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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 I got an office assistant

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Betty in Freelance Business, Organizing, Time Management No Comments
An assistant can help with bookkeeping

My clients keep me pretty busy. That’s great. But it means that some of my business tasks get pushed to the bottom of the to do list. That’s not good: I need to manage my business in order to keep it going and really know how I am doing. I recently realized that I need […]

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Time management: this wasn’t good

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Betty in Freelance Business, Time Management No Comments

I had one of those days today. I have a lot of work to do for clients. I also want to get my portfolio website fixed up and live before I leave for the HOW Creative Freelance Conference and the HOW Design Conferences in two weeks. I knew my son had a dentist appointment this […]

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Follow Up Friday

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Betty in Client Management, Freelance Business, Networking, Organizing, Time Management No Comments
Remember when phones had cords?

Yesterday was the last day of school for my son, so I want to get my work done so we can do something fun later. I woke up early and went right to the computer. I have a couple of client projects to work on, but I started with something else. Follow ups. I’ve decided […]

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Do I have to work all the time?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Betty in Client Management, Freelance Business, Time Management No Comments
Take a break!

Q: I feel really lucky to have some great clients, but one is making me crazy. She calls me at 7 in the morning and 8 at night. She emails all the time, even on weekends. I’m always working on her projects. I want to give her great service, but I also need some time […]

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