100% Remote working as a freelancer

1. FREELANCER TIPS Going 100% remote as a freelancer © kaboompics_Pixabay You can find more freelancer tips on www.freelancermap.com/freelancer-tips

2. Not all freelancer are always remote workers, but most want to be. Working from wherever you want means more freedom when planning a schedule. It’s easy to understand why freelancers don’t like to make regular trips to a client’s office. But it’s also not hard to understand the reasons behind clients wanting freelancers to be on site. Stuff like quality control and team meetings aren’t exclusive to those in the office, clients have to learn. Want to convince your clients that working remotely can be great if done right? Here are the five things you’ll have to do:

3. 1. Tell clients why remote work makes sense Business owners care about measurable and concrete arguments. Instead of travelling to their office for more than two hours, you could be working. That saves money and work hours. Remote work can also be good for motivation if you’re the right person for it. Explain to your client that you work better and more in the working environment that you have created for yourself instead of in one created by others. But to completely gain your client’s trust as a remote worker, you’ll have to show them that you work systematically and reliably.

4. 2. Create milestones A good way to show that you’re not planning on pulling all-nighters in the last possible moment is to create milestones. Split a project into four or five different parts. This tells a client that you’ve given the task a lot of thought. It allows them to always know which stage you’re currently at and to give feedback as necessary.

5. 3. Set deadlines and take them seriously Milestones are not just there to show that you can split up a project in a way that makes sense. They’re also there for time management purposes. As a remote worker, it falls on you to set your own deadlines. This will only work if you abide by them as if they were set by a higher-up. Keeping your own deadlines is essential for both showing your reliability as a remote worker and for your success as a freelancer.

6. 4. Be transparent in sharing results Having a plan is good, but being able to efficiently deal with things going wrong is what makes a remote worker great. Don’t be afraid to tell your client if a recent change pushes back the entire schedule. Tell them what’s going wrong and what you can do to fix it. There is nothing worse for a remote workers reputation than not communicating failures until the last possible moment.

7. 5. Provide multiple ways for communication Meeting are important. Regardless whether they take place in the office, on Skype, Slack, via email or phone. To prove your worth as a remote worker, you will have to be open for feedback and discussion. Part one of doing that is answering as promptly and accurately as possible without wasting too much of your own time or that of your client. Part two is being available at the appropriate time and in the ways preferable to the client. However, keep your own time in mind! Business meetings have a tendency to drag on without having meaningful results. Write down the main things that need to be discussed and go by that list to avoid eating too much into the actual project hours.

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