One reason you’re not ready to take the leap and jump into creating a freedom business…

Is because you don’t believe it will work for you.

You trust someone else’s business and single flat salary more than your own skills and capacity to build something greater.

Having just one income stream is risky. (one job salary)

Creating several income streams from building your own income brings more stability.

Not to mention — freedom. And honoring your greatness.

Okay, so let’s use Web Design as one example. Since I have a few minutes of experience with it and done a shit-load of client work through the years.

How do you get Web Design clients in case you would dare to bet on yourself to make a living from it?

Starting from step number one. The most important step.

1 — Don’t just sit there. Use your computer for something valuable. Start!

2 — Talk about it. Play with building simple sites, and tell your peeps about it.

3 — Build a website or five for someone you like, for free (or suggest pay-what-you-want)

Those are the most important first steps. It’s what will get the whole train rolling.

Start requesting paid jobs

1 – When you know how to build simple websites, offer one to a local business

2 – Build a site for someone with a small home-based business or hobby

3 – Create a site for someone doing holistic healing or energy work — they need to look better than their self-made mockups many currently have.

And make sure you add your name and URL to your personal website in the footer or bottom bar of all websites you put out on the Internet. Your name and URL will spread.

Publish on social media and build an audience

1 – Post on social media channels. Share your craft publicly

2 – Consider having a YouTube channel sharing your journey

3 – Start building an email list – share tips and advice to your readers

Using freelance platforms like Upwork

Sure, these crowded and noisy platforms can work. But you have to deal with a lot of extra setup, screaming for attention, and a few extra hours of management just to get and maintain the projects.

Instead of going the Middle Ages way—standing on a box shouting at the town’s open marketplace—peacefully do your craft in a quiet back alley. Those who hear about you will come.

When you start doing, start talking, and make it public, suddenly you’re building a reputation. And when you do good work and keep supporting your customers, new web design projects and support requests WILL keep coming.

The question is not if this will work for you.

It’s about if YOU will work for IT to happen. Whether it’s web design, writing, graphics design, dog grooming, sound or video editing.

The conclusion is…

Just do your best work, take care and over deliver to your customers, and they will praise you.

I share everything in my book about how I consistenly get new clients and income.

John