111: How to Make Money as a Freelancer – Without Competing for Jobs on Elance or oDesk, with Daniel DiPiazza


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Freelancing or selling some useful service is one of the fastest ways to earn more money. It may not be as sexy as “passive income” but it does come with instant gratification.

Make deals, deliver awesome work, and get paid.

In today’s show, I’m excited to welcome back Daniel DiPiazza from Rich20Something.com. You may remember Daniel from Episode 35, where he talked about how his “marsupial method” took his tutoring business from $18 an hour to $1000 an hour.

Since then, he’s doubled down on freelancing and helping other side hustlers get their start this way.

If you’re in a bad situation at work and need to earn cash quick, I would absolutely recommend these methods over building niche sites, writing Kindle books, or heaven forbid, starting a blog :)

Because of that, I’ve featured several “service-business” episodes this year, including kicking things off with Bryan Harris, learning about Sean’s location independent marketing biz, and Dayne’s blog writing service.

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Learn:

  • Daniel’s definition of freelancing: offering skills you already have.
  • How to identify a profitable skill.
  • The 3 Question Validation.
  • How to use the trend of “extreme personalization” to your advantage.
  • How to find clients by “warm canvassing.”
  • The probing questions to ask prospective customers.
  • How to use the principle of reciprocity to land new business.
  • How to overcome common objections, like your price is too high.
  • Daniel’s #1 tip for Side Hustle Nation.

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What do you think? What kind of freelancing or service business could you start this month?

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Nick Loper is a side hustle expert who loves helping people earn more money and start businesses they care about. He hosts the award-winning Side Hustle Show, where he's interviewed over 500 successful entrepreneurs, and is the bestselling author of Buy Buttons, The Side Hustle, and $1,000 100 Ways.

His work has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Forbes, TIME, Newsweek, Business Insider, MSN, Yahoo Finance, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Financial Times, Bankrate, Hubspot, Ahrefs, Shopify, Investopedia, VICE, Vox, Mashable, ChooseFI, Bigger Pockets, The Penny Hoarder, GoBankingRates, and more.

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