One of the things we need to do to be successful at freelancing is to constantly market our services. We work at getting our name out there, bidding on jobs, and building our network. With all of that forward-looking activity, it is important that you don’t forget your past.

It can be a great thing to be forward-looking. In fact, without those activities your business will shrivel and die. Read the rest of this entry »

I watched The Apprentice last week, and it was a good reminder about keeping good communication with the client.

For those of you not familiar with the show, it involves Donald Trump
taking a crew of business mogul wannabes and putting them through
weekly business competitions. The loosing team has to select members
from their team to go into the board room with The Donald, where one of
them will be fired, and have to leave the show. Read the rest of this entry »