project management.

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With Bloom, you can:

  • Send invoices and get paid
  • Manage project workflows
  • Send and sign legal contracts
  • Track client relationships with their CRM
  • Create a portfolio with build-in lead capture forms
  • Offer a client portal to share assets and
  • Communicate with clients


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Thanks

Hayley

Motion Hatch

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