Mad Babble & Lucid Thought » client http://www.madbabble.com Mad Babble & Lucid Thought Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:06:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ways to avoid freelance job problems http://www.madbabble.com/ways-to-avoid-freelance-job-problems.html http://www.madbabble.com/ways-to-avoid-freelance-job-problems.html#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:31:26 +0000 Sven http://www.madbabble.com/2007/09/26/ways-to-avoid-freelance-job-problems/ Freelance jobs seems to be profitable from all angles. One feels he/she would earn some extra money this way by working from the comforts of his/her home. But, this is not the case all the time. One may come across some common problems during or after the job is done. Following are some steps that one should keep in mind to avoid any such problems:

  • Work with people having professional approach and positive attitude and respect your abilities and efforts. Discontinue working with clients who are negative in approach, difficult to contact and fault finders only.
  • Clarify all the terms and conditions before starting any project. Get all your queries cleared in the beginning to avoid any misunderstanding later.
  • Promise and accept a realistic deadline. Promising a project to be submitted on a deadline which is impossible to achieve will only make things worse for you. Whatever deadline you have set for the project, stick to it.
  • Discuss the project in detail with the client. This will help you delivering the project exactly as per his specific requirements.
  • Keep your client updated of the progress of his progress. It would be better to submit a small sample in the starting than submitting the complete project at a time.
  • Make the payment terms very clear. This is the thing where most service providers face problems. Ideally request him to escrow the funds on acceptance of the project.
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Here are a few things you must think over and make clear before starting any project, so that your efforts do not go waste.

  • If the client is unsure of the budget, you should get alarmed. This only shows that he is not serious about the payment part of it.
  • If the client is not ready to disclose the budget to you. This purely shows that either the budget is too low or he doesn’t have confidence in you. In both cases, you may get into trouble.
  • If he keeps saying that, he wants the job to be done at the cheapest price, without discussing it properly with you. This is an indication that he doesn’t value your work and efforts but is looking for an inferior quality job done for the lowest price possible.
  • The client is very difficult to contact, or doesn’t respond properly.
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There are a number of methods and means of communication that you may choose from for the purpose. Emails, message boards, telephone, etc. are some common methods.

Email: while doing the project you must keep your client updated of the progress be sending emails. Even when you have finished with the project long time back, just keep sending him mails suggesting new ideas and other relevant things. This will make you remembered by him.
Have an occasional chat with him/them. Discuss business and other suggestions. You may also send your site address and updates of it.

Telephone: An occasional call will keep you in touch with your clients. You may do so in case of some urgent need of clarification during the project.
Visits: If your client is nearby your area, you should pay some personal visits. This will strengthen the reliability and your approach to him.

Message boards: If you have won a project through some freelance agency, communicating through message boards will be a safer mode to avoid any future controversies.

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