How to Secure Your First Client Post-Career Pivot

How to Secure Your First Client Post-Career PivotHow to Secure Your First Client Post-Career Pivot

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Andrea DiNardo

max

• Feb 4

How do you actually land a client after a pivot?

I spent years as a brand strategist, marketing generalist, and social media manager—but I wanted to specialize in copywriting. So, I had to prove (to myself & the world) I could do it.

Here's how I booked my first copywriting gig on Contra (and turned it into $50K in work):

Drop yours: what actually led to your first or best client? 👇

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Simply7 Studio

pro

• Feb 5

Thanks

Henry Nwachukwu

• Feb 5

Love this. Specializing is scary but clearly pays off. Congrats on turning that first client into $50K!

Yuta Watanabe

• Feb 5

wonderful!

Daniel G Bright

max

• Feb 5

Love it!! I think its so usful and valuable takes

Khansa Abdul Rasheed

• Feb 5

Amazing

Neha Soni

• Feb 7

Thank you for sharing.

Redion Bufi

• Feb 7

Thanks for sharing, it's very inspiring!

Bernice Ebenezer

max

• Feb 8

Lovely!

Stephanie Asoegwu

pro

• Feb 8

The courage to pivot from being a generalist to specializing in copywriting is something a lot of people think about but few actually do. And turning that first gig into 50K in work is proof that betting on yourself pays off. Really inspiring story, Andrea.

oxkim — onc

• Feb 9

damn, this is rlly good

Hammed Qowiyy

• Feb 27

For me, an ultra-lucky DM

Wissal MAGOURI

• Mar 5

Congrats! More success ahead

Muhammad Hassaan

• Mar 10

100%, when you pivot, even you are all over the place, the best thing you can do is, you can tell the world by examples that what you can be, money would follow.

Abhishek Kumar

• Oct 22

Not in Contra, but thanks to Contra

Got my first lead from contra for a fully responsive website developmenet and design.

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Rafee Alam

pro

• Oct 22

Congrats on the first lead from Contra, Abhishek!

Anky C.

pro

• Oct 21

Finally got the Top Independent badge on Contra! 🖤 Been waiting for this one for a long time. Feels good to see the work paying off.

Thank you so much, @Contra! 🫶

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Sagar Nawaz

• Oct 21

Huge congrats Anky! Well deserved - Top Independent is not easy to get. Your hard work is showing! 🙌

Muhammad Imran

• Oct 22

Great reminder for every freelancer. Keep building, keep sharing, and let the opportunities follow. 🚀

#Freelancing #BuildInPublic #Contra #FreelancerLife

Anky C.

pro

• Aug 18

I hit $10K in earnings a few days ago and received so many messages asking what I did differently.

honestly, the only thing that really helped me was stopping the overthinking.I stopped thinking about all the possibilities. Stopped thinking about when it would happen. Stopped...