I am going to talk to all you freelancers reading about a little special deal I have been running in the past couple of months. Starting from December 07′ I started a little - private - deal and wanted to see how it would go along. For some selected individuals who purchased from me since December, I would give them a ‘coupon’ if you like for 10% off the next purchase that they take from me.
Well i’d like to say that its been such a success. I was lucky enough to speak with a really nice guy who loved my work (thanks Darren) and he was the first guy who I let into knowing about the 10% off deal. After designing his first project, he was back 2 weeks or so later with another project in hand. Now into around about 2 months speaking occasionally with Darren he know has a third project lined up for me.
This blog post is aimed at freelancers who aren’t really getting any business at the moment. I’d like to give you a few tips on how to increase your chances of doing so.
Firstly start of by going through your prices and doing a little research into whats selling best at the moment. Then re-think your prices that you are charging (but don’t underprice, you don’t want to be selling yourself short).
Last but not least, advertise your services and see if you get any luck with clients. TIP - Don’t just advertise on one place, advertise on as many places as possible, you’ll be guaranteed at least one client!
If your not into the whole advertising scheme, then try what I did and give your best clients some personal deals, although remember to impress on the first project, so that the client WILL come back. Also when I say ‘best’ clients I mean the clients who have always came to your services for work and have trusted you no matter the project. I have some really loyal clients that I am grateful for because if it wasn’t for them, i’d probably be broke. Thanks again guys!
This is just a quick one just letting you know that a small deal can bring in more clients at once. I have been currently under the wind with projects at the moment, but I love the challenge at getting them done on time and satisfying my clients. If you have any stories to tell which you have encountered recently, please let me know by commenting on this post - I’d love to hear em’!
Posted on November 11th, 2007 by Admin in the Promotions section
Now, your all wondering what happened to the last contest, but due to hardly anyone entering I will do this instead (i’d just like to thank the guys who did enter, we’ll come to some kind of compensation for entering). Okay, so whats this promotion then? Rules are simple. Simply guess how much unique visitors EatFruitPlease got last month… and yeah thats it.
What design is it we win?
I posted previews of two designs in the last postso the winner can choose which one they would like.
So how is the winner choosen?
The person who guesses closest to how many uniques there were last month wins it. It’s actually that simple.
Why am I doing this?
To simply generate a little fun and encourage more people to come and read EatFruitPlease.
Posted on November 4th, 2007 by Admin in the Promotions section
Hello everyone,
Do you want to be in with the chance of winning $20 for taking a simple picture? All you have to do is get a peice of paper and a pen and write EatFruitPlease.com on it and then pose in front of the camera and take a picture. Although to make it more interesting, be more creative. For example maybe take a picture while eating an apple to represent the apple EatFruitPlease uses, I don’t know, I am looking for one that is humourous although is still very different. On November 7th when this promotion ends and I will decide on a winner and post another blog update with the image that won, the winner will then be notified and sent $20 via Paypal. I will also link your website/blog on the post aswell to generate some traffic. Please note aswell that the winner’s image will be published just under the BlogRush widget on the right hand side and it will be linked to whichever website they wish.
Some contest conditions:
Can’t be Photoshopped
Can’t post more than 2 entries
So, get snapping I’m really forward to looking for some funny pictures.
First I’d like to apologize as I haven’t been able to get it into video blog format, but i’m sure text will be fine. Okay, so my promotion was to send five people a lousy $5 but, they also got advertisement in a single post which surely will attract some more traffic. The order below is who contacted me first.
“Hi and welcome to Harry Online. My name is Harry Noott and I’m a young web designer and entrepreneur from Bristol, UK. I am now taking my GCSEs a year early in graphic design and business, and using these two skills, I plan on setting up my own graphic design company very soon.”
“WPCandy stands for WordPress Candy. WPCandy is a website that’s aimed at providing valuable information on WordPress! WPCandy has a database filled with WordPress articles, themes, plugins, interviews, and a ton of other stuff! WPCandy is powered by WordPress, valid XHTML, and valid CSS. The site was designed and coded on a Mac using Photoshop CS3 and Coda.“
“Zach Kollegger dot com is about Web & Graphic Design, Coding, Web 2.0 and Technology with some marketing tips thrown in aswell. Be on the look out for some free Wordpress themes.“
“HostedFX was established by Gareth Hodson in 2005. An individual with a passion to deliver quality web hosting services at the lowest possible price. We at HostedFX are dedicated to providing the best support, whilst using the greatest technology and hardware. We truly believe that we have made low cost web hosting a possibility without the need to sacrifice quality.“
There you go, four blogs & one hosting website. I will be running so much more promotions shortly were you can get money again although larger amounts, this was a little marketing try-out. Thanks alot guys for your time and hope to see more traffic aimed at EatFruitPlease.com
Okay, so heres how it goes. I give you $5 directly to your Paypal account and then you feature on EFP? Now wouldn’t that be great, free advertising plus $5! I was thinking of ways to enhance my traffic and update and add on to my readerbase. Heres what I have in mind.
I will be looking for five people to contact me using the contact link at the top of the page. Within the message field I would like, the site you would like advertised, URL of link and a little description (about 25 words) of what your website is about and last but not least your Paypal email.
In return for this, I am only looking for one small (very small) favour and that is too add this little apple icon at the very beginning of your next blog post with it linking to EatFruitPlease.com.
Where will my advertisement be?
In my next blog post after I get all five people to advertise, I will post everyones link with there description. If your lucky enough, I might just do it in video blog form ;)!
Want to be the first?
Go on contact me today to get a free ad spot and $5.
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Admin in the Promotions section
Okay your probably sitting there wondering… okay, it’s 00.17AM (UK) why is he in a fun mood? I just thought of something that may be a fun thing to do.
Readers of my blog, have your camera ready.
What I’d like you to do is take your camera and take a snap of EatFruitPlease on your screen, then post a comment with the url of the imae (if you can be bothered). I might later on make a graphic of somekind with all of your screens on it and place it upon Creativestl or have it placed somewere on here.
I’m really forward to looking for some funny pictures.
at the very beginning of your next blog post with it linking to EatFruitPlease.com.