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5 reasons why your content keeps getting engagement from other freelancers and 0 inbound from buyers: • you’re talking about the craft (writing tips, posting cadence, AI tools) instead of the costly problem your buyer has • the proof is missing or generic. “We help brands grow” doesn’t make someone reply “I saw your breakdown” • there’s no obvious next step. Prospects finish the post still unsure what you actually do or who it’s for • you’re optimizing for the people who will never buy (other content people) because those posts are easier to write • people don't see what you're preaching on your own page you might be seen by a lot of eyes. but those eyes are typically distracted the moment they're confused. so your worst nightmare is to make them confused. fix the five things above and the same effort starts producing conversations. or you can keep measuring impressions and wonder why the pipeline stays empty, up to you buddy.

Mark got himself a $3k one-off inquiry today. Love to see clients W's. If you're struggling to get clients right now, hmu.

4 high-ticket clients in a week (2 of them from X). listen, you can throw as many excuses as possible - dry month(s) - gonna post my content on my own - he got viral/lucky - i don't have a budget for now - not looking for hiring anyone but let's be honest - the minute you saw this, you thought "damn I wish I had 4 clients this week" your only problem would be "how can I find time to spend all the invoices" lol so don't try to run away from yourself. be real if you really want to get results from X, you need to get a guy who knows how X works and knows how your clients think and knows how to connect these 2 things. stop feeding yourself with "i'll figure out on my own" BS we live in the age of hiring. the guy from SS gets it that's why he gets clients.

I don't care how many followers you have how many inbound requires did you have last month? how many websites orders? how many users your app has? oh, you've just posted "X connect me"? then you're good on your own ig.

'I'm trying to get design leads on here but seems like algo has changed/X is empty/market is too saturated' your head is too saturated (respectfully) you see a big design guy posting his designs and think: "wow this works for him this will work for me" NO. it won't. you're smaller and have no authority. stop spamming hero sections with no description, stop blasting "cool design bro" under other designers' post. between you and me mate, what are you trying to accomplish by leaving those comments apart from dick riding some ego? of course there are some guys who GENUINELY love designs of others, I'm not talking about them. i talk about dudes whose replies I check and I see "awesome design" and "nice design" 80 times a day (IN THIS EXACT ORDER) landing in my DM's having 0 clue why they're sitting on a juicy $0 profit this month. what worked before doesn't work now. you have to get inside your ICP's head. you have to draw them pink castles and show them the output they will be dreaming of. you need to get in front of thousands of "DM'ed you bro" guys under each comment section of a post "Looking for a web designer". that's what you should be doing. gave a guy some understanding several days ago - booked call in 2 days.

saw about 10 designers reaching out to me from this tweet most of them - template sellers, and looks like the situation is pretty sad people who used to get $6-10k/month now are picking up the crumbs one of the most valid reasons this is happening - everything that used to work doesn't work anymore posts that used to bring leads, only bring other designers who want to "close 50 daily comments and log off with their ~awesome design🔥~" traction from lead magnets isn't going anywhere DMs are empty you can still get back on the horse tho. but only if you're ready to change, often - completely with your offer, with your positioning, with your direction, maybe even with your ICP start now, or the market may change again, and who knows - for better or for worse

we brought him 86 $49 subscriptions from 1 post. $4214. Joel came to me with a bleeding product. great idea, marketing desire - lame implementation. posting "X please connect me with..." and commenting his product link wherever he could. no structure. no plan. no understanding. all i did was: - pick a problem - target all content towards it - make people remember his PFP - engage for a bit - and do that for 5 weeks straight. as a result - he paid off my retainer + his rent in under 1.5 months. i still building these content systems if you want one btw.

"let's do one of these 'I am a founder' posts for me today?" helping a big agency owner right now, and he asked me about it this morning. I said no. simply because we have strategy. his ticket is $6k-$15k for a multi page website. there are a lot of pre-seed and round A companies who are serious guys, lots of them are also on X. right now, we're having several potential leads in our pipeline + aiming our content at finding more. and no, it's not a good time to jump on a 2-days trend with your dog photo. don't get me wrong - personality posts are great, they're showing people you're a person too and they keen to know more. but right now, that will take a toll on his reputation. so again, I said no. better to close a couple more retainers for him by the end of the month than blindly follow a trend for cheap dopamine spikes.

