Steve Costello

Ghostwriter

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@alicellemee Appreciate it, thank you 🙏

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@parkerworth If it makes you uncomfortable, that's a sign it needs to be shared.

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@Luke360 Boom, nice work!

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Some clients won’t respond. Maybe they’re busy.
Or you waited too long to ask (timing is key).

I’ve had 2 clients who never responded. It happens. Never take it personally or get discouraged.

Better to ask & get ghosted than never ask at all.

Go after what you want.

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How to ask for a testimonial.

Social proof is your freelance bread and butter.

You probably won’t get hired without positive testimonials.

So how can you get them?

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• 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬?

• 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴?

• 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳?

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩.

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Don’t try to be a Scrabble champion.

Make it easy for your reader.

Clear > Clever.

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Wordiness weakens your writing.

And depletes your reader’s brainpower.

Clear writing = concise writing ↴

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• Despite the fact that → Although
• In a timely manner → Quickly
• At this point in time → Now
• A number of → Numerous
• For the purpose of → For
• On a daily basis → Daily
• The majority of → Most
• In the event that → If
• In order to → To

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@tobi_emonts You crushed it. Thanks for the memories!

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3 years ago I was burned out and directionless.

6 months ago I finished a contract job but had no backup plan.

[Steve Costello @stevewcostello]

3 years ago I was burned out and directionless.

6 months ago I finished a contract job but had no backup plan.

[Steve Costello @stevewcostello]

But I did have the relationships.

And that’s what pulled me through.

Grateful to the friends who helped me.