[brudgers]

Unfortunately pretty much every action you mention kinda smells like a way of avoiding direct rejection.

Coupons, booklets, degrees, certificates, and networking are not sales.

(Neither are designing a logo renting an office and printing business cards, in case anyone wonders).

No amount of competency can compensate for a lack of sales. No amount of credentials, either.

Sales come first. Before everything else.

If you aren’t selling your business is dead.

Good luck.

[poutinepapi]

Mate... That had not even crossed my mind :O! I don't have a lot of sales experience, but I used to work at a digital agency, and that thing was just crawling with sales people, I'll phone one up and ask them about it, and mention your comment, cheers!

[jimmychoozyx]

If you have time available, consider taking an entry level inside-sales job for a few weeks or months.

They're typically OK with short term, because anyone can do the job. It just takes being able to tolerate making 100-200 phone calls per day.

A little sales experience is helpful, especially when it comes to how to present a product and how to create a strategy to overcome objections to why a person doesn't want to buy.

It will also help you get used to confidently presenting ideas to strangers--despite & becoming immune to-- the risk of rejection.

[poutinepapi]

I mean... I am unemployed, so that's not a bad idea at all, I'll look for some entry level sales positions in my area, cheers!

[brudgers]

Maybe start selling your services instead?