Miley's a builder. he builds winning ads tool, and is pretty good at it. also, Miley was trying to post into the void on X. "what's the best AI tool?", "Claude is down". dude had knowledge on his topic, but 0 knowledge on what's working on X. not for cheap views - for actual DM requests. yall posting anything hoping that sticks, but it won't get you anything expect for green spikes in "engagement" tab in premium. what you should be doing is targeted posting towards people who will BUY from you. so, I spent some time to show Miley what's wrong with the content. that's his answer. you have no idea how much results you can get with X with a right approach.

dev and agency founders post release notes and pretty UI on X, then end up with zero inbound. founders scroll past feature updates. tech buyers look for someone who understands user acquisition, user friction, and commercial decisions. if you want to sign $3k-$5k custom builds from X, change what you break down on the feed: 1. break down the commercial decision explain why you chose a specific layout structure, moved the primary CTA above the fold, or simplified checkout steps. tie the build directly to commercial outcomes. 2. document the client constraints walk through the messy client requirements and client bottlenecks inside Framer before the build. show the thinking behind the pixels. 3. talk about the trade-offs explain why a feature was simplified or dropped to highlight the core value proposition. when you explain the mechanics behind your decisions, founders reach out to hire you.

automated ChatGPT outbound destroys buyer trust you might think you're smart and use Claude/Stanley/whatever new tool is out there, but you'll shit yourself once again founders get generic outbound messages every morning and delete them without reading past line one giving a 60-second diagnostic breakdown upfront closes deals in 48h without pitching calls here is how the workflow runs: 1. audit the live asset open their landing page, product onboarding, or recent content. spot the friction point where users drop off. 2. write the specific teardown point out the bottleneck and explain how to remove the friction. zero vague compliments. 3. send it with a low-friction closer hand over the teardown and ask if they ran into that bottleneck this week. founders reply because you diagnosed a real commercial problem before asking for anything.

designers dump raw Figma screens on X, get fire emojis from other designers, and end the month with zero client inquiries. peers validate aesthetics. buyers pay for business outcomes. if you want to sign $3k-$5k custom builds from X, change what you put on the feed: 1. break down the conversion logic show the old layout next to the redesign. explain why you moved the primary CTA above the fold, how you simplified the checkout steps, and what happened to user friction. 2. talk about the commercial decision a tech founder hiring a designer wants to know if you understand user friction and acquisition. explain why you chose a specific structure to highlight their core value proposition. 3. document the constraints show the messy client requirements and how you solved them inside Framer. the thinking behind the pixels is what proves you can handle high-ticket custom projects. when you explain the mechanics behind your decisions, founders stop viewing you as "another one on the feed" and start reaching out to hire you.

sending 100 DMs with an unpositioned profile burns leads before they even reply. prospects read your outreach, click your handle, and look at your feed to see if you actually know what you are talking about. when they see broad advice and surface level commentary, they assume you lack hands-on experience and leave the chat closed. cold outreach requires your profile to work like a landing page. pinned breakdowns, specific teardowns in your posts, and clear positioning give prospects proof that you understand their problem. outreach starts the conversation while your feed verifies that you can actually deliver.

soon enough, more and more people will get back to this. will normalize jobs and job market again. will step out from the SaaS & 'just build my 20th app this week' rat race will remember what it's like - living. everything new is a well-forgotten old.

scaled a client to $8.5k MRR in 5 months by fixing positioning and pipeline mechanics. 0 "GM X", 0 "Algo please connect me with people building cool shit", 1 high-quality giveaway to attract the right people. when the positioning is dialed and the commercial mechanics are in place, you do not need mass reach to build revenue.

the trap 10k agency and ecom founders fall into is chasing high impressions while sitting at 0 inbound DMs: broad thought leadership attracts people who want free advice, not high-ticket buyers looking for a commercial partner. commercial diagnosis in your content changes that entirely. when you diagnose the exact operational bottleneck your buyer faces, qualified inbound starts moving.

a prospect asked me for $300 off my retainer last week. i said yes, but pulled two deliverables from the scope and asked for 2 warm intros to founders in his circle. dropping your price with zero tradeoff makes you look desperate. trading price for network access protects your margin and keeps the leverage on your side. he sent the intros before lunch.

spent 10 minutes yesterday writing a thoughtful, detailed teardown for a founder in his DMs. got an automated "Thanks for reaching out! Check my link below" back in 3 seconds flat. nothing kills trust faster than outsourcing the only part of your business that requires a heartbeat. went straight to the archive button.

why do I keep seeing accounts with 25k followers desperately begging for $50 newsletter sponsorships? you can land a $1k+ retainer at 208 followers with a decent skill within a week now. zero viral threads, just 10 targeted relationships with founders who actually bought what you built. follower count is a vanity scoreboard for people who don't know how to sell in the DMs.

a founder asked me why i charge $1,000-3,000/month for ghostwriting when someone on Upwork offered him 30 tweets for $200. i asked him what his average customer contract is worth. he said $4,200. the $200 writer sells sentences and correct grammar. you can get that in Claude for 10 bucks if a single breakdown post brings one qualified demo into your pipeline, that $1,500 fee paid for itself and handed you $2,700 in margin on day one. you get what you pay for, honestly.