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Happy Thanksgiving, and… You’re Fired (More on a Tough Economy)

Two days before Thanksgiving I received The Email; one of my retainer projects wasn’t going to be funded in 2009 – a victim, the client said, of the economic upheaval.
No, the timing wasn’t great, but I wasn’t surprised. This was a speculative project – one living far from the organization’s revenue stream. And in tough [...]

Posted 01 December 2008 † Tom Chandler § Business of Freelancing § Copywriting ‡ Comments (7) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Getting Ready For the Client Pitch: How to Turn Prospects Into Clients

I’ve repeatedly said you should pick the clients and projects that interest you, get your foot in the door (via lumpy mailers), and get the business.
But how do you pitch prospects — and make them buy what you’re proposing?
I’m working on a pitch right now. (And yes, I  generated the meeting via a lumpy [...]

Posted 07 May 2008 † Tom Chandler § Business of Freelancing § Copywriting § The Best Of the Underground ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , ,