Comments on: What We Don’t Do — Redux

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:05:36 +0000

I'm not dependent on them for work! That's a big thing. I sometimes get people trying to entice me to lower my rates because it will be "regular" work. My response is I already have regular work for more than that. There's sometimes a perception that most freelancers are desperate and an assumption that potential clients have the upper hand in negotiations–not necessarily the case.

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:59:11 +0000

LOL! I like that, Allena. Depends on what the "free" means. If it's something on my site that they can refer to, fine.

By: allena

allena — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:03:51 +0000

we don't do free samples….except when we do… blah.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:20:27 +0000

Amen, Paula. Amen.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:17:02 +0000

To indecisive editors who keep changing an article's slant even after you've turned it in: What you want is a different article entailing more research, additional interviews and starting from scratch. I can't do that for free. You'll have to pay the original fee and an additional fee for the extra work.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:40:29 +0000

No we don't, but they sure think we do!

By: Jake P

Jake P — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:21:34 +0000

We don't have ESP.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:10:42 +0000

Same here, Damaria. I had a client once who always came to me with same-day projects or those needing to be done in 24 hours. When I could, I'd accommodate (they paid my rate without question). When I couldn't, I told them so. Their lack of planning shouldn't be disruptive to me or to my clients who plan better.

By: Damaria Senne

Damaria Senne — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:00:52 +0000

I don't wait around for work to appear. This is something that I've had to communicate to one or two former clients who wanted to send me work and set the deadline for 24 hours thereafter, or even the same day.