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10 quick lessons for freelancers: #2

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10 lessons for freelancers 10 quick lessons for freelancers: #2

Freelance Advisor and Web Consultant Leif Kendall continues his mini-series of ten lessons learnt during his time freelancing.

These will be super-short micro-posts to get you thinking… Feel free to share your comments

Lesson 2: Make ‘em pay

If you don’t value your skills, nobody else will. So make sure people pay for your time!

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By Leif Kendall, freelance copywriter and web marketing consultant

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  • http://www.bugzlife.com/ bugzlife

    how do i force them to pay? usually clients pay 50% downpayment and then leave the project hanging at 90% by not submitting the final contents.

  • http://www.bugzlife.com bugzlife

    how do i force them to pay? usually clients pay 50% downpayment and then leave the project hanging at 90% by not submitting the final contents.

  • http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk/ Leif Kendall

    Well, I suppose one way around this could be to have multiple payment stages. So if they leave the project hanging at 90% complete, they will have paid 90% of the fee. That will complicate your projects, but would solve the problem. Alternatively, find a good copywriter cough to provide most of the content. That may speed up the process.

  • http://kendallcopywriting.co.uk Leif Kendall

    Well, I suppose one way around this could be to have multiple payment stages. So if they leave the project hanging at 90% complete, they will have paid 90% of the fee. That will complicate your projects, but would solve the problem. Alternatively, find a good copywriter cough to provide most of the content. That may speed up the process.

  • http://www.vois.com/ Jessie F.

    Exactly Leif! Small increments of payments also known as milestones should be handled once a small portion of the project is completed. I did that on VOIS.com with my Graphic Designer and it worked out great! No Messy Messes.

  • http://www.vois.com Jessie F.

    Exactly Leif! Small increments of payments also known as milestones should be handled once a small portion of the project is completed. I did that on VOIS.com with my Graphic Designer and it worked out great! No Messy Messes.