Find Your Fastest Route to a First Client

Ten taps. Seven ways to land a first client, ranked for your network, your proof and your timeline.

The best way to get client one is rarely the best way to get client fifty.

Every route has four traits that don't change. What changes is how well it fits you.

More dots is better on every row. Five on competition means few rivals in the room when someone decides.

This ranks experiments to run. It can't promise a client, and nothing here is a guarantee.

An educational tool. It isn't legal advice. Read your employment contract before you take outside work.

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