Comments on: Ink-Dipped Advice: Prospecting https://fearlessink.com/2019/10/23/ink-dipped-advice-prospecting/ Where excellent writing meets good business for outstanding results Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 By: The Writerhttps://fearlessink.com/2019/10/23/ink-dipped-advice-prospecting/#comment-74 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:20:22 +0000 https://fearlessink.com/?p=500#comment-74 In reply to Elizabeth Shaw.

DC has always been different. I was surprised that postcards worked as well as they did in NY, where competition for everything was so fierce. It’s less surprising they work well where I live now, although my mailing list has clients and/or prospects in all 50 states and internationally, but, yup, you’re right — none in DC.

]]> By: Elizabeth Shawhttps://fearlessink.com/2019/10/23/ink-dipped-advice-prospecting/#comment-73 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:05:43 +0000 https://fearlessink.com/?p=500#comment-73 In DC it is all about networking & who you know & where you’ve worked in the past. Capitol Hill experience is a must for most jobs. The postcard strategy would not work here. All unemployed professionals in DC become consultants. Everyone here is highly educated & competition is fierce, even in a good economy. You have to network, attend events, and wine & dine. As a freelancer, you know you are competing with PR firms. It is really difficult to survive as a PA, PR, media, communications, marketing freelancer here. Most, like me, do it part time. Even techies I know are having a tough time.

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