How to Get Your First Clients When Starting a Business From Scratch

Building a business is the easy part—the real challenge is finding people willing to pay you. In this video, I’m putting five popular client acquisition methods to the test to see which one actually delivers results for my growth marketing agency, G.U.I.D.E.D. I’m moving beyond the generic advice and tracking everything in real-time: Cold Outreach: Personalized vs. generic—what gets a response? Buying Intent: Finding businesses that already know they need help. LinkedIn: Building a founder-led presence to attract the right leads. Networking: Leveraging high-trust relationships without the "hey girl" messages. Freelance Marketplaces: Using platforms like Upwork and Indeed strategically. I'm keeping this experiment running for 30 days to see which conversations actually turn into paying clients. If you’re building your own business and want to see the real, unedited side of client acquisition, subscribe and join the journey! #Entrepreneurship #SmallBusiness #ClientAcquisition #MarketingAgency #GrowthMindset #BusinessGrowth #BuildingInPublic #OrmukaAboagye #blackprenuer