gently roasting your cold pitches (sorry!)

Last year, I made a Notion database to begin tracking all the cold pitches that I was getting + tagging the exact reasons why they didn’t work. So in this video, let’s talk about the 16 reasons why 90% of cold pitches are SO bad + the pitches that resulted in hires (aka I sent money over the internet to complete strangers)

Shout out to:

👉 MY NEW & FREE SERIES:

📱SAY HI:

🎞️ IN THIS VIDEO:
[00:00] intro
[00:38] Problem #1
[01:02] 2 biggest portfolio issues
[03:11] how to build authority
[07:11] stop being vague
[08:45] vibes aren't vibing
[09:41] can you, really?
[10:14] okay, rude
[11:05] the ick
[11:30] it's not about you
[12:48] Problem #2
[13:01] it's irrelevant
[14:29] copy pasta
[15:08] not a stalker
[15:36] no bridge
[17:45] Problem #3
[18:00] your free stuff is too expensive
[19:18] wow, slow down
[20:43] AWESOME PITCH #1
[22:12] AWESOME PITCH #2
[22:48] AWESOME PITCH #3

💕 and as alwayssssss, thanks for hanging out with me today.

[dancielos]

I’m one of those people who sent you a cold email, lol. To be fair, I wasn’t pitching anything—just offered a suggestion and was thrilled to get a response. That was awesome!

[malayka]

"[Fake question], [Fake compliment]" that one had me screaming, omfg 😂😂

[heyjasminek]

The effort to do a lil research before reaching out speaks SO MUCH BETTER

[jembarquilla]

Deya, out of all the youtubers that over promises to help them get better at remote work and freelancing, YOU MAKE THE BEST ADVICE, CALL TO ACTION, and create a realistic approach! Thank you Deya! I am so glad that the algorithm led me to you because your process is EXACTLY what I needed. I finally got my first remote job after implementing your advice on how to begin with freelancing. The mindset, the planning, and expectations that I needed to take note really really helped. I hope one day you'll blow up!

[AftonLin]

Girl! This came at the perfect time ✨ I just put in my 2 weeks at my full time design job to start my freelance design business and I’m in the process of cold-emailing and dm-ing people. Your videos are seriously so helpful to someone who’s getting started with running a freelance business 💕

[gabiajando]

“Business owners are excited to get a good cold pitch it’s that we don’t get many”. Interesting quote, so I thought there was more competition than I except but turns out people are just lazy sometimes. Awesome video

[Carinathomae]

Hey Deya, this video is GOLD to me! I’m very skilled in motion graphics and visual effects, but I just had a hard time figuring out how to pitch myself to possible costumers. You giving that many examples and helping people like me honestly makes a difference. 🙏🏼❤️

[_stevenfoster]

Sassy Deya is saying what we are thinking. This video is a master class. Thank you for putting this into the world!

[ladyj]

What I love about your videos is it feels like I always need to do an assignment after every watch! Something to implement in my system as a freelancer! thanks for another gold series, Deya 😻😻

[theannareich]

This video is exactly what I needed! I'm currently starting a freelance ops consulting business and cold-pitching is the part I was putting off the most because I hate getting cold pitches myself. But I realized it's because I only ever get terrible pitches 🤣 I'd love to get pitches like the ones you showed in the end 🙀 and I can totally write pitches like that and not feel like I'm bothering the other person. So thanks for changing my mind on cold pitches 💕

[rachelmeyerfreelance]

Your videos are the best. They always make me want to revamp my pitching process to be better (and hopefully land more clients).

[samhindman]

YASSS ANOTHER DEYA VIDEO 🙌🏻 Also congratulations on the marriage by the way 🥹

[vs]

This video came at a perfect time for me. Ive sent several cold pitch emails and haven't heard back. But, even I feel a little funny about my messaging + offerings. I've been trying to think on it but you've provided so much insight that it's helped me get a better idea of changes I need to make. Thank you, Deya! Your content is SO valuable.

[TrondHus]

This video made me open up a new notebook and write down a lot of what Deya said. Much appreciated that you share your knowledge, your experience on this, Deya! <3

[cbaffiliates]

Hi Deya, I appreciate that you're focused on the truth instead of selling a false dream. Thank you!

[latingirl]

Deya, this video is amazing, and packed with pure value. You took the time to go through your emails and provide us with all this information. I need to watch it again and take notes. This video is worth of being watched several times. I am a "mid-size" freelance, not new but I want to scale my business. So, this kind of video helps me a lot. Thank you!

[LooselyIllustrated]

First video of yours that I've watched. You knocked it out of the park. Took notes all the way through.

That first pitch at the end by Stav was 🤌

Great subject line (feel-good story + gift). Doesn't even come across as a pitch. Well done 👏

[EmsCozyverse]

thank you so much for this! I've definitely been guilty of the "15-minute call" ask because from my perspective, it's not that much energy, but after hearing your thoughts, I see how that's not necessarily true. new task: find an easier/more personalized call to action :)

[QuyenTran-lhbw]

I followed this video and got a respond back with a note that it was one of the best cold pitches he's seen, thannk you!

[videoeditoranimation]

Thank you for this video. I'm not pitching you. I'm just a fan and a follower. I mostly listen to your videos when I'm power walking in my subdivision in florida. By the way, I just finished setting myself up on contra. Thank you for that. I'm an instructional designer, video editor and animator. And now i'm just continuously linking examples of my work to my contra profile. Your videos on the top freelancing websites really helped with that. I know you're really busy, but please keep making these videos. Sometimes I just run the playlists from your TikTok channel when I'm exercising, just to get all the good Freelancing advice as I multitask.