All Entries Tagged With: "clients"
Client Relations – The Ups And Downs Of Freelance Writing
Freelance writing clients, ya gotta love ‘em. You want to hug them when they put money in your Paypal account and you want to strangle them when they send you a fresh set of revisions for the project they promised was the “final final” version last week. Managing clients is one of the most difficult [...]
R … e … v … i … e … w
By Mark Pepper “What’s that empty little slot for, nurse?” “That’s for the scalpel you used to cut his stomach open.” “Oops. And now I’ve just sown him up. Never mind, it’ll work its way out.” No. It won’t. Writing isn’t saving lives, but we are equally beholden to produce top quality results to the [...]
Where Are Your Freelance Writing Clients Hiding?
As a freelance writer, sometimes it feels like you’ve been inserted into some kind of freakish, twisted game of hide and go seek. You’ve been asked to close your eyes and count to ten and now that your eyes are open, you can’t find a single one to drag back to home base. Wisdom moment: [...]
When the Client Gets in the Way
Unfortunately the old adage, “the customer is always right” applies to freelance writing. Or does it? In theory, a client has come to you, the expert, with a writing problem that needs to be solved. They recognize you as an expert otherwise they wouldn’t be there. So what do you do when they don’t want [...]
Client Testimonials – Freelance Writing Guide
Getting client testimonials is really hard for some freelance writers. Maybe they are too shy to ask, or they feel not confident enough, but if you are in this business or want to be at all you need testimonials. If you have missed my previous posts on how to become a freelance writer, I suggest [...]
Use The Pareto Principle To Sack Annoying Clients
Have you ever wondered whether working for a particular client was really worth your time and effort? I bet you have. At some stage we all do. We toss up on the good and bad of working for this particular client. The good being instant gratification of income to pay the bills and the bad [...]
