{"id":1677,"date":"2015-04-22T10:05:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamprojectmayhem.com\/blog\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2015-05-01T07:41:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T12:41:46","slug":"how-to-find-clients-for-your-location-independent-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamprojectmayhem.com\/blog\/how-to-find-clients-for-your-location-independent-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Find Clients For Your Location Independent Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of location independence is appealing to many entrepreneurs. Imagine being able to run your business from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>In practice, though, we begin to worry about our ability to support our business when we are miles away.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Namely, how do we find clients<\/a><\/span> when we cannot approach them face to face?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Luckily, with the help of the right tools, a clever strategy, and a little thing called the internet this problem has almost been made obsolete.<\/p>\n

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Cold Emailing and Cold Calling:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>If your target market is another business, it is likely that they have a website and a contact form\/email available, which makes cold emailing an option. Combine that with a telephone number, and you can implement calling too.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Wondering how to find them? There are a ton of options for identifying your target market and collecting their contact information.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>The process is more or less like this:<\/p>\n

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  1. Identify relevant influencers and businesses in your target market. Some ideas:\n
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    1. Run a Google search<\/li>\n
    2. Search in a relevant directory<\/li>\n
    3. Find people who wrote content related to your niche.<\/li>\n
    4. Find people who commented on that content.<\/li>\n
    5. Find people who linked to that content.<\/li>\n
    6. Find people who shared that content.<\/li>\n
    7. Find people and businesses featured on competitor websites (logos, testimonials).<\/li>\n
    8. Find people who linked to your competitors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    9. Collect their websites and contact information (email\/contact URL). This can be done manually or through software.<\/li>\n
    10. Reach out to them with a personalized email.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Before you disregard this as a waste of time (how many emails can you send before you get utterly bored?) consider that there are several viable solutions that won't make your head spin.<\/p>\n

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