Comments on: Do you have all of your eggs in one basket?

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Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:46:48 +0000

[...] ever put all your eggs in one basket. Both Deb and me post about this almost to a fault in my opinion. If you put all your trust in one [...]

By: Trisha

Trisha — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:39:12 +0000

Well, I have MOST of my eggs in one basket. I’m new to all of this and I have a hard time finding new gigs and clients. I’m working on some new places for finding work. (Suggestions are welcome!)

Someone mentioned having a hard time organizing their clients and projects. This site helps and is free: http://www.sidejobtrack.com

By: Micah

Micah — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:48:39 +0000

Yes, all in one basket so to speak. I would like to have a couple different eggs, in a variety of baskets, with different colors. Red for the “hot” jobs, blue for the constant jobs, oh…errr…sorry about that. Going on off colors.

By: pallavi khera

pallavi khera — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:51:07 +0000

hi,really nice article and really on time as i am jobless now a days.I was working with somebody ,but now that work is finished and i have nothing in hand right now.I think you should have different opportunities in hand if want to b at safer side.

By: Mariella

Mariella — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:07:23 +0000

I have eggs in too many baskets, i think. Sometimes I can’t even remember for whom I’m currently writing for. LOL.

By: Misti

Misti — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:23:52 +0000

I sort of have all my eggs in one basket, though I am attempting to diversify.

By “sort of”, I mean that I usually have only one paying client at once, but I do have a few people that I work for; they just happen to have assignments different months.

God always does provide what I need when I need it, though.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:38:26 +0000

I’m glad to say that I don’t have all of my eggs in one basket. I work for several different people, so if one gig falls through (as has already happened to me in my short three months freelancing), then I have more baskets to fall back on!

By: Amy Ulibarri

Amy Ulibarri — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:29:03 +0000

I am new to freelance writing, but I do have 1 full client and some 1 gig clients. I think I am doing okay for just starting out, but I am trying to add more baskets. I LOVE baskets!

By: Carla Gade

Carla Gade — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:53:21 +0000

This was a great and timely article. So I decided to expand myself a bit. One of the hard things about writing is that there are bound to be rejections, and lots of them. The more opportunities we seek the more opportunities we can maintain. No one wants an empty basket!

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:47:21 +0000

I don’t want any long term clients right now because I don’t want to be too committed. I want my schedule to be completely flexible. So I have lots of little jobs or clients that I can contact and say I have time to take some work, have you got any?

Some day I hope to have regular clients, but not just one.