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When I first started freelancing as a university student, I was eager to do any website and would say "Yes" to anything, regardless of my skill set or the time involved. It was just nice to know that someone needed me for a skilled task. Unfortunately, I quickly found myself working all the time, eating Ramen, and not getting anywhere in terms of paying off my college debt. Making things worse, word was getting out that I did free or cheap work. It was simply a bad way to do business.
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Mike Harmon10 "Nos" for Freelancers http://t.co/BzIDwIG1
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I would recommend
1) Keep your timetables realistic and stick to them. People don't mind if work takes a bit longer, but they do mind if nothing has been done by the finishing date.
2) Don't be tempted to take on too many contracts at once. If there are people who want you to do work for them, let them know when you are currently booked that you will be happy to do their project when your schedule opens up. As an added point, tell them that you will be as conscientious when working on their project.
3) Answer emails. If you don't have time to write a lengthy response, simply say that you are working on the project and will contact them as soon as time allows. Clients get extremely frustrated when their emails don't get a response. Most of the time, clients are just happy to know that you got/read their email. -
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I disagree. Although your reasoning is dead-on, it depends on how and why you offer hosting. Registering domains doesn't make much profit, but it saves the headaches of having to deal with some labyrinthine DNS control panel from some fly-by-night registrar out of Germany (or whatever). Similarly, when a client utilizes my own web hosting services (as a reseller), I'm always confident as to how the server is set up, what platform it's on, what type of databases, scripts, etc are supported, and so forth. I don't have to play a guessing game as to where the CGI-Bin directory is, whether I'll have to tweak the .htaccess file, default chmod settings and so on. Plus, most smaller clients are looking for a one-stop shop, so these services go a long way towards winning them over. It's a matter of convenience for both the client *and* myself more than the profit angle.
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he key is to make sure that you include "support time" in your hosting rates. I bill $200/year for a hosting package that GoDaddy or some other big outfit probably would charge $60/year for, to make up for the inevitable support calls when it turns out that their cable modem is the culprit. The client can take it or leave it--and in most cases they take it because they still like the convenience of having one person to call. Just make sure to include "aggravation time" in the fees
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The other way around this is to make sure to bill for any time spent doing hosting/server stuff that the client should be able to do themselves. For instance, my clients often ask me to set up a new email account for them, which takes all of 2 minutes via the web control panel. Since I showed them how to do this when I set up the hosting, if they want me to do it for them, I bill for my minimum time (1/4 hours, or $20). You'd be amazed how many people are willing to spend $20 rather than log into a control panel and fill in a couple of form fields. -
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#10 is perfectly right.
It works very much like wedding photos. You buy "copies" of the photos, but the photos are not yours to sell, the photographer owns the copyrights.
Likewise, the low pricing paid to have a website done, with recycled code, entitles the client to only use the site for their own purposes, they can't re-sell it (except with the business). In other words, if we code a dating site, the client, can't turn around and sell 10,000 copies of the site for distribution on eBay. If the "want" to do this, then that is setup in another contract with additional pay or royalties. -
Yes I would, but you should ask your client to pay for the mock-up before doing anything. And in turn if the client choses you, give your client a deduction of that amount he paid for the actual project cost. "Mock up" shouldn't be that complex... you could do 1 mock up design in less than 1 hour or 2 hours max. Many clients nowadays are meticulous in picking designers/developers.
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getharvest.com
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Repeat after me:
1. Project Scope
2. Contract
3. Payment
4. Work Begins
5. Work Finishes
6. Final Payment
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Romana ChallansWhen I first started freelancing as a college student, I was eager to do any website and would say "Yes" to anything, regardless of my skill set or the time involved. It was just nice to know that someone needed me for a skilled task. Unfortunately, I qui
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Vlad FratilaA blog about freelancing, passive income, and my learning experiences with both.
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Vlad FratilaA blog about freelancing, passive income, and my learning experiences with both.
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lilian ricaudWhen I first started freelancing as a college student, I was eager to do any website and would say "Yes" to anything, regardless of my skill set or the time involved. It was just nice to know that someone needed me for a skilled task. Unfortunately, I qui
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