Hi there Freelancers!

This week our Tuesday night call will be one of our most hilarious sessions.

We’ll dive into actual proposals that we’ve received from real freelancers on various freelance networks we’ve used… and they will give you a chuckle!

Make sure you are registered for the Tuesday call. Register at the link just below the Grey Heron…

In this coming Tuesday’s webinar, we will be bringing you Hilarious Proposal Do's & Don'ts (Make sure you take a look at this week’s Promotion: it’s definitely a “Do”!)

We’ll be talking about…

• Writing winning proposals

• Understanding your competition

• Reduce the time it takes to write proposals 80%

• Build “rapport” with prospects

• One secret to ALWAYS do in the last line of your proposal

You won’t want to miss it – getting your proposal right !

Now, here’s the round up from the Barefoot Consultants world!

See you next week,

Winton

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What's inside this week...

• Hot Tips provided this week by Coach Heidi Craig

• FEATURE ARTICLE

• Statistic of the Week

• Productivity Tool of the Week

• Job of the week

• Promotion: Proposal Editing service

• IL’s Ultimate Go Overseas Bootcamp

  • Afterparty in August

Hot Tips provided this week by Coach Heidi Craig

FEATURE ARTICLE

When you’re feeling like Freelancing is super challenging…remember your “carrots”. 

Pull out this article and remember your goals. Pick out which one of these beautiful benefits is most important to you and then go enjoy that for a break. All work and no play isn’t sustainable!

Top freelancing benefits:

• More freedom

• Flexible hours

• Self-management

• Location flexibility

• Compensation and earnings control

• Increased skills

• Ability to test a startup or small business concept

• No office politics

• Opportunity to specialize

• Job security

Which one of these carrots keeps you playing the game?

Read The 10 Best Benefits of Freelancing on the Upwork Blog.

Statistic of the Week

The most interesting part about this week’s statistic is that it is a true fundamental to your Freelancing success. 

It’s no wonder that it’s a tenet of Winton’s “21-Day’s to your Freelancing Success” program, plus, variety is the spice of life! 

It’s a basic understanding that multiple streams of income create job security. 

After your initial stars and jobs are under your belt to create your Top-Rated status and great Job Success Score, your next goal is to create a “stable” of good clients with jobs and content you enjoy!

Productivity Tool of the Week

In Moat

Tired of spending time digging through your email inbox for relevant correspondence?
“In Moat” is one of many inbox email management systems that allow you to curate what emails you really want to see.
Although setting it up can seem tedious, that small amount of discipline to get that job done pays big time-saving dividends!
Keep your eyes out for what might not be getting delivered for the 1st 2 weeks and then adjust and enjoy seeing only what matters, bringing your time back under your control.

Check out the reviews of InMoat on PC Mag

Job of the week

Selected by our very own Barefoot Consultant Member, Bill, this week’s job of the week had us all in stitches! 

😂 Think you can top that? Submit a hilarious or intriguing job for a chance to be featured next week!

Our Proposal Editing Service… Pay for 3, get 1 more FREE!

Let a coach streamline and simplify your proposal strategy.

• Review of jobs - are you choosing clients whose jobs have enough of your keywords?

• Strategy for your proposal - let your coach help you understand what the client is actually wanting, whether it’s time, money or expertise, etc.

• Determine key elements of your proposal

• DFY/Collaborative writing

• Turn your templates into a library of specific pieces for your proposal puzzles

Leverage the law of averages by streamlining your proposal writing process with the help of a Barefoot Consultants® Certified Coaching Professional.

You will find out that the library itself is GOLD as you will be able to plug and play the template sections into all your subsequent proposals, saving you tons of time, mental labor, and stress in the future!

IL’s Ultimate Go Overseas Bootcamp

Looking forward to taking your freelancing life overseas? Join in Las Vegas this October!

Winton's Workshop: Friday, October 25th, from 10:30am - 5:00pm

Join us the final Tuesday of the month: August 27, 8PM Central

You only need to register once to receive the Afterparty reminders for the rest of the year! If you registered after July 1, you are all set!