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Starting As A Freelancer? 7 Points You Should Keep In Mind
Von admin | 15.November 2009
People, that start freelancing on the internet, often go the wrong way. Ift that happen, your business can quickly go down the pan. The following points, are thing you should know before you start your freelance career.
1. Know how the market works: The first and most important thing is to know how to get clients and how to keep them. Market your service properly and you will soon see success. Freelancer who forget this step, often give up quickly.
2. Let the client pay your rate: Many freelancer take on very low paying jobs. Your should avoid this. Look out for clients that pay a decent rate, and not for those, that seek cheap freelancer. It spoils the market und you wont be able to make a living.
3.Don’t take on too many clients: Don’t take on more work than you can handle. You will miss your deadlines and burn out. But also, your should have more than a single income source.
4. Deadlines: Don’t ever miss your deadlines! As a professional in your field, you should deliver your work on time. Clients don’t like to wait for their work. Besides, they have deadlines too.
6. Clients: There are bad clients and good clients. The bad one is a price haggler, or the communication is bad, which makes working sometimes very diffucult. The good client provides exact details of the job and pays a fair price. So, you better find the good kind of client.
7. Other people’s opinion: Being self-employed is relative new to the today’s society. People may don’t understand why someone would quit his 9-5 job and work full time as a freelance. Don’t listen to them and do your job!
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