Hey yo, everyone! How's the week been so far? Wanted to ask a quick question from you today - where do you get most of your clients from? Feel free to elaborate on your lead gen in the comments! :) Happy Tuesday!

Call went fine? I guess, I don't have much of a reference point haha. She asked me like "Why are you applying to a full time role if you're a contractor?" And I basically said that hours don't mean much in copywriting work and that I work on retainer and focus on providing what I need to provide in my contract. Then I just started shooting them with questions around their email and she was like "Okay I see you're an expert at this, we don't usually get asked these." They also told me this full time role needs to do advertising campaigns which I just said I wouldn't be doing and I told them they should just get me on contract to do email. She said she'll forward that idea internally to the team and let me know in 3 business days if we'll continue the interview. We vibed and the handshake call was nice, although only 15mins pretty short. Is this a normal outcome? Let me know if I did well or what I should have done better. I would like to know what my blind spots were or how I should have better handled her being surprised about me being a contractor haha. @Kirke Männik

So, I've been getting into writing on LinkedIn lately, sharing some thoughts and ideas. But then my PhD supervisor caught wind of it and decided to have a chat with me. Long story short, they made me feel pretty guilty about spending time on LinkedIn instead of focusing on my thesis. Now, I'm stuck wondering what to do. Should I keep writing on LinkedIn or buckle down and prioritize my thesis like my supervisor wants? It's a tough spot to be in, and I could really use some advice on how to handle it.

I'm a bit embarrassed to say but sometimes I see wins from other people that 50% make me jealous and 50% inspire me Maybe I'm not alone in this haha Like I'll see from other coaches that someone in their community got a part time gig for $5k/month, while that person started writing copy few months ago as a complete beginner, and mainly does fulfilment with templates (???) And I'm like, how?? First of all who is hiring complete newbies for $5k/month is that really a thing? But then another part of me is like, well honestly good for them I think that's awesome and I root for them 100% and inspires me to do better. So my question is, is that really possible? To get your FIRST email marketing client for that high of a retainer? Or is that just a high retainer to me? Hahahah I know I have plenty of limiting beliefs and maybe this is just another one. I hope this group can help me crush these beliefs once and for all and help shine some clarity on whether I should aim higher with my goals. (I probably should lol) Please help me @Kirke Männik and thank you! Cheers

Not sure if they are actually scams but feel weird I got the same offer three times in a row Not sure if they are trying to scam upwork payments system or me hahah, cause idk what happens if I accept But I don't wanna get a poor review from a random bot account if that's what it is so yeah Idk just wanted to warn you guys but also get some clarity on what this is? cheers :D