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How can I keep track of projects between revisions?

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Betty in Client Management, Clients, Freelance Business, Organizing, Technology and Software, Time Management, Time Tracking No Comments

A reader wrote in: I’m looking for a web app (cheap or free) that will allow me to enter projects as they come in and track how long they have been incomplete. Since part of the project involves waiting for client revisions, I can’t set a completion deadline, but I would like to track which […]

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How can a freelancer take a vacation?

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Betty in Client Management, Clients, Free Time!, Freelance Business, Mistakes, Working with Others 1 Comment
Summit of Pikes Peak

I’m on vacation. I arranged for other freelancers to help my clients while I am spending time with family. And today I spent about an hour working. Mostly I was sending files to others so they could make changes for the clients. Some of the time was spent on the phone with the freelancers, helping […]

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Rush jobs, rush policies, and rush fees

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Betty in Client Management, Clients, Contracts, Freelance Business, Pricing & Rates No Comments
Hurry ASAP! Rush fees.

ASAP! Need this today! Urgent! Top Priority! A lot of my projects have quick deadlines. And I’m happy to accommodate those when I can. But doing rush projects makes it difficult to schedule other work, and often means that I will be pushing off other client work and working long hours or on the weekends. […]

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Employee or Independent Contractor (Freelancer)?

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Betty in Clients, Freelance Business, Taxes in the USA, Working with Others No Comments
Is this dog an employee or a freelancer?

My last post was about working with an office assistant. One huge consideration for me was to be sure that anyone who worked with me would be considered an independent contractor, not an employee. Laws vary by country so everything I am talking about here only applies in the USA. The IRS has rules that […]

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My client wants me to use copyrighted material

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Betty in Clients, Copyright Issues, Freelance Business No Comments
Don't be a weasel.

Q: My client gave me the copy (text) for their page, but I found out that it was taken from another website. What can I do? A: I recently had a similar situation with a drawing that the (potential) client wanted me to copy. Even though my contract specifies that I will not be responsible […]

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