I appreciate the heads up on it’s questionable rankings accuracy, so I can be cautious in the future were I to refer someone there for that intent.

Thanks for reading and responding to the post, and again for your helpful resource/link.

It’s also a great tactic you use by starting your headline with Freelance 411. It got my attention and showed me that you know what you’re talking about when you say marketing is important.

Thanks for keeping up the great work.

Really good advice. I also think that with the 80/20 rule, it partially means that we are “inactive / not productive” 80 % of the time. To me it is a time management thing. Batching tasks helps, and staying organized helps. I always like to think that if I am doing this well with 20%, just imagine what I could do if I ever really got up to 100% efficiency?

I agree about your response to the negative comment. It is hard to have grace under fire. It’s something Deb and Jodee have always been very good at.

Thanks for setting a good example.

You are absolutely right that people need to give 100% of themselves in order to succeed. My take is that many people, myself included, tend to overly focus on things that in the long run are not as productive for them. The Pareto Principle is only a tool — one that can help some people take stock of where they are focusing their efforts, so they can then evaluate if they are best served in continuing to doing so.

As for Alexa, it is at least a starting point and offers a comprehensive compendium of companies for freelancers to consider in their marketing efforts.

While you seem to be very internet savvy, not everyone reading this is at your level of proficiency, and many people are *NOT* aware of this site.

I am not sure how directing people to new avenues for prospecting and client acquisition can be construed as ‘bad advice’, but I do appreciate you taking the time to read my post and respond, and for your kind remark about my overall writing abilities.

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As for Alexa, the sites are only ranked by people who have the Alexa toolbar, which is not 100% of the population. If the people in your niche use the toolbar that’s a great option, but otherwise, you’re using a tool without fully knowing where the data comes from.

This article is, in my opinion, bad advice. Well written bad advice, but still…