You read all the guides, set up your profiles, send out proposals every day. Weeks pass. Nothing. Then one day something clicks and you land your first real client. For people who remember that moment, what actually changed? Was it a better pitch, a different platform, a referral from someone, or just luck? Trying to figure out if there is a pattern to that breakthrough or if it really is just a numbers game until someone says yes. Would be great to hear what that turning point looked like for others.