12/03/2025
RULES TO LAND YOUR FIRST CLIENT (EVEN WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE!)
You wake up, open your laptop, and scroll through job posts.
๐ โ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ 2+ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.โ
๐โ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ [๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ].โ
๐โ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
And just like that, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐.
So you donโt apply.
You donโt even try.
And another day passesโฆ
Another weekโฆ
Another monthโฆ
๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ.
But what if I told youโ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐๐?
What if I told youโ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ?
๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐.
While writing this, ๐ง๐-๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ค๐จ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ค๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐จ.
โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐.
โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ.
โ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ.
Pero kahit wala ako ng lahat ng โyan, ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ข ๐๐ค๐จ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ก.
๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ค๐จ ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ.
If I didnโt get a reply, ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐ค๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ ๐ค๐จ.
It was a ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ-๐๐ง๐-๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ journey.
And now? ๐โ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ.
So let me tell you exactly how I did itโand how YOU can too.
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ #๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Youโre stuck because you keep saying:
โ โWala pa akong experience.โ
โ โI need to take more courses muna.โ
โ โI donโt meet all the job requirements.โ
Guess what? ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐๐.
The difference? ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ.
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ.
Clients care whether you can do the job.
And youโll never know if you donโt even try.
๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
.
No one is going to give you experience
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
You keep saying, โ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโฆโ
But let me ask you this:
๐ค๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ โ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐โ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค?
๐ค๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐ค๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐๐.
They ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐. They ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐. They ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐
๐๐๐๐.
๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ?
You donโt need a client to prove you can do the work.
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
And guess what? ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐โ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
Act like you already have the jobโbefore someone even pays you for it.
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐
๐๐๐๐.
Most beginners make the mistake of ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐๐.
โ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง, ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐โฆโ
๐๐๐๐.
The more services you offer, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ.
The more skills you juggle, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐.
The more confused you are about what you do, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
๐๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ.
๐๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐.
๐๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ.
Once you get your first client, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ.
๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ.
๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ (๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐).
Your problem isnโt experience.
Your problem is youโre not applying enough.
โ 1 proposal a week? Not enough.
โ 3 proposals a week? Still not enough.
โ
5-10 proposals a day? ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐โ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐
๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐.
The more you apply, the faster you land a client.
If you only send ๐จ๐ง๐ proposal and donโt get a response, youโll think freelancing is hard.
If you send ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ proposals a day, ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง = ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐.
๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญโ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐.
๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐.
What if a client asks, โ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ?โ
๐๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ:
๐ซ โWala pa po.โ
๐ซ โIโm a beginner, but Iโll try my best.โ
Thatโs not confidence. Thatโs asking them to take a risk on you.
Hereโs what you say instead:
โIโve been training and practicing in [your skill]. If you need a small paid trial task, Iโd be happy to do one.โ
Clients donโt hire the most experienced.
They hire the ones who make them feel confident in their decision.
So ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Stop ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐.
๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ.
๐๐๐๐ ๐: ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐.
The freelancers who make it? ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
โ They donโt wait until they feel โready.โ
โ They donโt let one unanswered proposal make them quit.
โ
They apply, learn, improve, and keep going.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฒโฆ ๐๐๐๐.
โ๐๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ! ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต?โ
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ โ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.
๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
Or will you keep making excuses?
A month from now, youโll either:
โ
Be celebrating your first client.
โ Or still be stuck, โ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
Which one will it be?
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