Comments on: 7 ways how NOT to run a blog consulting freelance business

By: Mr Uku

Mr Uku — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:11:32 +0000

Great article.
As you say, there are a lot of freelancers out there, but it’s amazing how few provide a worthwhile service. There’s no excuse. It’s not like it’s a hard thing to do. The secret is simply, professionalism.
Do what you say you will. Do it on time. Do it to the best of your ability. And, if possible, do a little more than was expected. Do all of this and you can virtually guarantee repeat business.
The only hard part is getting the job in the first place

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:19:00 +0000

You cannot ask for anything else other than that you are always learning and improving. If you do that everything will work out fine for you.

By: Niro Thambipillay

Niro Thambipillay — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:05:19 +0000

This article is fantastic – it is so true that many of us who freelance our services sell ourselves far too cheaply. As a free lance internet marketing consultant, I have made this mistake many times. However, when I started to look at things from a win-win perspective, I realised that by charging more, I will be more motivated to deliver high quality work to my clients, which in turn keeps them happier and ends up getting me more work as well. That is exactly what I’ve done and the response has been amazing!! I wish I’d read this article before making the mistakes I have but at least I have learned the lessons… I hope

By: Allie

Allie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:13:41 +0000

I've always found that reading up on job boards and any related forums help me find new ideas and ways to approach the market. The other tips were spot on though.

By: suzannemcdonald

suzannemcdonald — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:23:05 +0000

Good advice to stay away from elance and job boards ... if we were living in India or the Philippines, we could work for so little, too.

Ultimately, consultants need to brand ourselves not as consultants who will wring every penny out but as partners who can be trusted with an aspect of the business that clients are overwhelmed by, either because they're too busy to blog or don't know how, or some combination.

Clients need to know you care about their business just as much as they do.

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:40:50 +0000

It's crazy how simple business is. And it's crazy how many people are convinced they can short cut the hard work and find some “trick”.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:09:32 +0000

Some people obviously don't care about having repeat business. How you can stop taking correspondence after you receive payment just baffles me. Sure some people might over stay their welcome but there should be some sort of follow up allowed.

By: virtualimpax

virtualimpax — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:59:29 +0000

You hit the nail on the head when you identified these people as “inexperienced” buyers.

Inexperienced buyers are between a rock and a hard place in this brave new world. On the one hand, they've been told how easy and “cheap” the whole “blogging” business is – on the other, paying top dollar doesn't always guarantee quality service.

It's indeed surprising how uncommon “common” sense can be!!!

By: drcharlesparker

drcharlesparker — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:58:11 +0000

Thanks Marko,
I will get over there, but think I have mine already on feedburner and just don't have that excellent HTML looking email format, – appreciate your input!
Chuck

By: Marko Saric

Marko Saric — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:32:10 +0000

Thanks Charles. It's all done automatically via feedburner.com. Transfer your feed there and in "Publicize" in the menu you have the "Email Subscriptions" where you setup the RSS via email option. I hope that's what you meant.