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Do you spend lots of time on a website for your freelance company?
In my experience, a website will - in itself - give you nothing.
Clients are only found by actively seeking them.
When you have lots of face time with a potential client, a website should make no ...
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Dealing with a customer that was satisfied with your services but is mad about the price
Neoflash,
If a customer's #1 motivation is to get a service done as cheaply as possible, then you can't fix that whether you are at the pre-service stage, performing the service, or done with it. ...
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How to find someone to handle customer/commercial relationships on my behalf? (I'm a programmer)
So much to address here... First off, NO. You don't need a PR person on full-time to help you. You need to deal with your own situation before you bring more people in. Freelancing should make you ...
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Dealing with a customer that was satisfied with your services but is mad about the price
Personal opinion... don't engage too much. If the relationship is damaged, then it's damaged. Get paid and move on. Too much discussion will only inflame issues. In addition, any reduction not cited ...
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Do you spend lots of time on a website for your freelance company?
Since now I was very rarely contacted by clients that found me from my website, and consider that I am online with my website since 1996, each 1-2 years I renewed it making it tecnically and ...
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How to get Fiverr jobs at the beginning
As a beginner, try to keep your prices low, but not so low that it gives off an image of low quality. Add all the keywords that are relevant to your services. Also, along with keeping your images and ...
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How to monetize a "Free" App without advertising
If you release a good free app with no advertisements, the person/service that is actually being advertised is the app's creator.
If you do a really good/useful app and give it away for free (...
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How to manage my client's Facebook ads?
Facebook actually allows you to set up a Business Manager account for the express purpose of managing pages and ads for yourself and for clients without needing personal page access. I just discovered ...
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How can I approach US clients with web development work?
Skype
It doesn't matter if you can't have personal meetings with them. Clients love to be able to do Skype meetings if you don't mind using it. You simply need to make it very clear that you're ...
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Do you spend lots of time on a website for your freelance company?
Just my experience, but here's what a web site actually does for you in most instances:
It will lend credibility to you (or your company) if it is not too generic. If the site looks like a template ...
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Do you spend lots of time on a website for your freelance company?
Your website is only crucial, but a single component of your clients' the overall buying journey.
Here's what your client's journey should look like:
They hear about you from a previous client of ...
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Can I use logos of companies I have worked for, directly & indirectly, on my website?
In the litigious environment we operate in today I would be very careful to use a logo of a firm on your website. I agree with Brian K Haney's discussion with nominative use above.
Going forward, as ...
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What's the best cold call pitch for a freelancing software engineer?
I try to keep things quick, to the point, and professional - saves everyone time. I've never written down a script since each project/company can vary a lot, but something along the lines of:
"Hi, ...
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Is it possible to earn $200 a month by freelancing?
Propose your translation services (only to your mother tongue) for 10$ an hour. You should be able to find 20 hours of work per month.
Possibly typing, but I would expect the fees to be lower, as ...
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Does email domain affect the chances of getting clients?
If you're not in the position to buy a domain (most available for under $15/yr), then you may need to look at other options.
For the longest time, I used firstlast@gmail.com, and clients didn't seem ...
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Advertise through email
Have you ever, for any reason, answered a marketing/sales email from a sender you did not personally recognize?
I get about 6-10 of the, "Hi, I'm a web developer that can improve your site" emails ...
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Advertise through email
If you really can create something and then sell it, and you need to convince others that you can do it well, it's much better to really create something and show the world what you've got. No need to ...
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Advertise through email
Cold calling is hard work. I have had some success emailing potential clients by:
making it clear I am a web developer in the same geographic area
describing a specific (non-trivial) problem with ...
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From a company/manager's perspective, what are the advantages of hiring a consultant over a FTE?
To answer the question, you have to consider beyond the headline cost...
With an employee, as well as the salary, you have to factor in (depending on the jurisdiction):
Additional payroll taxes
Other ...
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where to search for work as freelancer?
Make professional contacts. See if there are ways that you can display your work. Build off your existing clients who are satisfied. The successful small business entrepreneurs I know have all built ...
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Is getting software development clients really harder?
First off, every freelancer is different and will wind up with different strategies for getting new clients. (That is why questions like this might be closed as unanswerable.) The most important thing ...
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Where can I find examples of a great "cold call" email for freelancing?
Cold calling and cold mailing are both rather sub-par ways to get clients. Ideally you first prove yourself in your niche/market/area so that people have heard of you and then they approach you and ...
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How to monetize a "Free" App without advertising
Apps and services like dropbox are not actually free but freemium: free Apps designed to fall short as soon as you start to use them seriously, forcing you to upgrade to the paid version.
The free ...
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How to find someone to handle customer/commercial relationships on my behalf? (I'm a programmer)
What Canadian Luke said!
Plus, I would add:
Never give a price or time estimate when speaking with the client. Just like me, you are too weak for this right now! Rather, practice this on family ...
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How can I reposition myself as Back-end Developer coming from Front-end Web dev?
As a full-stack developer myself with an emphasis in backend development and the owner of a small web development studio, I wouldn't hire you for back-end work. You're not a back-end developer, yet. ...
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Cold calling / emailing companies for work
I faced and still facing the same situation. My recommendations are:
Go to several meetings, enterpreneur events, same tech networkings and so on. After that the people from similar businesses are ...
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Should I build an Alpha before presenting my concept
Dangerous territory here... But I'll bite.
If you can guarantee (likely with a lawyer's advice/help) that you developed it on your own time on your own equipment in your own home, you may have a case ...
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How to increase reputation/value and reduce prejudices for freelancers working out of home offices
It sounds like your question boils down to:
"If company X can charge Y, and I'm just as skilled as company X, why
can't I charge Y?"
and, in a similar vein:
"How can I charge more ...
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How should a freelance software engineer use Linkedin to find clients?
I'm a freelance software developer too and I pretty much get all my work through LinkedIn. The thing is, my connections are a lot of (pre selected) recruiters. I know a lot of freelancers hate ...
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Is it possible to earn $200 a month by freelancing?
$200 freelancing a month is actually very low. Many freelancers make more than that from their works in just a day.
Unfortunately, there is no magic bullet for you to make money. It's unusual for new ...
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