I hope you have listened to the audio interview with Michael Port by now from The Freelancer’s Show, it’s really useful. If so, you’re going to know what the Red Velvet Rope policy means. The Red Velvet Rope Policy is a policy you use to determine if someone is your ideal client or not. It …
Last time I had you compare the skills you have to a client’s problem. The reason you want to do this is because clients don’t need someone with a skill in isolation. They need someone with a skill to solve a problem they have. I also mentioned that I’ll give you a detailed example of …
Now that you’ve figured out who your ideal client is, it’s time to figure out how you can serve them. Don’t be tempted to skip this. Just because you do software development (or graphic design) doesn’t mean that is the only what you can help them with. Clients don’t want someone with a skill. They …
My company, Little Stream Software has re-opened its Redmine and ChiliProject consulting services. If your Redmine or ChiliProject installation needs help, I’m here for you. Maybe your team needs to change the workflows. Maybe you need some expert training on customizations and plugin development. Or maybe you want to extend it to better fit your …
A freelancer emailed me a question which I think is valuable to write about here. How would I go about finding [software] maintenance gigs? Should I market myself as a bug fixer? No, I wouldn’t label yourself as a bug fixer. Bug fixing sounds a really low value skill, even if the bugs are the …