#1 Rule in Freelancing!
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- rascuache0
Some awesome stuff in this thread. I'm new-ish to freelancing so it's pretty helpful. At the moment I'm trying to:
1. Not freak out when work gets quiet, accept that there will be an ebb and flow to my first couple of years while I build my clients & reputation...
2. Know when to say no (or: know what I'm worth), and not be afraid to turn work down or withdraw from/decline invitations to pitches if the conditions aren't right/money is shit etc.
3. Develop routines for the boring/less fun stuff - bookkeeping/banking/admin blah blah blah. (not doing tooo great at this).
4. Update folio regularly. (Totally failed at this for the last 6 months).
5. Show my work - be able to explain why I've taken every creative decision in a particular way makes it harder for clients to disagree for the sake of it. Same principle applies for itemised estimating & invoicing.
6. Talk to my peers as often as possible - contacts at subcontracting gigs, other friends in the business etc.
7. Generally, just be more like Mike. http://typotalks.com/video/2012/…
- Terrible advice - point 1... If quiet DO freak out and get more work!fadein11
- Hah, I'm not saying to just sit and wait for work to turn up, just not to panic when it goes quiet.rascuache
- #5 don't do this. it takes forever, and if the end product isn't right, no amount of process will make it right.monNom
- ...sometimes you just miss the mark. ask more questions next time. don't try to sell someone something they don't wanna buy.monNom
- ...buymonNom
- Of course. I agree with you about asking questions, and establishing as much as you can beforehand, I suppose this mostly refers to...rascuache
- ...mostly refers to the smaller individual details rather than an overall idea, and it's definitely not used to..rascuache
- ...push clients into something that's not right just for my own sake.rascuache