Today I’m answering another question from a reader. But first, there are still spots open for my Run Your Consulting Business training course which starts November 6th. But you’ll have to act fast, I’m closing signups this Wednesday on November 5th. Now for the question: Q: How can I discover who’s going to be a …
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How I found my first clients
One of my newsletter subscribers asked me: Q: How do I find my first clients? Every freelancer and consultant asks this when starting out. Either they have no clients or they have just a few to get them started. Either way, everyone knows that they need to get more clients before the current ones finish …
How I started freelancing
I’d like to tell you a story about how I started web development and freelancing. Gaming In college I’d play computer games with friends across the world. We had a website to organize events and a forum to chat. It was fun but our website was always having problems. The webmaster at that time was …
Freelance Chi
I’m now running a free, once-weekly email newsletter for freelancers and consultants called Freelance Chi. When you subscribe you’ll get an email every week with a collection of news and resources about freelancing. Rates Finding clients Contracts Marketing Handling clients The first issue will be going out this Friday the 17th so subscribe now if …
Don’t only track your time for clients
Tick tock. Tick tock. I think time tracking is one of the top complaints freelancers have about the business. (Right below finding clients and dealing with problem clients) You’d think by now it would be a solved problem. I mean, the only thing you’re doing is keeping track of what task you’re working on when …