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0 pointsjiggy201113y ago0 comments

How do you explain the value add that you provide or do you stick mainly to marketing yourself in terms of selling a certain skill per hour?

I ask mainly because of recent patio11 posts about emphasizing value in terms like "I can increase sign ups by x% by doing Y". This would seem to require a lot of experience and analytical/stats knowledge that a programmer might not necessarily possess however.

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Alan0125213y ago

When I say I'm not marketing myself correctly, it's exactly this point I'm talking about.

At the moment my value add for my clients is my previous experience and my communication skills. I try to reply to emails as fast as I can, that alone sets me apart from most other freelancers.

I would love to be able to sell myself in similar terms to the way patio11 does, but as you rightly state it takes a lot of experience that I for one don't have, yet.

That being said, I've read so much information about on-line conversions techniques, have run successful (profitable) affiliate PPC campaigns, got on the front page of hacker news multiple times and done other things that maybe 99% of other people on the planet have never done.

I'm sure there's something in there that I can sell as a value add.

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