Freelance Toolkit 101

Helloooooo!

I tried writing this on Wednesday, hoping to manage my time better, but here we are reliving this meme.

P.S. I created a LinkedIn page where I share such memes (created, edited, shared, and owned by me) because we already do so many things, why not add one more?

Anyway, how have you been?

This edition is special.

Over the last year, I’ve created a few systems, some processes, and a bunch of resources that help me out as a freelancer.

I’ve shared some of them with you over various editions, but I wanted to compile them all in one place, in a structured way, so you can come back to them whenever needed!

Table of Contents

• Leads Tracker

• Prompts for LinkedIn Content

• Content Calendar

• Cold DM

• Portfolio Template

Leads Tracker

This is what I use to track my leads. This has helped me maintain a good pipeline and keeps me up with my follow-ups.

The template has many more columns, and you can always customize it to your liking!

You need to make a copy of it first. Use this guide below to see how to use it!

Prompts for LinkedIn Content

I’m pretty active on LinkedIn now and have been posting at least three times a week since last year. Of course, it takes a lot of time to come up with topics, write them, and then see only 2 likes which is disappointing.

So, I use ChatGPT to help me come up with ideas, and then I write the content. I only pick topics I can genuinely write about, and this has really helped me stay consistent.

Here’s how to go about it: