Now that you know how to differentiate yourself from the competition, it’s time to put yourself in front of the prospective clients you want to work with. You can get freelance work in a few ways – freelance job boards, pitching clients, LinkedIn networking, referrals, and by letting your clients find you. Depending on your profession, skills, experience and comfort zone, you can do either.
Don’t Let Your Email Get the Best of You
Recently I came back from a long trip abroad and I realized I have hundreds of starred emails to attend to. Those were readers’ questions, inquiries from prospective clients, comments on my blog or group discussions I take part in, and so on.
See, when I get an email, I usually check it out and do one of three things. It takes time to look through a prospect’s website and send them a proposal based on their initial email.
Upcoming Freelance Book Update – Asking for Help
What I love the most about freelancing is the freedom to make good money when working on clients’ projects while having time to travel and work on my own projects – be it startup ideas, products, training courses, or books. I mentioned that in my previous post about freelance success.
Today I am happy to report that my first book is going to be available on Amazon in the beginning of May (subscribe to my list to get updated) but I need your help!
Professional Benefits of Networking Online
Online networking is a mystery for many – seemingly it takes so much time and one can hardly ever see results of it, at least on the surface. This is an ongoing discussion I have with a couple of friends and I recently received the same question from one of my LinkedIn (LI) connections:
Mostly I see you so actively involved in different types of discussions at different forums. I could not yet understand what professional benefit people get by involving in public discussions. It takes so much time to reply the queries and then of course you are left with much less time for your actual work. Can you kindly give me an idea how you utilize your active participation in discussions.
So that’s what today’s post is about – a brief overview of professional benefits of online networking.
Should You Bill Time Spent in Email Writing and Skype Calls?
A reader once asked me if she should bill the time she spends talking via Skype and writing emails to clients. Here’s part of her email:
“Should I bill time for Skype calls and writing emails to my clients when hired on an hourly basis? I have a project with only 8 hours monthly workload but this client holds me on Skype twice per month for at least 1 hour per session. Should I bill her for it?
The same question applies to email writing – should I bill her for that, too? I don’t charge for it but I want to know what the best practice is in such cases so that I take it in consideration when negotiating future projects with prospective clients.”
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