Comments on: The Freelancer’s Tip Sheet http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/03/30/the-freelancers-tip-sheet/ The upside of the downturn Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Lynn Parramore http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/03/30/the-freelancers-tip-sheet/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Lynn Parramore Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:37:41 +0000 http://www.recessionwire.com/?p=3557#comment-754 That's a good one. I haven't tried it before, but it sounds like good motivation for the client. Thanks for the tip. That’s a good one. I haven’t tried it before, but it sounds like good motivation for the client. Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: kelli r. parker http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/03/30/the-freelancers-tip-sheet/comment-page-1/#comment-752 kelli r. parker Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:15 +0000 http://www.recessionwire.com/?p=3557#comment-752 i include a mini contract with my estimates that clearly spells out the payment terms, including what it'll cost if they don't pay on time. 5% of the balance, usually. i find clients despise paying the late fees and tend to move checks faster because of them. i include a mini contract with my estimates that clearly spells out the payment terms, including what it’ll cost if they don’t pay on time. 5% of the balance, usually. i find clients despise paying the late fees and tend to move checks faster because of them.

]]> By: Lynn Parramore http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/03/30/the-freelancers-tip-sheet/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Lynn Parramore Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:14:13 +0000 http://www.recessionwire.com/?p=3557#comment-744 Thanks for reading, Rob. I've been struggling with some of these issues for years, and I find that you're right - the threat of reporting someone to credit agencies isn't very helpful unless you are absolutely assured of no payment. Getting partial payment is better than nothing. Fortunately, I find that non-payment is pretty rare. When I have a client that needs constant chasing down, I tend to drop them after 2 or 3 episodes. Thanks for reading, Rob. I’ve been struggling with some of these issues for years, and I find that you’re right – the threat of reporting someone to credit agencies isn’t very helpful unless you are absolutely assured of no payment. Getting partial payment is better than nothing. Fortunately, I find that non-payment is pretty rare. When I have a client that needs constant chasing down, I tend to drop them after 2 or 3 episodes.

]]> By: Rob U. http://www.recessionwire.com/2009/03/30/the-freelancers-tip-sheet/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Rob U. Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:31:23 +0000 http://www.recessionwire.com/?p=3557#comment-743 These are great tips, particularly number 2, creating a formula of what to charge. That is one of the most important and difficult things to maintain as a freelancer. Without it you can quickly go broke in this business. Number 5 or finding ways to work with clients over issues like late payment is a much better solution than reporting them to credit agencies as well. These are great tips, particularly number 2, creating a formula of what to charge. That is one of the most important and difficult things to maintain as a freelancer. Without it you can quickly go broke in this business.

Number 5 or finding ways to work with clients over issues like late payment is a much better solution than reporting them to credit agencies as well.

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