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Do you charge for a client for your time if they don't like the work or at least they say they don't?
i have a client who wants a design job for a product launch> This is a new client for me and a new line of work. I have a freelancer who will do the work, but how do I charge.
it is easy if the client likes the work, but do you charge for your time…
Derek
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Steps to persuade a client to open his branch office in your country hiring you and your team fulltime?
It's been 4 years these days that my colleagues and myself have been working as full-time freelancers. When we started doing this, we hoped that with our quality and expertize in 4-year time we will have found a client who will open a branch of his…
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Client non-responding on official email but talks only on skype
I just had a project that was like bad dream - finally we settled for a refund amount. Along with the same, client also allowed me to have complete control over my code.
The problem is, above agreement happened over skype.
To put things into…
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How should one convince the client to switch from hourly pay to fixed cost?
I often see great requests for proposals which are provided with preferred hourly rate range. Sometimes the hourly rate itself isn't comfortable for me (honestly, far too low), despite the project is great and I have similar prior experience (say, I…
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Legalities of client making modifications to source code under a non-exclusive license
If I make a website for a client and all the coding is original work and I sell them a non-exclusive license to use the material in their business, would they be allowed to modify the source code in the future, or even have another developer come in…
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When to inform client that a contract extension is not possible
I'm currently working on-site as a contractor in a bigger software project.
The client and I have closed a contract which run's until the end of the year. Now I've gathered from talking to coworkers that this project is expected to run much longer…
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How much should I charge for graphic design and how?
I am a beginner at graphic design work but I have been using Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and other computer programs for years. I currently live in Austin, TX where there are tons of freelance designers.
A couple months ago, I was working for…
Jonathan
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how to find companies willing to accept free home page redesign
The common advice is to do free work to get portfolio started, however, I have found that businesses that do care about having a site usually also care about finding the best person to handle their site. Business that don't care about their site…
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How to treat commissions paid to a Canadian freelancing website when tracking income?
A portion of my income, in Canada, is derived from contracts through the freelancing website oDesk. For their trouble, oDesk skims 10% off the top of what the end client is charged and forwards the rest on to me. As I also have income that doesn't…
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Best way to organise & keep track of client data
I do freelancing works, It's getting overwhelming to keep track of client's data like security certificates, encryption keys, numerous passwords, recurring payments & subscriptions. My question is how do you keep track of all client related data?
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What is the best way to add internal projects as references?
I've had the opportunity to work on many internal projects, projects that either offline or protected by admin credentials, for different clients - I'm wondering what's the best way to refer to these projects on my LinkedIn/website/resume?
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What is the way to prove termination of a contract?
The competition clause of my consultancy agreement contains that
The resignation means that the consultant is ineligible during 1 year after the retirement date to begin, take employment with, or directly or indirectly interested in any business…
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How do I ensure payment on international projects?
I was recently contacted by a small design studio in Canada to do some freelance design. I live in Nebraska, which they said is not an issue to work with them.
What is the best way to ensure payment and ask about insuring payment? Since I would not…
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How to best tier consulting rates for different aspects of one’s skill set?
So, I used to do freelance/contract work consistently for years. Mainly full LAMP stack developing. Now I am doing purely Linux/Unix system administration work with dabbling in development when the task dictates.
That said, I am getting approached…
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How do I compensate a freelance blogger that I want to hire?
For our eCommerce business, I'm writing a series of cosmetics tips & trends blog posts that tie into our products. Once I have a few up (about 8), I want to hire a freelancer online, ideally a girl/lady who's passionate about cosmetics, writes…
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