#1 Rule in Freelancing!
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- breadlegz0
Another Rule...
Networking (when done correctly) is one of the quickest ways to get new clients.
"When done correctly"
1. Having a plan of which events will have you ideal clients there.
2. Having a plan of what to say to people to have the right conversations when you get there.
3. Knowing who's going to be there before you get there.
4. Getting invited to high value networking where the people there actually have some money to spend.
- moldero0
Mine is NEVER share who your clients are unless your 100% sure you will never work for them again. Not even on your portfolio.
- Secrets?newuser
- Why?Frosty_spl
- interesting. say moar!ohhhhhsnap
- Im turning a buddy onto freelancing for audio, I told him other freelancers were client snatching whoresmoldero
- I had clients tell me "all of a sudden, people are sending me their resumes, without an ad out"moldero
- I put 2 and 2 together then asked "can I see their work?" they turned out to be colleagues from FBmoldero
- I was like "mutha fuckas!"moldero
- Maybe its just a Mexico designer thing, hard up mother fuckers.moldero
- damn... that actually makes sense.ohhhhhsnap
- newuser0
Don't work for idiots.
- pressplay0
don’t work for friends or family
- formed0
On the 'hiring freelancers' side (everything else is covered):
1. Do what you say you are going to do. Sounds obvious, but at least 50% (probably a lot more) of those that I have hired over promise, under deliver and decide mtn biking or snow boarding is more important than professional behavior.
2. Return ALL messages/calls promptly. Even if you say you can't get to something immediately. COMMUNICATION, dammit.
3. Be professional, see #1 and #2
4. Don't burn bridges. If you bit off more than you can chew, figure it out or be honest, don't just leave things hanging. You won't ever get work again and you'll build a bad reputation.
- ohhhhhsnap0
make sure your kill fee clause is motherfucking tight.
- bainbridge0
Don't get over your head when you don't care about the client's business.
- Al_dizzle0
Get that contract bulletproof and get that shit signed first.
- chossy0
Always do good work, you are only ever as good as your last job so make sure you produced something good.
- omg0
Rule #1
You don't work for them, they work for you.
- sothere0
make sure its always a positive experience. somewhere you've always wanted to work or you might learn something or people you like working with or even I need the money so I can holiday like a mofo is enough. but soon as it's shit. walk away.
- Beeswax0
#1 There are no rules in freelancing
- MrT0
Don't work every waking hour just because you think there's nothing coming up. That shit applies on a salary too. Have a life outside it.
- doesnotexist0
Weekends are not for working.
- beeeeeeeeep. wrong answer.robotron3k
- < no it's notMrT
- <it is thoughAl_dizzle
- Its not. A sizable pair and time management say so.cannonball1978
- I prefer giving myself weekdays off. It's way faster to run errands on a wednesday than on a saturday.zarkonite
- dMullins0
Your contract should be better than the work you do.
- robotron3k0
incorporate, then do your taxes right.
- Unlike Wall Street, if you don't pay Uncle Sam your $500- in taxes you will go to jail!utopian
- falsedoesnotexist
- no true!utopian
- nocomply0
It's better to not do the work and not get paid, than to do the work and not get paid.
- doesnotexist0
contracts are tricky, imo. can push people away and make it overly complicated. but having one is important and knowing when to use it is also important.