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How to Deal With Multiple Client Projects
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
Friday, October 16, 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...How to Deal with Client Dissatisfaction
Friday, September 18, 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...3 Reasons Why YOU Should NOT Become a Freelancer
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
There are certain traits required of a freelancer for him or her to become successful at what they do, and let me be the first to tell you, freelancing is not easy. Yes, ultimately you’ll end up with more freedom and spare time on your hands, but until you’ve mastered the art of efficiency and [...]
Continue reading...8 Brilliant Freelance Job Boards to Help You Get More Clients
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Applying for work through job boards has become a staple within the freelance industry, and everyone is competing on the job boards to score more work, especially in such economic conditions we’re in at the moment. This means that there are an ever-dwindling amount of jobs available for an ever-growing amount of people.
Continue reading...101 Helpful Tips and Tricks for Freelancers
Wednesday, August 26, 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
Sunday, August 23, 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
Monday, August 17, 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 [...]
Continue reading...17 Vital Tips and Tricks for New Freelancers
Monday, August 10, 2009
It’s pretty tough for new freelancers, especially in a slow economy. They don’t have that foundation of client relationships they’ve built up that they can rely on for work, and need to do a lot of promotion and marketing work on their business in the beginning. This is why we’ve decided to publish ‘17 Tips [...]
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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