- Finalize the requirements before starting the project.
- You might pay me for sudden/quick/oh-yeah kind of work but I would recommend giving more time to the initial thinking and get everything on the documentation before project starts.
- Finalize the requirements before starting the project.
- I might or might not work on weekends. I am responsible for your project. I’ll do it on time
When I started my venture I was not very sure about the term “Partnership”. For me partnership was about getting partners whom will work with me. But, I was wrong. I was wrong to follow wrong reasons for partnership. I thought I might get few friends, ask them if they would like to work with me and that’s it. I thought that having people whom I knew, was friends with was all that I needed to partnership. But, I was terribly wrong. I am not really eligible to talk very technical on this subject but want to provide some guidelines for the newbies who are trying to jump onto the business bandwagon. continue reading »
The key to success for any business is its marketing. The same applies to every freelancer. Your success depends on how much you are known in the market. Market can be your own local market, some online community or any section of the world that can possibly provide you work. Make sure that everyday you spend some time building yourself, your brand, your services. continue reading »
As a professional, your experience matters a lot. And, to “officially” prove your experience you need to have evidences, which are generally called experience letters, reference letters, letter of recommendation etc. The point that I want to emphasize in my this post is not to forget the paperwork. continue reading »
A lot of people around ask for mockups before they can award the project. This often happens on Freelance bidding websites. Beware of such demands. 2 years back I have experienced the bitter side of these mockups. They will lure you with a potential project that you can work on IF you can give them a beautiful mockup. They don’t want a draft. They want a mockup, which roughly translates into giving them placeholders, gradient bars and a design that they can adapt for their own good. continue reading »
You must have heard this a lot of times – Be innovative, do something new, do something different. It is quite easy to say these phrases but are equally hard to follow. And one of the biggest reasons why it is so hard is because we don’t believe in ourselves. We don’t believe in our ideas and the thought of “what the world will think about it?” always haunts us. What it takes to be Innovative? Try a simple mantra – PSWYST – People See What You Show Them. continue reading »
A lot of incoming freelancers have some preconceived notions about freelancing which, if overlooked, can doom your plans. I will be soon throwing some light on what exactly is freelancing but before that here is a list of reasons for not being a freelancer. continue reading »
This is one of the most common question that has been asked by many of my friends who want to jump onto the business wagon. And, honestly I was asking this all the time when I started up. The bad news is there is no simple way of getting it. But, the good news is that you can do it. continue reading »
It is very important that whatever you do you should be passionate about it. Passionate doesn’t mean being crazy about something. It means that you have an inspiration, a motivation and, above all, patience for that thing. It means that even if you don’t get anything out of it you will never give it up. I have came across a lot of people in my professional as well as private continue reading »