ClientoraHQ Academy

Find your first client: free course + certificate

Eight short lessons, each with a video from Cora (in Urdu) and the key steps in English. Learn how to find local businesses that need a website, check them honestly, price the work, make a sample page and send the first message. Then pass a 15-question exam and get a free certificate you can share on LinkedIn.

Updated 14 November 2026

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Cora, the ClientoraHQ guide, next to a map of local businesses without a website — The lessons come from our 8-minute Urdu walkthrough, split into short parts.

How this course works

Watch the eight short lessons (about one minute each) and read the key steps under each video.
Do the practice task at the end of each lesson. It takes a few minutes and uses free tools.
Take the exam: 15 questions, pass with 12. You get a free certificate with a unique ID that anyone can verify.

Lesson 1: Why local businesses are the easiest first clients

On Upwork, one project can get 50 to 100 proposals. The cafe, salon or clinic in your own area has usually never been asked about a website. In Rawalpindi, 124 of 134 cafes on the map list no website; in Lahore, 166 of 180 cafes, bakeries and salons. Many of them are already online on Instagram or WhatsApp: they simply lack one page with the menu, prices and location in one place.

Practice: write down three types of local business in your city that you would like to work with.

Lesson 2: Find them with Google Maps and the free finder

Google Maps (free): search a business type with your city, open each result. No "Website" button means it is a possible lead. Note the name and phone number.
The free finder (faster): it searches OpenStreetMap, the open map data. Pick a business type and a city and you get how many list no website, plus the first ten names.

Practice: run the free finder once for your city and one business type.

Lesson 3: Choose the best businesses and check them first

Clinics, salons, property dealers and schools are strong clients: one new customer is worth a lot to them, so they see the value of a website quickly.
Not every business is on the open map, so a short list in the finder means: search Google Maps too.
Two-minute check before any message: search the name on Google (they may have a site under another name), look at their Instagram and Facebook, and make sure the place is still open.

Practice: check three names from your list this way and keep only the real leads.

Lesson 4: Audit a weak website honestly

Some businesses have a website, but a weak one. Run it through the free website audit. If the site scores well, don't invent problems: that loses trust. Contact only sites with real issues, and name two or three of them.

Practice: audit one local business website and write down its two biggest real problems.

Lesson 5: What to charge

Use the free price calculator: project type, number of pages, your hourly rate, revisions and support.
It counts the hours a client never sees: planning, testing, revisions and support.
Ask for half the payment before you start and half on delivery.
If the budget is low, reduce the pages, not your rate.

Practice: work out a price for a five-page website at your hourly rate.

Lesson 6: Make a sample page in 30 minutes

Before your message, build one sample page, not a whole website. Four parts: the name with two or three photos, the menu with prices, a location map and a big WhatsApp order button. Take the menu and photos from their own Instagram or Google profile and label the page clearly as a sample. AI can build it in half an hour, but read and correct the text yourself so no wrong price or timing goes out.

Practice: make one sample page for a real lead from your list.

Lesson 7: The first message, the follow-up and the reply

The first message: who you are, their problem, one benefit and one small question. For example: "I couldn't find your cafe's website on Google. I made a sample page for you, would you like to see it?" The WhatsApp link generator opens the chat with the message ready; you read it and send it yourself.
Use their name and their situation in every message, contact 10 to 15 new businesses a day, and never put the price in the first message.
No reply? One polite follow-up after about a week (the follow-up planner helps), and stop as soon as they reply.
"What's the price?" Ask two questions first: how many pages, and do they want online orders? Then send a quote, half before you start.
If they say "not now", thank them and close politely: today's no can be tomorrow's referral.

Practice: write your first message for the lead from lesson 6.

Lesson 8: Portfolio, tracking and five mistakes to avoid

No clients yet? Build a website for someone you know at a lower price, in exchange for a review and permission to show it in your portfolio. Two or three real projects beat any big claim.
Keep a simple sheet: name, number, the day you messaged, the follow-up date and their reply. After two weeks you'll see what works, and do more of it.
Five mistakes: one copy-pasted message for everyone; a long profile and portfolio in the first message; false claims ("your site is terrible") when they aren't true; a hundred messages a day (your number can get blocked); giving up after one message.

Practice: start your tracking sheet with the leads from this course.

Get your free certificate

Finished the lessons? Take the 15-question exam. Score 12 or more and you get a free certificate with your name and a unique ID that anyone can verify, ready to add to LinkedIn.

Take the exam

Questions people ask

Is the course really free?

Yes. The lessons, the exam and the certificate are free. No sign-up is needed for the lessons; the exam only asks for the name to print on your certificate.

How does the certificate work?

Answer 15 questions about the lessons. Score 12 or more (80%) and you get a certificate with your name, the date and a unique ID. Anyone can check it on our verification page, so you can add it to LinkedIn or your CV.

What if I fail the exam?

You see which questions were wrong, rewatch those lessons and try again. There is no limit on attempts, only a short wait if you try many times in a row.

Are the videos in English?

The videos are in Urdu with Roman Urdu captions, made for freelancers in Pakistan. Every lesson has its key steps written in English below the video.

Do I need ClientoraHQ to follow the course?

No. Everything in the course works with free tools: Google Maps, our free finder, the website audit, the price calculator and the WhatsApp link generator.

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