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[joshuamcginnis]

I just paid for a "Premium Career" account and it was $250 for one year or $39.99/month. I've gotten my $250 back from consulting leads through LinkedIn, but it stills seems high for the value to the average person.

[imhoguy → joshuamcginnis]

The first month is free to try and may be rather enough to find a permanent job. But indeed the pricing is high bar especially for an ocassional freelancing.

[packetslave → imhoguy]

Also, if you try to cancel and give "too expensive" as a reason, they'll give you a discounted rate.

[moneywoes → joshuamcginnis]

May I ask what type of filters you used and how did you write messages?

Hoping to get into to consulting

[joshuamcginnis → moneywoes]

I don't do any outbound messaging. Someone just read one my posts and reached out. That's sort of the ideal way to land customers; have them come to you. It's still hard, just in a different way.