How to Build a Successful Freelance Career.
The Freelance Shortcut teaches freelancers to build their careers from $0 to over +$100,000. using the same system I use daily on LinkedIn and Upwork.
I'm Scott Luscombe, and I have written this step-by-step Book, Digital Course, and 1:1 Coaching Program to walk you through the steps I've taken to create a wildly successful freelance career.
Listen to my students:
Scott is truly a professional when it comes to designing and creating graphics. Visiting his website and looking at his portfolio will make you realize how godly skills he has. Truly Inspired by the work he is doing in the industry.
Mehal Rashid
Content Writer at LiveHive, Co. and Top Rated Freelance Writer on Upwork
Scott is such a creative freelancer as he always comes out with interesting ideas on how to become an outstanding freelancer. I'm really happy that I got the opportunity to learn from one of the successful freelancers. He does not even hesitate to share all of his knowledge and tips in freelancing as well as skills enhancement.
Husaini Najib
Web Developer at Upwork
Perfect! Enjoyed my time since the day I get in touch with Scott. He is really a professional and knows his work. Clear, quick response time and overall a joy to be connected with. Happy to work with you.
Qasim Mughal
Front End Developer | JavaScript | React | Redux | HTML | CSS | Bootstrap
Scott is a freelancing guru, a great teacher, and an awesome human being. It is my honor and with great pleasure, I would love to recommend to you an amazing online course “Freelance Success Fridays” created by an extraordinary person Scott Luscombe. If you are at the beginning of your freelance career and you need to know the ropes of the trade, this is the course you need. Scott has a lot of experience as a freelancer and what you will learn from him will prove priceless in your future career as a freelancer.
Yordan Yordanov
Co-Found / Business Manager at Partners Place Ltd.
I attended Scott's 1:1 freelancing mentoring call. He help me to understand all the mistakes that I was doing as beginner. He taught me writing the proposals and guided me to choose the perfect niche. I also got clarity on how to onboard right quality clients. If you are looking for a person to guide you from scratch , He is your person. I like attending the consultation call and would like to do more.
Azaz Malek
Top Rated Graphic Designer on Upwork
What will you learn? How to get hired.
Here is the Step-by-step freelance success process.
Step 1 of 10: PATH
How to develop a profitable daily routine.
Your daily system is the foundation for your success by building a routine to start your day on the right track and always know which way is forward.
Assignment 1: Plan your path to develop your profitable daily system.
Overview: PATH
Here is a preview of the first Step in the Freelance Shortcut Book, how to design your daily system.
Goal:
Onboard new clients daily and never go hungry again, with the aim being a continual increase in business.
What you will learn:
How to design a daily freelance system that keeps new projects flowing into your pipeline.
Assignment:
Design your step-by-step daily system based on both your business and life goals.
I began my freelance business when the twin towers in New York were attacked, starting a war, and crashing the economy, my business was fine. Then in 2008 when the economy crashed, my business grew again. Then the COVID pandemic hit, and my business grew yet again.
What remained consistent throughout these disasters and my continual growth? The daily system had slowly evolved to bring in new clients, even while I was at the peak of my workload.
Many freelancers fail because they follow the path of feast (getting the project), and famine (finishing the project and starting again). This style of freelancing will cause massive anxiety and is not the strategy you want to use to get the jobs that you want and build the life you deserve.
So what is the answer? Build a daily system to develop the best business success you can, and constantly evolve and refine the system as you notice the little details which make the greatest improvement.
As you build your full time freelance career and being your entrepreneurship journey, one thing must be the foundation of your freelancing, the daily system you build to bring in new clients and never go hungry again.
In this first step, I walk you through the Goal, the Why, give you Examples, and an Assignment to build your first freelance success system.
FACT: You don't need to worry about how to make money again.
Fast-forward your freelance career a decade ahead with the step-by-step program I use every day.
Book Starting at $30
The Freelance Foundations Course walks you through my step by step process of becoming a 6-figure freelancer complete with assignments.
