Category: Freelancers Meetup

Some of our wins of 2020 and goals of 2021 Client-developer mutual respect Educate clients Set boundaries/expectations Find work/life balance Grow! Focus on big new projects Keep up with all the tech Get through 2021 Make side gig the main thing Nurture partnerships Subcontracting Whitelabeling Outsourcing Learn marketing better Run business more efficiently More long …

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When do you say no to a project? Double price rather than no – at least you get paid if they take it Gut feeling Better safe than sorry Not comfortable w/ work -> refer out Lead to sale is a process with different checkpoints: Phase 1 – does the initial fit look right? budget, …

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Workflow Automation Jessica S presents on Zapier Zapier is an online tool for automating tasks by connecting different web apps with step-by-step workflows. In Zapier, you create workflows, or Zaps, which consist of Triggers that lead to Actions. Once created, Zaps run automatically, completing Tasks that you may otherwise have needed to complete manually. You …

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What tools, processes, practices does everybody use to manage leads and clients? Trying out Hubspot (can report back how that goes) Push everything to Gmail. Insightly for tasks pushes to Gmail using Zapier. Task group called follow up in Gmail. Spreadsheet with headers for each step of the workflow. Rescuetime for time tracking. Trello board …

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We invited Annie LaCroix to join us for our August meetup. She shared tips on evaluating your time and restructuring your calendar to group like tasks together. The full recording can be found here: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/xNFpDL7N0V5Oc6_I5GH-U6w-Gtvfaaa8gSAbq_sJy0poGnXOhcXitZhbmdqDiAwE?startTime=1596734108000 She graciously shared her slides: Time Management Some tools that were mentioned during the discussion: https://www.rescuetime.com/ https://www.getharvest.com/