Comments on: Giving Clients What They Want http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2008/06/giving-clients-what-they-want/ Mutual Respect Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:47:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amanda Nicole http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2008/06/giving-clients-what-they-want/comment-page-1/#comment-28296 Amanda Nicole Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:49:13 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/giving-clients-what-they-want/#comment-28296 I tend to reiterate a lot. If I'm on the phone with a client, I'll say, "Just to make sure we're on the same page, you'd like..." and I do the same over email as well, along with a request that the client send me a quick "Yep, that's right" email in return. That way, if there are any discretions after the work has been completed, I have something to back me up. Like you say, Jodee, it saves time in the long run! Also, I tend to absorb things better when I write them down. I'll comb through an email and copy down what needs to be done, and that way it's all clear in my little brain. I tend to reiterate a lot. If I’m on the phone with a client, I’ll say, “Just to make sure we’re on the same page, you’d like…” and I do the same over email as well, along with a request that the client send me a quick “Yep, that’s right” email in return. That way, if there are any discretions after the work has been completed, I have something to back me up. Like you say, Jodee, it saves time in the long run!

Also, I tend to absorb things better when I write them down. I’ll comb through an email and copy down what needs to be done, and that way it’s all clear in my little brain.

]]> By: Ann G. http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2008/06/giving-clients-what-they-want/comment-page-1/#comment-28273 Ann G. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:33:06 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/giving-clients-what-they-want/#comment-28273 I've run into this. The client asked for articles on the pros and cons of cloth diapers for the soon-to-be mom using the experiences I'd had as a parent. I felt that was clear enough and wrote the articles. Two months later, she emailed me back saying they were "utter garbage" and that she'd wanted them to focus on a pro attitude more than a con attitude. Had she said that in the first place... It was after the fact that she informed me that with cloth diapers you only do one extra load of laundry per week and that you really only need two dozen cloth diapers. I had to question this because my breastfed kids would go through an easy 20 diapers per day in the first two months of life. But I stick to my opinions. I am on a well and there are no cloth diaper services in this state. I used disposable. My sis-in-law used cloth. From what I saw, her chores were tripled with the soaking, pre-washing and extra laundry. While disposables aren't the best for the environment, when I thought about the extra load on our septic system with the added laundry and the additional water usage from our well, disposables made more sense. I re-wrote the articles to appease her, but in the long run, the advice she's posted on her site is what is the true "utter garbage." I’ve run into this. The client asked for articles on the pros and cons of cloth diapers for the soon-to-be mom using the experiences I’d had as a parent. I felt that was clear enough and wrote the articles. Two months later, she emailed me back saying they were “utter garbage” and that she’d wanted them to focus on a pro attitude more than a con attitude. Had she said that in the first place… It was after the fact that she informed me that with cloth diapers you only do one extra load of laundry per week and that you really only need two dozen cloth diapers. I had to question this because my breastfed kids would go through an easy 20 diapers per day in the first two months of life.

But I stick to my opinions. I am on a well and there are no cloth diaper services in this state. I used disposable. My sis-in-law used cloth. From what I saw, her chores were tripled with the soaking, pre-washing and extra laundry. While disposables aren’t the best for the environment, when I thought about the extra load on our septic system with the added laundry and the additional water usage from our well, disposables made more sense.

I re-wrote the articles to appease her, but in the long run, the advice she’s posted on her site is what is the true “utter garbage.”

]]> By: Sonya http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/2008/06/giving-clients-what-they-want/comment-page-1/#comment-28271 Sonya Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:23:02 +0000 http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/giving-clients-what-they-want/#comment-28271 Very true. Very true.

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