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You're probably not getting much because you're asking entrepreneurs how to do something that inherently doesn't scale/isn't sustainable in the long run, at least as a fastlane business. You can make money, no doubt, but the guy you want to be at freelancer isn't the highest paid consultant; it's Matt Barrie.
For example: With every new client, you have to hop on an hour-long skype and do the dance, learn their needs, guesstimate the difference between what they want and what they really need, and then spend 4 hours writing up the perfect proposal. And even so, like you mentioned...sometimes they decline. Lots of work, lots of effort, wasted. Wash, rinse, repeat, all while having to solve brand new problems for every new project.
The only way I see freelancing being a vehicle is by productizing the service, meaning: one product, one price, paid upfront. Then you have fixed costs and can scale with outsourced help. That can be a business you can sell and leverage into something else.
Also, for this I'd skip the site. Whatever you were going to put up, put it in an book for clients instead. And anything blog-ish might as well go on medium, you'll get more eyeballs.
For example: With every new client, you have to hop on an hour-long skype and do the dance, learn their needs, guesstimate the difference between what they want and what they really need, and then spend 4 hours writing up the perfect proposal. And even so, like you mentioned...sometimes they decline. Lots of work, lots of effort, wasted. Wash, rinse, repeat, all while having to solve brand new problems for every new project.
The only way I see freelancing being a vehicle is by productizing the service, meaning: one product, one price, paid upfront. Then you have fixed costs and can scale with outsourced help. That can be a business you can sell and leverage into something else.
Also, for this I'd skip the site. Whatever you were going to put up, put it in an book for clients instead. And anything blog-ish might as well go on medium, you'll get more eyeballs.
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