http://freelancemarketplace.tribe.net/threads/rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://freelancemarketplace.tribe.net/thread/9cd4a2e0-4492-48bc-b4cf-b5008dd5cee3 <div>Looking for Miami based self employed/freelance interior designers or architects, <br/> <br/>that are interested to collaborate with me for some designers works. <br/>please contact me as soon as possible. <br/> <br/>Js</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://freelancemarketplace.tribe.net">Free Lance / Self Employed</a> - 0 replies </div> Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:39:40 GMT http://freelancemarketplace.tribe.net/thread/9cd4a2e0-4492-48bc-b4cf-b5008dd5cee3 raIN404 2006-08-03T07:39:40Z http://freelancemarketplace.tribe.net/thread/04d3b0b1-b60e-4275-9c46-66625ef285b8 <div>The most stressful part of obtaining a client is getting a price for your service and closing the deal on it. This is just as stressful for the client as well. <br/> <br/>In my experience it is important to establish a relationship with the client BEFORE setting a price. I commonly get cold calls from clients who only ask a the very start, "How much does it (the service) cost?" This gives us no opportunity to establish who we are and what the job will truly entail for either the client or for yourself and is a losing proposition from the start: We're not selling grapefruits here, personal services are, by nature, customized to the client's situation and the parameters of your relationship with the client. <br/> <br/>Prospective clients may find themselves paying less than market rates for a service if they can establish a good working relationship with the provider. Service providers should be (and generaly are) willing to bend their price expectations to accommadate a great client. <br/> <br/>So, talk about it first. Check out who the client is and what they really need and how you two jibe on an interpersonal level. Try to meet one-on-one and reassure the client that your first meeting is free with no obligation -just sit and have some coffee together and talk. Then set a price that pays you appropriately but seals the deal with the client. Did you go to high in price? Be flexible if the client is worth having. Is the client cold and treats you like the "hired help?" Stand firm there, if you're going to prostitute yourself working for somebody you can't stand then you might as well make the money for it.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://freelancemarketplace.tribe.net">Free Lance / Self Employed</a> - 2 replies </div> Wed, 08 Sep 2004 19:12:03 GMT http://freelancemarketplace.tribe.net/thread/04d3b0b1-b60e-4275-9c46-66625ef285b8 snowdogtony 2004-09-08T19:12:03Z