Comments on: Avoid the headaches http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/ for the marketer, designer, and entrepreneur Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Verne http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-36 Verne Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:42:43 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-36 Dev - Thanks for the suggested topics! If you're looking for some other great resources for freelancers that are also applicable to entrepreneurs, I encourage you to check out www.freelanceswitch.com. Both the topics you mentioned have been written about on a few occasions. Tara - I absolutely agree, finding great talents is actually much more of an art than a science. And while a healthy budget is helpful, like you said, it's certainly not the defining characteristic of a great client. I have some lingering thoughts that I'm thinking of jotting down soon as an expansion to the concept of finding great clients. Look out for that soon! Dev - Thanks for the suggested topics! If you’re looking for some other great resources for freelancers that are also applicable to entrepreneurs, I encourage you to check out http://www.freelanceswitch.com. Both the topics you mentioned have been written about on a few occasions.

Tara - I absolutely agree, finding great talents is actually much more of an art than a science. And while a healthy budget is helpful, like you said, it’s certainly not the defining characteristic of a great client.

I have some lingering thoughts that I’m thinking of jotting down soon as an expansion to the concept of finding great clients. Look out for that soon!

]]> By: Tara: Graphic Design Blog http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-35 Tara: Graphic Design Blog Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:14:53 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-35 <p>I like the idea of find great clients, but in practice its not always that simple. The easiest to work for clients are not always the ones in my experience with the bigger budgets and most work.</p> I like the idea of find great clients, but in practice its not always that simple. The easiest to work for clients are not always the ones in my experience with the bigger budgets and most work.

]]> By: Dev http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-34 Dev Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:33:04 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-34 Good find Verne. How about doing a post on managing time as a freelancer? I've been giving SEO advice to a SMB recently, but it's hard to find the time to actually sit down and implement the solutions. I'm especially interested in knowing your view on quoting the number of hours needed to complete a prospective project. Dev - http://www.dailymoolah.com Good find Verne. How about doing a post on managing time as a freelancer? I’ve been giving SEO advice to a SMB recently, but it’s hard to find the time to actually sit down and implement the solutions.

I’m especially interested in knowing your view on quoting the number of hours needed to complete a prospective project.

Dev - http://www.dailymoolah.com

]]> By: Satish http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-30 Satish Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:21:14 +0000 http://creativebriefing.com/avoid-the-headaches/#comment-30 I'm a fan of 1. Find great clients. 3. Set deadlines. and 9. Keep track. #11 would be to bring food to meetings. A warm pizza and cold pop will always keeps things casual, cool, and satisfying! I’m a fan of 1. Find great clients. 3. Set deadlines. and 9. Keep track.

#11 would be to bring food to meetings. A warm pizza and cold pop will always keeps things casual, cool, and satisfying!

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