Freelance Radio, Episode 31: Long-Term Clients



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The thirty-first episode of Freelance Radio, the official FreelanceSwitch podcast, is now available! This episode, the panel (John Brougher, Dickie Adams, Kristen Fischer and Von Glitschka) talks about long-term clients. Subscriptions to the podcast are available via iTunes and an archive of all podcasts will appear in the podcast section. We hope you enjoy it!

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John Brougher is a freelance technology and new media consultant and speaker from Washington, DC. John eats, sleeps and breathes technology, from his (ever-obsolete) Mac laptop to his always-playing iPhone (not to mention the myriad of gadgets strewn throughout his workspace). His consulting business lives online at johnbrougher.com. John is beyond proud to contribute to Freelance Switch as the host of Freelance Radio, the official podcast of Freelance Switch, as well as helping to manage a variety of content for the site. He always loves to hear from readers and listeners--please feel free to contact him via the Freelance Radio form. You can follow John on Twitter at twitter.com/johnbrougher. John likes putting things in piles, the Sacramento Kings basketball team, hamburgers and taking new gadgets out of boxes.



  1. PG Reza Tehranian

    Hey guys, great podcast!

    I’ve had a client for 10 years, and I have to agree with all of you guys. You don’t have to explain everything to the old client like you do to the new ones, they know and trust that you’ll do the job the way they want you to do it. I have the same experience with my old client, they just call me up, ask me if I have some time, and send me an email with all the information, and they trust that they’ll get a good service, and they have.

    Like Kristen, I have kept them on the top of my list during Christmas and other occasions. A Thank You card here or a Calendar or anything to let them know that I cherish and value their business.

    Some clients however, as you mentioned toward the end of the podcast, think they know everything there is to know about creativity. Sure you can teach them how to use the tools, but creativity is something you have in you and you develop over years of experience.

    But again, seeing all the bad websites out there, will definitely make a graphic designer stand out. As I mentioned to a client, sure you can save a Word document to HTML, but we are not living in 1990′s anymore!

  2. PG Janis Liepins

    Reza , I am agree with you for all 100%

  3. PG Nick

    Hey Guys,

    Did you all come up with a regular schedule for posting your episodes? That Way I can just mark my calender rather than constantly disappointing myself by going to this page.

    Thanks ahead of time for your help/advice
    And as always, Dickie= supercalfrajalisticbeerflavorednipples.
    ~Nick Pierson

  4. PG Amanda

    Hey Von,

    The vibrating in your pocket is actually a new phenomenon since cell phones have existed. Check out this article!

    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-06-12-cellphones_N.htm?csp=34

    Weird eh!

    Enjoy :)
    Amanda

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