Comments on: The Balance Between Handling Business Queries vs. Doing The Actual Work

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:35:26 +0000

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Keep Your Promotion Efforts In Top Gear - For Free : Freelance Folder — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:16:26 +0000

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Freelance Advice from the Blogosphere, Part 3 | Freelance Parent — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:20:52 +0000

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By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:40:15 +0000

This is definitely a struggle. I’m still amazed at the end of the day how much time I spent on “minor” activities like email.

By: Naomi Dunford

Naomi Dunford — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:50:07 +0000

Great post, Amrit. I dig it. And dugg it. (Ahh, Digg puns. I really need to grow up.)

The writing queries are ones I don’t usually mind because I find them fairly straightforward. In my experience, people who need writers need writers, and they don’t mess around a lot. The marketing ones are hard, though. There are a lot more tire-kickers and people who aren’t sure if they’re ready to buy. I think I’m going to have my husband start playing secretary for this task because he doesn’t get emotionally involved.

I find I end up getting way too detailed and attached. Templates combined with outside help would probably take two hours off my work day. Awesome advice – thank you!

By: Christine O'Kelly

Christine O'Kelly — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:09:28 +0000

This is an excellent post – I just submitted it to Digg – EVERY freelancer or person who operates a service business can benefit from what you have here. I know for me that new inquiries are often a point of stress rather than excitement. These are great suggestions for eliminating that stress and not wasting time that takes away from paying clients.

Christine