If you know your clients by name, then they will feel comfortable employing you to complete their web design \/ graphic design project. On the other hand if you can’t remember their name, they may think you’re a really really busy person who has no time for them. Clients are number 1 priority – after all they pay your bills.<\/p>\n

Make conversation with your clients<\/h3>\n

Freelancers don’t always have to talk about the project in hand. Make small talk with your clients on a personal level, maybe about sport, or hobbies etc. The client will like the fact that you are interested in them, and will most probably come back for more work.<\/p>\n

Have set prices for follow up work<\/h3>\n

Quite often you will be hired to do a design job, be specific about what is included and make it clear that anything on top will cost more money. For example they may ask for revisions, new sub pages, other small features. Your time is money and make that clear.<\/p>\n

Learn how to say no<\/h3>\n

With all freelancers, it may get to a point where you have a lot of work, and your mates may ring up and ask you to come out for a drink. You need to learn how to say no, no matter how tempting the offer maybe, if you have a website that needs to be emailed to a client within the next hour, or a design project that needs finishing off, then that takes priority to keep you staying professional.<\/p>\n

Set completion dates<\/h3>\n

Its important that you set a date to complete, this is good for yourself and the customer. Customers are always excited to see what you have come up with so make sure you give them a date to keep them happy. It will also make you more organized so that you can plan future work and time off.<\/p>\n

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Be Persistent<\/h3>\n

Don’t forget about something if you don’t get a response. Chase people up, but not to the stage where it’s annoying. Showcase your work and sell yourself to new clients.<\/p>\n

Always offer a top notch service<\/h3>\n

You should always offer a top notch service, whoever the client. If they are really bossy you have to deal with it and stay professional. If you offer a top notch service, customers are sure to refer you and come back for later work.<\/p>\n

The customer is always right (with exceptions)<\/h3>\n

Ever heard the phrase the customer is always right? Generally speaking they are, but sometimes they can be wrong, very wrong. If the client has given you a spec and you have completed the design, and they said it’s not as they described, they wanted a red color scheme when they clearly said in the brief they wanted a green color scheme, they are wrong. You just have to deal with fussy clients like that on a professional and mature level.<\/p>\n

Go that extra mile<\/h3>\n

To make yourself stand out from the freelancer crowd, go that extra mile for your clients. If you have just designed a beautiful website for them, go the extra mile and say you know what, how about I upload that for you? No extra expenses. It doesn’t cost you anything, and your client will be amazed at your level of service and will be sure to come back time and time again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes when being a freelancer things go wrong because we haven’t properly prepared. Today we have put together a list of sort of rules to follow as a web freelancer, let us know which of these you follow and which ones you wish you knew before something bad happened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n