4. Active Clients Are Maximized

Active clients are the lowest-hanging fruit for maximizing our income potential. Our vision for this achievement is to maximize the amount of value we provide and the amount of income we earn. The resources below are specifically curated to help you accomplish this objective.

The highest impact least effort activity we can do to increase income is by maximizing the paying work we do with our existing clients. Here we build agenda-free relationships, passive income streams, and ongoing client engagements toward a place where we only work with sweet-spot clients. Are you providing the most value possible to your customers?

Get the Book >> Path Of The Freelancer: Behind these covers, Jason unveils a blueprint and shares personal stories to help guide and equip other freelancers in their difficult but rewarding journey.
Download Achievement PDF: Active Clients Are Maximized: Download the official graphic for the fourth achievement in the Path Of The Freelancer book. Quickly explore the four checkpoints of this achievement.

Checkpoint 1 - Cultivate Client Relationships

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The Power Of Habit: At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, being more productive, and achieving success is understanding how habits work. As Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.

Checkpoint 2 - Passive Income Streams

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InMotion Hosting: A Web Hosting Company That Stands by You. Inmotion Hosting is capable of handling all the web hosting needs for your growing business, from shared hosting for small businesses to enterprise-level dedicated servers.
Agency Analytics: All-In-One Reporting Platform. SEO, PPC, social and analytics dashboard that impresses clients and saves time.
Google Analytics: Turn insights into action. Get stronger results across all your sites, apps, and offline channels. Google Analytics Solutions helps you turn customer insights into real gains.

Checkpoint 3 - Ongoing Client Engagements

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IDEMA: IDEMA (Ideate > Discover > Execute > Maintain > Audit) is a problem solving structure that helps organize business and life. It guides the creation process for making a living blueprint for your project, department, company or life.
Additional IDEMA Articles By Jason: IDEMA is a system for bringing ideas to life, a set of processes for excellence and accountability, and a box of tools for effective operations. It was birthed out of Noodlehead Marketing. Read more about it on Jason's blog.
Four Simple Ways To Give Value, Blog Post: Most of us want to make our work and home communities better. With so much going on, it can be hard to manage it all and still have a positive impact. So, to help I've put together four focused and meaningful ways I've used to make the places and lives of those around us better.
Airtable: Keep track of the things that matter. Airtable makes it easy to organize stuff, people, ideas and anything else you can imagine with your team.
Trello: Trello lets you work more collaboratively and get more done. Trello’s boards, lists, and cards enable you to organize and prioritize your projects in a fun, flexible, and rewarding way.