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Stops "emergency" DMs from bad clients...
Why I fired my biggest client
When needy clients kill your income...
Jason swinging by.
Fun little story from the "client war stories" collection today.
A few years back, I fired a client worth nearly HALF my income.
Everyone thought I'd lost my mind.
And for a second, I questioned my own sanity too.
But here's what they didn't see...
This client was eating 30 hours per week of my time.
Asking for endless revisions and 24-hour rush jobs.
Scope creep that would make your head spin.
Daily "emergency" DMs at 6am.
(And urgent emails on my family vaca to Florida... that was the last straw).
If you broke down the numbers...
I was making less than a Target cashier.
With none of the benefits.
And plenty more Aspirin for the headaches.
The moment I fired them?
I suddenly had 30 hours per week back.
So I used that time to pursue a rev-share deal with another company I'd been eyeing.
Now let's say you did the same.
And you sent ONE email with a smart RFP (risk-free proposal).
Biz owners eat this up, btw.
If you ran a simple campaign with a handful of fun emails...
Emails that a 6th grader could write and that their audience LOVES to read.
And...
Those emails brought in just $20k in sales.
You could pull in a cool $5k in as little as 5 days.
And that's WITHOUT the hair-on-fire DMs…
Or client complaints about fitting their brand voice.
Because in these kinds of partnerships...
We call the shots. We are the choosers.
It requires the same skills.
But it puts WAY less gray hair on your head.
And could 5x your pay rate.
(I've seen it do more than that, but it almost doesn't sound believable.)
Just by changing the TERMS of the deal.
Quick Q for ya:
What's the BIGGEST thing keeping you from making $10k+ per month from your copy? |
CLICK ONE ABOVE ☝️...
Your answer helps me know what to share next.
Because based on our last poll...
A LOT of peeps are one decision away from landing much easier deals.
In Your Corner,
Jason
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