Now you’re ready to really start finding clients. In fact, by now you might even be attracting them. One thing you need to decide soon is what your project minimums will be. A project minimum is the minimum amount of budget and time a project has to have before you’d even consider looking at it. …
Following up with leads is recommended when you’re freelancing. Many times just the advice to follow up is given, without any of the reasoning behind it. Well, there are two reasons why you should follow up with potential clients. 1. Win more clients The first and most oblivious reason is that you’ll win more clients …
Business relies on routines. Things that happen day in and day out. No, correction. Successful, long-term businesses rely on routines. Unsuccessful ones don’t need routines. Routines A routine is just a series of steps that are taken to accomplish a result. They can be as simple as how you start the coffee in the morning …
A friend emailed me the other day: What one piece of advice would you give new freelancers? The single most important piece of advice I’d give new freelancers is to build a system or process for their marketing. While it might not feel that important at the beginning, having a system in place to do …