Must get better at selling! Wat Do?

>>1935062
What do you offer? For which type of customer?

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>>1935062
be like Vitalik

>>1935069
>What do you offer? For which type of customer?
Do you want the technical and boring legit answer or the sales answer?

>>1935087
Fuck if I'd be seen with a t-shirt like that

>>1935095
You can give me both if you want

>>1935105
"I help people and organizations communicate their stories and values to the world"
>I make videos

>>1935119
I could write quite a lot but I make it short.

If you have a closing rate around 35-60%, you're good.

Always have enough leads in your funnel. The more the better.

Have you thought about selling to ad agencies? Or doing a partnership with them. Advantage: You only have to sell once and you get access to better gigs

>>1935062
Here's your solution: Don't sell to people.
I've been fulltime freelancing since 2012. First off, you have to have more skills than low end graphic design. Have Graphic Design + Web Development + Internet Marketing. This combo makes you incredibly valuable to small to mid-size businesses. Do not code websites from scratch btw, use sexy templates/frameworks and tweak.

Make business cards and go network at events that have just about nothing to do with your field. Go to chamber meetings. Go to government meetings, women in business meetups, startup meetups etc. You'd be surprised how fucking retarded business owners are when it comes to computer related things. They usually just want to get their website done and go on with their lives and they're more likely to throw money at you. The demand is there because they know if they don't have a legit website, they will not be taken seriously.

You don't have to sell anything, just say what you do and start asking open ended "visionary" questions (i.e. What do you imagine your site to be like? What ideas d you have for your logo/branding?) , be really into what they're saying and excited, then give your business card. Become their friend, do not sell. Get their contact email, visit their current website, and give them a critique on their website. Should take less than 5 minutes to write up a critique for them. They will be awestruck usually.

If someone is serious, make sure to take half payment up front. Be firm that you also charge for excessive revisions beyond a mockup design. Write an invoice and send it. Don't even fuck around with flakes, not worth your time. Do not deal with churches and non for profits unless you're ready to deal with cheapness beyond jewish comprehension. They will do everything in their power to get you to do shit for free. Don't fall for this.

TLDR: Don't sell, get the potential client's mind churning with ideas to get them excited, then email them a critique on their site.