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Should You Trust Your Clients?

Brittany — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:41:50 +0000

One of the main problems I ran into when I first began working online was knowing who to trust and who to avoid. While it’s not always easy at first because you’re very new to things, there are a few ways you can try to avoid being put in a situation where you go unpaid [...]

Keep Your Clients Happy – Offer a Courtesy Service

admin — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:51:53 +0000

One of the tricks I have found really effective in my own freelancing business is to offer a courtesy service to my clients. It’s inherent in human nature to want to feel that we’re special, that someone is thinking of us. That is why gifts work.

When you offer your clients a courtesy service, this [...]

Using the New Year to Get, Keep, and Reclaim Clients

admin — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:54:47 +0000

How do you make sure that your old clients remember you? Maybe you have some clients that you discussed potential projects with and then they sent the work elsewhere, or a client you worked with and never heard from again.

Early in my freelancing career I used to get frustrated because I had all these [...]

Building your client base – keep your clients happy

admin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:35:11 +0000

In my last post I discussed how to find clients using various avenues such as the internet, newspapers, online forums, and other venues that may be available to you depending on your particular niche. It’s great when you get your first client, your first gig, and your first pay. Ideally, you want to have a [...]