“What’s the Current State of Freelancing?” is a Bogus Question…

November 27, 2009

So, about a week ago, I get an email from a good friend and fellow commercial freelancer who’s presenting on an IABC panel on freelancing a few days later. She’s written to me to get my input on an issue of exceptional interest to the many would-be attendees. Her question is:
Can you sum up [...]

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How Important is Meeting Clients in Person?

November 1, 2009

Here we go with Part Two of the previous post. As you recall, I’d gotten an email from a commercial freelancer starting out, asking about business process (i.e., when I write, when I talk to clients, which we covered in the first post) as well as the age-old “meeting/no meeting” issue. Did I meet clients [...]

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Your Business “Process” is Up to You, Not Your Clients…

October 14, 2009

Got an email from a budding commercial freelancer recently, asking about my business “process.” Specifically, when I do my writing, when I talk to clients, if I meet them in person, how often I have in-person meetings (he was a good 90 minutes from the nearest big city and didn’t relish in-person meetings), etc.
I’m [...]

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Good Copywriters Don’t Let Clients Insult Their Customers’ Intelligence…

October 3, 2009

So, I use this web-based service to manage book sales, ebook downloads and other jobs on the publishing side of my business (I’m being vague here so as to not name names, though, given the circumstances, I’m not exactly sure why…).
In any case, I pay this company $1000 a year for this service. Not [...]

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Generalist vs. Specialist, Part Two: FREE Webinar September 17th!

September 12, 2009

Back in July on this blog, we explored the age-old issue for commercial freelancers: In my commercial copywriting business, should I be a generalist or a specialist? (Read it here).
And when economic times are tough, it takes on even more importance. Which strategy is better in tight times? we ask. Well, grab a seat [...]

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What’s the Right Way to Apologize When You Screw Up?

August 26, 2009

Screw-ups. We all have ‘em. With friends, family, and yes, with our commercial writing clients. But, how you deal with it can be far more important than the screw-up itself. This subject may be a bit off the mainstream of commercial writing, but thought it was worth knocking around, and certainly has relevance for our [...]

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