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Comment on 10 Things Every New Freelancer Should Know by Nichole Bazemore

Nichole Bazemore — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:15:09 +0000

Excellent advice, especially concerning fees and not comparing oneself to other freelancers. Those two things alone have cost me a fortune in wasted energy.

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Comment on Subcontracting Rates by Karen rodriguez

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Comment on 10 Things Every New Freelancer Should Know by Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:32:07 +0000

Very good tips. Spoken like someone who has been in the trenches.

Comment on Subcontracting Rates by Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:10:25 +0000

Very nice. I was wondering about this. I was thinking about working with a few agencies and I wondered how the mark up would work.

Comment on 5 Surefire Ways to Screw Up as a Freelancer by Bubba

Bubba — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:09:40 +0000

I do all those things on a semi-regular basis. It’s not only good for my business, but it’s good for my clients as well. Everyone understands the importance of handling a conference call from your golf cart while on the back 9. It happens!
Great list by the way!

Comment on The Antidote for Clients Who Can’t Decide by Avonelle Lovhaug

Avonelle Lovhaug — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:46:31 +0000

On the one hand, I completely agree with you. Since I’ve been freelancing I’ve had very few problems doing the up-front work that it takes to provide solutions that my customers are completely happy with.

But…I will say that before I started freelancing I worked for a consulting firm. And I ran into a couple of customers who were, quite frankly, nutty. For example, in one case the organization (a governmental agency) was so completely focused on butt-covering instead of accomplishing the objective that no one could ever make a final decision. The design was written and re-written and re-written ad nauseum, and no one would ever sign off because that meant a level of responsibility they were unwilling to make. (That project went through more than 3 consulting firms, millions of dollars, and never implemented the system. Yikes!)

But I think you are absolutely right that when there is a problem, it is more likely that the freelancer hasn’t done a good job walking their customer through the process.

Good post!