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Safety/privacy as an online tutor?

I'm interested in doing online tutoring and I've gotten offers from a few companies, but I'm new to this and I have maybe a strange concern. A lot of tutoring sites want to list information about you like your first name, last name/initial, college…
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How to learn about MSA, SOW, RFP? (consulting)

I recently started consulting and I was wondering how does one learn how to write a: MSA (master service agreement), SOW (statement of work), RFP (request for proposal), etc. I have a big client but I have no idea how to write a "proposal". I know…
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How to tell a client that some of their pages on a website are completely useless

I'm currently doing a website for a client as a freelance web developer. We had our first meetup and we discussed what he wants on the website, what his company does, etc. I coming up with the pages that he will need, such as products, services,…
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Quote for creating design for website without developing the site?

I have a client that has hired another website developer agency to create his website, but he wants me to design a better layout for the agency to implement since he isn't happy with what they have for him. I'm not completely sure what I should…
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Should I ask for the remaining amount of money owed to me when client extends deadline?

Basically I'm designing a Shopify website for a client, we agreed to have them pay me in three installments and the site would be done in 21 days. With the last installment paid when the project is finished. However there is some content she hasn't…
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Interview questions for Late-Paying clients

I am currently doing a thesis for a company that engage in B2B.The main problem of the company right now is that about 20% (+/- 15 clients) of their clients are constantly paying their invoice late, some are even 90+ days overdue. As part my of…
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How to answer to new client's requests while having no time to work for them?

As you may have already read I had health problems, I was K.O. for 3 weeks and it was a big problem for my job for many reasons... I am still having right now hard times to keep up with previous enstablished schedules and deadlines, but I am…
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Including Extra Work as 100% Discounted Hours

I just completed a project and ended up going about 20 hours over on a 39 hour project. I allowed some scope creep because my contract was not that bulletproof and I didn't feel it was worth the hassle. I saw a suggestion to include the hours but…
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How to deal with holiday leave/sickness when on retainer?

When a retainer is set for I.T. services; how should I deal with sickness and holiday leave? i.e. If a service requires me to attend it within 3 hours; and i'm abroad or quite sick; what would be the best method to inform the client or prepare them…
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What ICT companies fill a locum by a freelancer?

A locum, in NHS parlance, is a professional standing in for another. What companies in the Information/Communications Technology domain use locum to fill positions on their technology (programming, networking, support, qa) teams? Have any ICT…
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Is it compulsory to mention my postal address in an invoice I create?

I've seen this question about the confusion on using a residential address, but my question is that since I'm a software professional and I don't expect the company to deliver anything to my postal address and just do a bank transfer of the payment,…
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How to determine pricing for Freelance Web Hosting For VERY Large Corporation

I'm a creative freelance who has been scoring bigger and bigger clients. My invoices have significantly jumped and business is getting good. I have a VERY large corporation who wants me to host a website being created for them. It is a website…
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How much should I pay a previously salaried employee to stay on as a consultant?

I just bought a company yesterday that has been run for the last six years by the owner's sister ("Sue"), whom I would give the title of "Business Manager". It's a small business, but we do government work, so there's a fair amount of paperwork in…
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Different world opinions with my client, quit or stay?

For few months I have been working for one client and after that time I have realized something, that was not visible at first sight - my client is a person, who dislike people of other race and religion and is pro Russian, to put it lightly, who is…
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Can I charge higher for a non paying client?

I am a web developer who works for a company and next to it has "private clients" as a freelancer. One of my client is my co-worker's friend, who is a real estate rental salesman. First I had to move his webpage to our server. The webpage used a lot…
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