Bottlenecks

Have you ever worked on a project for some time and look back at what you’ve done?

*3 Months In*

Wow, looks like I did a whole lot of nothing.

And then you figure out what the problem is.

But it’s killing you because you don’t know how to solve it.

That’s bottlenecks.

For the longest time, I had the bottleneck of not being able to obtain any clients.

It took me about 6 months to get my first real client, which is paying me nothing.

But the part where I got one is the focus.

I spent night and day trying to figure out how to get my first copywriting client and would send out emails, DMs, looms, anything you name it.

The main problem was I had no experience, so why would anyone want to hire me?

They didn’t.

And rejection after rejection led me down a dark path for some time.

Until I realized I had an opportunity right in front of me:

Networking.

If you want anything in life, it’s probably way easier with this.

Let’s say you want a job working as a fashion designer but you’ve never designed fashion.

All it takes is getting to know someone who knows a fashion designer or is one to open all new doors.

In my case I,

• Networked through Twitter

• Found this guy through interacting with a bunch of accounts in my niche

• Built a connection through the DMS

• Then asked to hop on a call

From that point ( about 3-4 months ago ) we stayed in contact often.

We bounced off of each other for ideas, we hopped on regular calls, and we built a relationship like we were business partners.

Which led us to become business partners.

Long story short I built up a rapport, proved my abilities over time, and ended up being useful to his situation which landed me the opportunity to work with his client.

Now working in coherence together, we are scaling this guy’s brand and I am learning more than I would if I bought a $5,000 course, and it’s all for free.

While building up experience and skills that I can package and offer to new clients who will now have a reason to pay me.

The point:

Bottlenecks are just opportunities waiting to happen, and the best way to beat them is by getting a new perspective.

Network with everybody, stay in contact with the highest possibility for new opportunities.

That’s how you grow your own business, and crush any bottleneck thrown at you.