Comments on: 10 Essential Steps to Avoid Freelance Headaches http://freelanceswitch.com/freelancing-essentials/10-essential-steps-to-avoid-freelance-headaches/ Freelance Advice and Freelance Jobs - FreelanceSwitch Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:27:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Chaitanya http://freelanceswitch.com/freelancing-essentials/10-essential-steps-to-avoid-freelance-headaches/#comment-21951 Chaitanya Thu, 08 May 2008 17:37:00 +0000 http://freelanceswitch.com/freelancing-essentials/10-essential-steps-to-avoid-freelance-headaches/#comment-21951 Good post. From the client's perspective, I would like to add one point that reduces your own headache. That's Avoid Negative Surprises. Deliver bad news as fast as possible - even if its a warning, even if your client is going to be temporarily unhappy about it. But if its good news, confirm it before you tell the client. On negative surprises, especially on something that's going to increase the billing or is going to delay the project make sure you tell the client BEFORE you spend your resources on it. There's another post called "Freelancer Essentials" that you may be interested in. Check it out. ( http://www.p2w2.com/blog/index.php/index.php/2008/05/05/you-inc-freelancer-essentials/ ) Good post. From the client’s perspective, I would like to add one point that reduces your own headache. That’s Avoid Negative Surprises.

Deliver bad news as fast as possible - even if its a warning, even if your client is going to be temporarily unhappy about it. But if its good news, confirm it before you tell the client.

On negative surprises, especially on something that’s going to increase the billing or is going to delay the project make sure you tell the client BEFORE you spend your resources on it.

There’s another post called “Freelancer Essentials” that you may be interested in. Check it out. ( http://www.p2w2.com/blog/index.php/index.php/2008/05/05/you-inc-freelancer-essentials/ )

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