Most interesting place you've found a client?

angiecolee · 02-03-2012, 10:24 PM

A copywriting mentor posed this to me recently, and I wound up writing him a guest blog post.

My answer? A first date. Not once, but twice!

I don't plan on making my dating life into a pool of potential clients, but I thought it was interesting to have found good clients through a very non-traditional method.

How about you? What are some of the crazy ways you've met and/or won over a new client?

thetrafficguy · 02-03-2012, 10:35 PM

In the shower :O

angiecolee · 02-03-2012, 10:50 PM

LOL...that's intriguing. Gym shower or more risque?

Steve The Copywriter · 02-04-2012, 02:33 AM

For me it wasn't the most interesting place but the most difficult.

In a dentists chair, getting a crown fixed and being asked about a sales letter to bring back past clients.

Wasn't easy to speak.

Steve

angiecolee · 02-04-2012, 12:12 PM

Steve...wow! That sounds both painful and kinda funny at the same time!

Did you take the job?

Steve The Copywriter · 02-04-2012, 01:32 PM

I sort of agreed by mumbling gaa gaa gaa a few times.

But once the anaesthetic wore off I said yes.

Steve

P.S. If you want a really easy copywriting "gig" - just do an irresistible offer from dentists to their previous patients and they come back in droves.

But maybe don't use a "grabber" on the letter like I did - a "plastic" decayed tooth because quite a few people complained - they thought it was a real one.

freight · 02-04-2012, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thetrafficguy

In the shower :O

You have to share more than that traffic guy ! That funny

Steve The Copywriter · 02-04-2012, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by angiecolee

A copywriting mentor posed this to me recently, and I wound up writing him a guest blog post.

My answer? A first date. Not once, but twice!

I don't plan on making my dating life into a pool of potential clients, but I thought it was interesting to have found good clients through a very non-traditional method.

How about you? What are some of the crazy ways you've met and/or won over a new client?

I'm just hoping that Angie didn't end up having to write any sales letters for those male enhancement pills that we hear about...

Steve

Mark Pescetti · 02-04-2012, 03:32 PM

In line at the Whole Foods on California St., San Francisco...

...Got lots of referrals from her too...

It pays to eat well!

RickDuris · 02-04-2012, 04:05 PM

It doesn't happen often, but I found a client at a baseball game once. We're talking about all the electronic advertising in the stadium, and how the team could boost attendance, and one thing lead to another.

- Rick Duris

thetrafficguy · 02-04-2012, 04:16 PM

Ok I admit it didn't really happen there. It did make me laugh writing it though.

angiecolee · 02-04-2012, 04:22 PM

LOL Steve...If I were dating Viagra salesmen, that'd be an entirely different problem.

02-03-2012, 10:24 PM	#1
angiecolee Redhead Rocker Copywriter Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 144 Thanks: 122 Thanked 90 Times in 57 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Most interesting place you've found a client? A copywriting mentor posed this to me recently, and I wound up writing him a guest blog post. My answer? A first date. Not once, but twice! I don't plan on making my dating life into a pool of potential clients, but I thought it was interesting to have found good clients through a very non-traditional method. How about you? What are some of the crazy ways you've met and/or won over a new client?
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02-03-2012, 10:35 PM	#2
thetrafficguy HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Miami FL Posts: 193 Thanks: 7 Thanked 39 Times in 33 Posts Social Networking	Re: Most interesting place you've found a client? In the shower :O
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02-03-2012, 10:50 PM	#3
angiecolee Redhead Rocker Copywriter Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 144 Thanks: 122 Thanked 90 Times in 57 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Most interesting place you've found a client? LOL...that's intriguing. Gym shower or more risque?
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02-04-2012, 02:33 AM	#4
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02-04-2012, 12:12 PM	#5
angiecolee Redhead Rocker Copywriter Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 144 Thanks: 122 Thanked 90 Times in 57 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Most interesting place you've found a client? Steve...wow! That sounds both painful and kinda funny at the same time! Did you take the job?
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02-04-2012, 01:32 PM	#6
Steve The Copywriter Ads That Work War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: England UK Posts: 739 Thanks: 725 Thanked 509 Times in 315 Posts	Re: Most interesting place you've found a client? I sort of agreed by mumbling gaa gaa gaa a few times. But once the anaesthetic wore off I said yes. Steve P.S. If you want a really easy copywriting "gig" - just do an irresistible offer from dentists to their previous patients and they come back in droves. But maybe don't use a "grabber" on the letter like I did - a "plastic" decayed tooth because quite a few people complained - they thought it was a real one.
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02-04-2012, 03:32 PM	#9
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02-04-2012, 04:16 PM	#11
thetrafficguy HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Miami FL Posts: 193 Thanks: 7 Thanked 39 Times in 33 Posts Social Networking	Re: Most interesting place you've found a client? Ok I admit it didn't really happen there. It did make me laugh writing it though.
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02-04-2012, 04:22 PM	#12
angiecolee Redhead Rocker Copywriter Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 144 Thanks: 122 Thanked 90 Times in 57 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Most interesting place you've found a client? LOL Steve...If I were dating Viagra salesmen, that'd be an entirely different problem.
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