Comments on: Day 4: Get Inside Your Clients’ Head http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads Let's put the "freedom" in freelancing Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Abu Wilson http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3934 Abu Wilson Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:29:09 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3934 Thank you Alexis! Thank you Alexis!

]]> By: Alexis http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3918 Alexis Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:04:13 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3918 @Abu Wilson - Definitely! @Abu Wilson – Definitely!

]]> By: Alexis http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3917 Alexis Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:04:00 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3917 @Abu Wilson - Just say you don't think you're a good fit for each other, and offer to refer the prospect to other freelancers, if you feel like it. @Abu Wilson – Just say you don’t think you’re a good fit for each other, and offer to refer the prospect to other freelancers, if you feel like it.

]]> By: Abu Wilson http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3902 Abu Wilson Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:14:53 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3902 If I meet a potential client and I know I do not want that person as a client, how do I say "Thanks but no thanks?" If I meet a potential client and I know I do not want that person as a client, how do I say “Thanks but no thanks?”

]]> By: Abu Wilson http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3901 Abu Wilson Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:11:10 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3901 Would having an ideal client profile help me to better avoid challenging clients? Would having an ideal client profile help me to better avoid challenging clients?

]]> By: Elizabeth http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3879 Elizabeth Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:22:46 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3879 This is a great exercise. Like many of the others I have found it really challenging. My client group is really varied, different ages/backgrounds/levels of need that I didn't think I could find any common ground. To be honest this will be an ongoing exercise, but I have begun to see patterns emerging: they are all busy / they all lack confidence in writing / they all need great (and prompt) communication from me to feel reassured... Hopefully I will be able to give this the sort of detail required, but still working on it. This is a great exercise. Like many of the others I have found it really challenging. My client group is really varied, different ages/backgrounds/levels of need that I didn’t think I could find any common ground. To be honest this will be an ongoing exercise, but I have begun to see patterns emerging: they are all busy / they all lack confidence in writing / they all need great (and prompt) communication from me to feel reassured… Hopefully I will be able to give this the sort of detail required, but still working on it.

]]> By: Abu Wilson http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3832 Abu Wilson Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:53:32 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3832 AWESOME, AWESOME ADVICE! Thank you very much. It can be tough to find convince a potential client sometimes. I wish I had an invisible hand to put inside a potential client's mind and massage it to be my client. This post gives great info! AWESOME, AWESOME ADVICE! Thank you very much. It can be tough to find convince a potential client sometimes. I wish I had an invisible hand to put inside a potential client’s mind and massage it to be my client. This post gives great info!

]]> By: Brian http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-3078 Brian Tue, 03 May 2011 03:54:21 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-3078 Thanks for this tip. I have been doing this sort of thing for a while, but hadn't really taken it seriously as an important step. You have shed some much needed light in this area. I will now take it a step further, follow your advise, and do it more effectively. Thanks again Lexi for another great post. Thanks for this tip. I have been doing this sort of thing for a while, but hadn’t really taken it seriously as an important step. You have shed some much needed light in this area. I will now take it a step further, follow your advise, and do it more effectively. Thanks again Lexi for another great post.

]]> By: Bonnie http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-2757 Bonnie Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:29:45 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-2757 This one is really hard for me because of the diversity of my target client/audience. They range from family people to small businesses to people looking for work, even up to big corporations - so how would I incorporate that into my market/target client? This one is really hard for me because of the diversity of my target client/audience. They range from family people to small businesses to people looking for work, even up to big corporations – so how would I incorporate that into my market/target client?

]]> By: Chris Vanasdalan http://thesavvyfreelancer.com/management/get-inside-your-clients-heads/comment-page-1#comment-2666 Chris Vanasdalan Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:54:59 +0000 http://www.thesavvyfreelancer.com/?p=426#comment-2666 Thanks for this post. I've been freelancing for about 6 months now and I've been working to identify the needs of my potential clients, but I never made the connection about developing a true profile of my ideal client. I left the broadcast news and reporting world to go freelance and I've been trying to focus more on business writing. This exercise made me realize I should get back to what I do best (reporting), and now I can start identifying specific editors and publishers to pitch to. That way I'm not spinning my wheels trying to force a path as a copywriter when I don't really enjoy it as much as I thought I would. Thanks for this post. I’ve been freelancing for about 6 months now and I’ve been working to identify the needs of my potential clients, but I never made the connection about developing a true profile of my ideal client.

I left the broadcast news and reporting world to go freelance and I’ve been trying to focus more on business writing. This exercise made me realize I should get back to what I do best (reporting), and now I can start identifying specific editors and publishers to pitch to. That way I’m not spinning my wheels trying to force a path as a copywriter when I don’t really enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

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