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Warren Buffett’s Advice to Budding Freelancers and Entrepreneurs
In 2008 Warren Buffett was ranked the richest person in the world. He made his fortune from investing in the stock market and buying out companies. I recently read a biography about Buffett and it inspired me to learn more of this peculiar billionaire. I came to learn that Buffett was an amazing person and [...]
Continue reading...How to Deal With Multiple Client Projects
27. October 2009
You’ve just completed a full-blown marketing campaign last week, and now the results are starting to show. You’ve got 10 clients waiting for you to do some work for them, but you just don’t know how you’ll cope. Well, for one, let me establish first that quite simply, the more effective you are with the [...]
Continue reading...How Freelancers Should Combat the Feast-Starve Cycle
16. October 2009
There’s a common problem in the freelancing world which I call the “Feast-Starve” cycle. It’s simply the phenomena that you experience whilst freelancing, where one month all your clients will pay your invoices, and you’ll essentially be flooded and content with your earnings for that month (the “feast” month). Because the freelancer then tends to [...]
Continue reading...4 Simple Ways to Impress a Potential Client
4. October 2009
Freelancing can be tough if you don’t get on with your clients. Client satisfaction can lead to further work and a good reputation. Unfortunately many freelancers will see this as a laborious task and find it difficult. I have, therefore, compiled four simple methods which you can easily implement in order to make it significantly [...]
Continue reading...The Importance of Building a Work Schedule
22. September 2009
Freelancers are people who are responsible for their own work in the purest sense of the word “responsible”. They choose when to produce it and how to produce it – customizing their work-flow as it suits them, not how it suits their boss. They are the entrepreneurs of the world, people who have chosen to [...]
Continue reading...How to Deal with Client Dissatisfaction
18. September 2009
There are times during your freelancing career where things haven’t gone so well. Maybe the client didn’t like your drafts even once you revised the design over and over again, or lack of communication caused unnecessary delays in the project. Well, whatever it is, a freelancer needs to learn how to deal with client dissatisfaction [...]
Continue reading...101 Helpful Tips and Tricks for Freelancers
26. August 2009
As a freelancer, you are in total control of what you do with your time, who you work for, how you work, and when you work. You control all aspects of marketing, and servicing your clients. That is why it is the ultimate goal of a freelancer to reach a state where their work flow [...]
Continue reading...Outsourcing: The Path to Efficiency and Greater Income
23. August 2009
It’s quite common for a potential client to approach you asking for a service that you may not offer, or an extension of your service which you don’t offer. For example, if a person requests you design a website for them, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going to be doing the (x)HTML/CSS for it or [...]
Continue reading...5 Communication Tips That Make You Money
17. August 2009
Communication is key for every freelancer. Although it may not be the most enjoyable aspect of your job (perhaps one of the reasons you went freelance in the first place), it is important to maintain professional, open communication with clients and potential clients. Good communication leads to a better working relationship with people- this means [...]
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