6 Success Tips For Introverts

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Being an introvert can be a great attribute to have as a freelancer. You’ve got to go out and sell to people you don’t know. Here are 6 success tips from other introverts plus a 3 point marketing guide specially created for introverts.

An introverts’ attributes tend to include the ability to brainstorm, draft, execute, and deliver projects to clients with ease.

As a self proclaimed introvert, I hate being in situations where I have to talk to new people or be in crowds. Maybe you recognize this in yourself?

But don’t worry, we’re not weird. It’s just all part of our DNA as to if we are an introvert or an extrovert. Using success tips from other freelancers and entrepreneurs who are in the same boat has helped to inspire and motivate me.

Instead of constantly fighting to try and stop being what we are. We should learn to find ways in which it can work for us, instead of against us.

Here are 6 success tips from fellow female business owners.

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#1 Financial Freedom for Freelance Editors

I’d say practice makes perfect. Pitching clients was scary for me at first because of my fear of rejection and need for perfection. The more I pitched, the less this fear and this need had a hold on me.

#2  Flourishing Introvert

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As the creator of #FlourishingIntroverts, I’d sho freelancers how to access their strengths & ‘Inniepowers’ so they can flourish as themselves without pretending to be something they’re not!

#3 Flourish Unlimited with Lucy Patterson

Introversion is more about protecting your energy, that being shy. Own that energy and use it to your advantage!

#4 Yiran – Founder Of Nummy

I’m an introvert start-up founder and definitely found it hard to get heard (dreaded networking events) and eventually got more comfortable and found my voice!

#5 Treat Trunk

Having CPTSD, ADHD, and pretty severe GAD so I find social situations really stressful hence being a bit of a hermit. So things like awards, podcast interviews & group coaching calls terrified me but I’m gradually mastering them.

#6 Simisola Chuka

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Take the focus off themselves but to think more of how their business or skill would help or give hope to someone else.

3 Point Introvert Marketing Guide

This marketing guide for introverts is to help you know where to concentrate your energy. Try concentrating your energy in a specific direction.

Marketing can pull you in all different directions. This doesn’t help our energy.

#1 Manage Your Energy

As introverts our energy is quickly depleted by social interactions. These social interactions can come up in many different ways

  • Networking Events
  • Going To Shops
  • School Runs

Plan ahead what your day is going to be filled with and put in some quiet time so you can recharge your batteries before you need to do something else.

#2 Be Aligned With Your Mission

Mission statements are an essential part of a business. Your mission statement is made up of 3 core components:

  1. Who you’re serving
  2. What your service is
  3. Why your service is different

When creating a mission statement it can be easy to create one that you think will be marketable. Yes, you need a mission statement that people can understand and resonate with plus are passionate about.

Introverts tend to be quiet when they feel that they have nothing to add to a conversation. If it’s a conversation that they have a passion about then they are the most vocal people in the room trying to get heard.

Therefore, create a freelance business that matches your core beliefs and values. Doing this will help you to always want to be part of the conversation.

Being part of the conversation will increase your visibility. More visibility = more clients and sustainable freelance business.

Create a mission statement that resonates with your values and core beliefs.

#3 Keep It Simple

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Keep it simple is a basic marketing that I was taught from secondary school. Just take one look on social media, and you are bombarded with advice from a wide range of gurus on how to grow a freelance business online. 

All of the advice and webinars to watch can be just exhausting, leading to confusion as to who to listen too. Most gurus can be right for their marketing tactic. But you should pick a couple of marketing tactics that are right for you.

An example marketing tactic could be,

  1. Be active on LinkedIn and getting clients from there
  2. Go to a networking event once a week that has people you enjoy being with and your target market
  3. Scroll through websites and see which businesses could benefit from your help (download my email pitching templates to get clients this way)

In A Nutshell,

Being an introvert should not stop you from starting your freelance business. Use these success tips from fellow introverts and marketing plan to help inspire you. All you need is to believe in yourself that you can do anything. Anything is truly possible

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Alison Wolf

Helping you to build an online business so you have an extra stream of income or quit the day job. Don't forget to follow me on social media using the handle @heyalisonwolf