Posts Tagged ‘clients’

5 Unusual questions that freelancers MUST ask their clients

5 Unusual questions that freelancers MUST ask their clients

Every client you've ever come in contact with may seem different, but in one specific way they are all the same; your clients want to tell you a few specific things about your freelance business but they just don't know it yet. That's where you come in. As a freelancer you've got to be ready to learn at every turn, so preparing yourself with these five unusual questions that most freelancers forget to ask will help put you in a position to ...

You and your client are dating: First impressions mean everything

You and your client are dating: First impressions mean everything

There's a few phrases I'm sure we've all heard as children that we thought were just words that our parents said because it's what every other parent said. You know, "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all" & "don't judge a book by it's cover". Well, I'm going to debunk and break both of those in today's article. The reason I say what others won't Other freelance blogs will give you fluff and filler content to ...

If you’re not pissing people off, you’re doing it wrong

If you’re not pissing people off, you’re doing it wrong

In life we're taught from an early age to respect everyone, be nice and make friends with everybody. This isn't your fault and it's not mine; society has been this way for hundreds of years. So now we all run around worrying that someone isn't going to like us, scared to show our true selves to the world because there's going to be someone out there who doesn't like it, I just know it. But what if I told you that ...

Networking at the dentist’s – there’s no limit to where you can land freelance clients

Networking at the dentist’s – there’s no limit to where you can land freelance clients

I have good luck at dentists' offices. Two dentists ago, with my mouth full of equipment, I convinced my then-dentist that he needed a better website. My new dentist's receptionist insisted that she just had to introduce me to her sister who, as it turns out, does websites but needs someone to write all the content. My orthodontist is trying to get tips for his social media account when he's putting in new brackets for my braces. I may be ...

Four (more) words every freelancer is scared shitless of hearing

Four (more) words every freelancer is scared shitless of hearing

If you've heard these four words before, you'll know the feeling it gives you - your throat drops into your stomach, you can't breathe and you feel like someone just sucker punched you in your face with brass knuckles. If you haven't heard these four words yet, consider yourself one of the lucky few. No matter how good of a job you do for your clients, you're almost always guaranteed to find one who spits these words out. This post is ...

The four words that every freelancer is scared shitless of hearing

The four words that every freelancer is scared shitless of hearing

When you hear these four words, you crumble at your desk and feel like giving up. I guarantee it. The four words I'm talking about are something that freelancers go to sleep at night fearing, having nightmares that they're going to sneak up on them and smash whatever motivation you have into a million pieces. The four words I'm talking about... I don't like it I've had these four words tossed at me before by a client or two and now I constantly ...

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