{"id":656,"date":"2022-12-29T14:38:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T14:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uglymugmarketing.com\/blog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2022-12-29T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T14:38:50","slug":"dont-be-your-own-worst-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uglymugmarketing.com\/blog\/dont-be-your-own-worst-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be Your Own Worst Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FREELANCERS: Don&#039;t Be Your Own Worst Enemy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CcDyacYct_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200aDon&#8217;t be your own worst enemy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I see this all the time with freelancers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You work hard to attract new clients, to get them to reach out, to call you, or to email you, or to fill out the form on your website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then what do we do?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We sabotage ourselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don&#8217;t return phone calls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don&#8217;t respond to emails in timely manners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don&#8217;t follow up the way we say that we&#8217;re gonna follow up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we do all this work and we complain that we don&#8217;t have enough business flowing in and then when it flows in, what do we do?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We sabotage ourselves by not being responsive, by not keeping our word.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So get out of your own way, right?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look for the ways that you are making it difficult for people to do business with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I promise you there are things that you are doing right now that is making it difficult for people to hand you money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do an audit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We do this all the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We look for things that are obstacles or roadblocks that prevent people from handing us money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you take the time to do this, what you will discover is that you are losing and leaving so much money on the table because of these obstacles, because of these roadblocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So spend a few minutes today looking for ways that you are running people away from your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S Can you relate to any of these:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705\u00a0 Struggling from project to project\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705\u00a0 A slow trickle of inquiries about your services<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705\u00a0 Your clients only seem concerned about the lowest price<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705\u00a0 Not sure when or where your next project will come\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705\u00a0 Fighting for clients on freelancer marketplaces like Upwork and 99 Designs<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If any of those describe you learn more about the Freelance Accelerator:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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