Comments on: 15 Tips for Freelancers Starting Their Own Business

By: A multitude of tips for freelancers — Proofreader jobs

A multitude of tips for freelancers — Proofreader jobs — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:26:17 +0000

[...] 15 tips for starting their own business [...]

By: Collaboration Cathy

Collaboration Cathy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:31:53 +0000

Great tips. Still relevant as then. Having the right tools is also a part of it. I use HyperOffice to collaborate with my clients. I set up a “shared workspace” for every new client, which not only helps streamline file sharing, coordination of schedules, shared info etc, but also creates an impression of professionalism.

By: May

May — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:03:28 +0000

As a developer, we sometimes lack of sales training.

By: May

May — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:02:05 +0000

I like tips 11. Freelances need to be a salesman first

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bacterial vaginosis — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:10:11 +0000

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By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:18:04 +0000

With current Global Financial Crisis where most employer can’t offer job security anymore. It’s time to explore other income source and freelancing is a good option as it doesn’t take much capital to start ( mostly only your time ) and the potential is quite huge. Internet also offer a major advantage to allow freelancers work without any boundries. Your article offer a great advice.

Totally agree with Point No 10. We only good on certain thing and try to do all task by ourselves is not possible and waste our time. Build your business network with other freelancers and companies will expand your target market as your business network will most likely to refer their customer back to you !

By: Diane Gale

Diane Gale — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:05:41 +0000

Awesome post guys. it is for sure really informative and it helped me out a lot.
I will keep in mind the advice when I am starting my own business.

Keep pumping the good contents dudes

By: Social Suresh

Social Suresh — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:02:11 +0000

Try HyperOffice collaboration software. Its a real simple and comprehensive collaboration suite which brings all the tools a freelancer needs in one place.

By: Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:35:11 +0000

Great advice for anyone starting their own business! One comment for your readers on tip 11 – Work on your Sales Technique. A few years back I was handed a copy of Joe Girard’s “How to Close Every Sale”. I’ve read dozens of sales books and this guy taught me more than all the others combined in a just a few hundred pages of EASY reading. There is a reason he has the Guinness Book of Worlds for most cars sold…. No joke!

By: Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:28:58 +0000

Great tips! I’ve just started a business myself and the two things that have been focusing in that have helped improve my businesss is 1) Organization and 2) Hunt down every sale. 1) Organization is important once customers begin to really pile up. I noticed that sales leads if received, even those i was really exited about, would get pushed aside and forgotten about the second the phone rang again. Now I keep an excel spreadsheet open at all time sto keep track of my leads. 2) I read a book call “How to Close Every Sale” by Joe Jirards