When I wrote Bredemarket’s goals for 2021 (latest version here), my second goal was to pursue multiple income streams. This requires me to sign up with various middlepersons that marry service providers (such as Bredemarket) to contractors.
Or to TRY to sign up to such middlepersons.
I signed up with one such middleperson a month and a half ago, and never heard back from them. I had occasion to ask someone from the middleperson how long signup takes, and the person indicated that the process should complete within 10 business days. So I contacted the middleperson to see where my application stood, and waited…and waited…and eventually re-read the signup process instructions and realized that the middleperson only contacted SUCCESSFUL applicants. Non-successful applicants receive no response.
Anyway, there’s another middleperson that’s much better at these sorts of things, and I’m trying to solicit work from that service. Essentially you bid on jobs by providing a rate and a text-based technical proposal. After that you either hear from the potential contractor…or you don’t.
I began wondering if there was a way to increase my chances of hearing from the potential contractor.
As I was bidding on a content and social media strategy opportunity, I hit upon an idea.
After describing the service that I would provide, but before my call to action, I included the following section in my text proposal. (If you read my goal 2, you already know why I talk about iguanas.) Pay special attention to the last paragraph.
REFERENCE WEBSITES
If you’re contracting with someone to manage your company’s social media, you’re probably asking if I eat my own iguana food. (Dog food is boring.) Please check out my Bredemarket and Bredemarket-related online channels:
Website: https://bredemarket.com/
Blog: https://bredemarket.com/blog/
LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bredemarket/
LinkedIn identity showcase page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/bredemarket-identity-firm-services/
LinkedIn technology showcase page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/bredemarket-technology-firm-services/
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Bredemarket/
Professional Twitter account: https://twitter.com/jebredcal
Personal Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/johnebredehoft/
I do not have Pinterest, Snapchat, or TikTok accounts, and I have not posted YouTube videos in years.
Incidentally, if you check out the links above, one of them will specify the color of the iguana. Let me know if you see it.
I have no idea who the potential contractor is, but I’m hoping that he/she is an ex-IDEMIA employee who exhibits curiosity. If so, the person may click on the links to discover the color of the iguana.
If so, I could be really cruel and wait to reveal the iguana’s color until the very last link (Instagram).
But I’m a nice guy. The color of the iguana is being revealed right here, in the second link (the Bredemarket blog). THE COLOR OF THE IGUANA IS PURPLE. (Color purple. Geddit?)
Then again…perhaps I’ll specify a DIFFERENT iguana color in one, or more, of my OTHER social media channels.
There may be an entire army of multicolored iguanas waiting to be discovered.
Obviously I’m wondering if my potential contractor is curious. And I might be wondering if others are curious.
Have fun. (Goal 5.)
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