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6 great admin habits for freelancers

Tiffany Markman — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:55:30 +0000

My Freelancentral column started with a swinging stable door and the horse escaping into a new freelance life. Its first piece spoke to the different types of clients to look out for; its second examined the client-contractor relationship. This article looks at what should happen between the lines of doing the work; in short, how freelancers can run their un-stabled lives so that they are more like businesses and less like hobbies. Yes, it’s about admin. A five-letter synonym for torture. But admin is what gets the moola in. Here’s the full version of the article on Freelancentral.

Clients & contractors – when’s enough enough?

Tiffany Markman — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:34:39 +0000

My ‘Stable Door’ column for Freelancentral began with an open stable door and the freelancer (a.k.a the horse) escaping into an unfettered freelance life. Its first piece addressed the different types of clients to be wary of (the Boss, the Uninformed, the Briefless and the Buddy). For piece #2, I decided to look at the client-contractor relationship; in other words, what’s expected, what’s unreasonable and how to go the extra 15 miles without killing yourself, or snapping and chopping the client into teensy weensy little pieces. Here is the full version of the article.

‘The Stable Door’ goes live on FLC today

Tiffany Markman — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:40:59 +0000

My new guest column, ‘The Stable Door’, went live on Freelancentral today, with its inaugural piece entitled (clumsily, but there’s no other way to put it), ‘Clients to be wary of’. The piece introduces four types of clients:

The Boss (the client who thinks he’s your boss),
The Uninformed (the client who has no idea what you actually do),
The Briefless (the client who has no idea what he wants) and
The Buddy (the client who wants to be your friend).

If any of these sound like clients you’ve had, have a read. And let me know what you think.

Look out for new column on Freelancecentral

Tiffany Markman — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:51:08 +0000

Starting next week, I’ll be writing columns every so often for Freelancentral, the freelance talent portal. Titled ‘The Stable Door’, my series of articles will deal with issues of interest to freelancers and those who employ them. They’ll also be posted on this blog once they’re up, for your delight, edification and (possibly) occasional venom. Look out for them, and share your thoughts.