One good thing about weekly rates is that you get a full week of work to do at a time.

One bad thing is that you get a full week of work to do at a time.

There were some interesting articles on pricing and your ideal clients this week.

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Why you shouldn’t take a client’s money (pjrvs.com)

You shouldn’t take anyone and everyone as a client. Paul Jarvis writes about several reasons he won’t work with someone.

How transparent should your rates be? (freelancersunion.org)

Deciding between publishing your rates or not can be a difficult decision. Kate Hamill writes about why she chooses not to.

Stop hating writing emails to prospects and start asking the right questions (curtismchale.ca) SPONSOR

Email is hard and few of us like to do it. Stop reinventing the wheel and use a proven email system to start asking clients the right questions so you stop wasting your time. Effective Client Email also includes a guide to winning work with cold emails as a FREE BONUS.

5 ways to win clients with a stellar portfolio of your work (freelancersunion.org)

An interesting process to create a portfolio of your work, especially if you have to start from scratch.

A Very Easy Alternative To Creating Customer Avatars (ittybiz.com)

Naomi Dunford talks about how she doesn’t like to use fake customer avatars.

Where You Focus is What Grows (curtismchale.ca)

Curtis McHale proposes focusing on one specific area of your business at a time instead of running around trying to improve everything.

How to Handle a Common Buyer Objection: Your Fees Are Too High! (consultingsuccess.com)

Pushback from clients on price happens often and Michael Zipursky writes about how to reframe the sales conversation away from cost.

There Are A Lot Of People In The World (ittybiz.com)

Another great article by Naomi Dunford, this time on pricing (and your ideal clients if you think about it).

Business of Freelancing Podcast Episode 25: Jonathan Stark (doubleyourfreelancing.com)

Jonathan Stark is the guest on Brennan Dunn’s podcast, talking about fixed bid and value based pricing.

Freelance Freedom #374 (envato.com)

Freelance doubts.

Quick Links

Meh to Sexy Problems (curtismchale.ca)

Why I need a life coach – and you might, too (freelancersunion.org)

Uses of Systematization for Freelancers (envato.com)

How To Write Email Pitches That Get Opened (bidsketch.com)

Thanks, I’ll see you next week

Eric Davis (@edavis10)