Coaching $95/session
When you need focused advice to increase your growth I give a detailed answers and action plan which is focussed on your success.
Course $195
The Freelance Foundations Course walks you through my step by step process of becoming a 6-figure freelancer complete with assignments.
Step 2 of 10: PROFILES
How to write and design a profile that brings clients to you.
Understanding who your ideal clients are will make communicating with them extremely easy. In this assignment, we will develop three fictional client personas based on real-world customers.
Assignment 2: Write client personas and find clients ready to hire.
Overview: PROFILES
In Step 2 I help you write a profile that gets you found instead of constantly searching for work.
Goal:
Onboard new clients daily and never go hungry again, with the aim being a continual increase in business.
What you will learn:
How to design a daily freelance system that keeps new projects flowing into your pipeline.
Assignment:
Design your step-by-step daily system based on both your business and life goals.
I began my freelance business when the twin towers in New York were attacked, starting a war, and crashing the economy, my business was fine. Then in 2008 when the economy crashed, my business grew again. Then the COVID pandemic hit, and my business grew yet again.
What remained consistent throughout these disasters and my continual growth? The daily system had slowly evolved to bring in new clients, even while I was at the peak of my workload.
Many freelancers fail because they follow the path of feast (getting the project), and famine (finishing the project and starting again). This style of freelancing will cause massive anxiety and is not the strategy you want to use to get the jobs that you want and build the life you deserve.
So what is the answer? Build a daily system to develop the best business success you can, and constantly evolve and refine the system as you notice the little details which make the greatest improvement.
As you build your full time freelance career and being your entrepreneurship journey, one thing must be the foundation of your freelancing, the daily system you build to bring in new clients and never go hungry again.
In this first step, I walk you through the Goal, the Why, give you Examples, and an Assignment to build your first freelance success system.
Step 3 of 10: PITCH
How to communicate and sell your services to clients quickly.
Compelling profile writing for online platforms and marketing should focus on solving your client’s problems. Here, you will write content that helps us understand our businesses, then assemble the content into a profile that puts your clients first.
Assignment 3: Write effective Upwork and LinkedIn profiles.
Step 4 of 10: PERSONAS
How to find clients ready to hire you.
Presentations are sent to your prospective clients and aim to achieve particular goals, from telling your story as applicable to your profession and the project you are aiming for, demonstrating your ability, organization skills, and attention to detail.
Assignment 4: Write and deliver your successful pitch.
Step 5 of 10: PRESENTATION
How to show your skills to get hired.
With every online connection, you will have to establish yourself as an expert quickly. In this assignment we build and deliver your 15 second pitch to get new clients.
Assignment 5: Design a presentation to build client trust.
Step 6 of 10: PRICING
How to write a pricing list strategically and gain new projects.
Understanding who our ideal clients are will make communicating with them extremely easy. In this assignment, we will develop three fictional client personas based on real-world customers.
Assignment 6: Three steps to writing winning proposals.
Step 7 of 10: PROCESS
Give the client confidence in your abilities in seconds.
With every online connection, you will have to establish yourself as an expert quickly. In this assignment we build and deliver your 15 second pitch to get new clients.
Assignment 7: Design a presentation to build client trust.
Step 8 of 10: PROCESS
How to design your process to make clients confident that you are the one to hire.
Understanding who our ideal clients are will make communicating with them extremely easy. In this assignment, we will develop three fictional client personas based on real-world customers.
Assignment 8: Three steps to writing winning proposals.
Step 9 of 10: PROMOTION
Give the client confidence in your abilities in seconds.
With every online connection, you will have to establish yourself as an expert quickly. In this assignment we build and deliver your 15 second pitch to get new clients.
Assignment 9: Design a presentation to build client trust.
Step 10 of 10: PROCESS
Build a process to show clients that you are the expert they need.
Understanding who our ideal clients are will make communicating with them extremely easy. In this assignment, we will develop three fictional client personas based on real-world customers.