Comments on: Freelancers: Have some F#@%ing Manners. http://genuinechris.com/freelancers-have-some-fing-manners/ A dad's advice to himself and his kids. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rob http://genuinechris.com/freelancers-have-some-fing-manners/comment-page-1/#comment-1698 Rob Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:40:07 +0000 http://genuinechris.com/?p=934#comment-1698 Relationships are important to me. I don't mean having to be drinking buddies with someone I hire but for crying out loud, be a decent human being. Why? Because I am. No really, I am. Plus, I am a referring machine. If folks need a mechanic I refer them a great one WITH "manners", a loan agent, a website desiger, whoever. Why would I refer a world class designer who is a world class jerk! Of course I wouldn't. As a customer, I deserve to be treated with manners. Period. Oh Chris.. great post and great site design.. .who did it for you ;0 ) ... I need mine done, obviously. Relationships are important to me. I don’t mean having to be drinking buddies with someone I hire but for crying out loud, be a decent human being. Why? Because I am. No really, I am. Plus, I am a referring machine. If folks need a mechanic I refer them a great one WITH “manners”, a loan agent, a website desiger, whoever. Why would I refer a world class designer who is a world class jerk! Of course I wouldn’t. As a customer, I deserve to be treated with manners. Period. Oh Chris.. great post and great site design.. .who did it for you ;0 ) … I need mine done, obviously.

]]> By: Dixie Vogel http://genuinechris.com/freelancers-have-some-fing-manners/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Dixie Vogel Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:34:02 +0000 http://genuinechris.com/?p=934#comment-1693 I am constantly amazed by the simple power of being a nice person in terms of building and maintaining a freelance biz. "Please" and "thank you" are indeed magic words. Mistake number 2: If a client calls you out on something, the correct response is, "I apologize." Whether you think it's important or not, the client obviously does and it's worth noting. I won't bother address the other faux pas here, since if someone doesn't already know things like it's NOT cool to poach clients as a subcontractor, I'm not going to enlighten them in 30 seconds or less. I am constantly amazed by the simple power of being a nice person in terms of building and maintaining a freelance biz. “Please” and “thank you” are indeed magic words.

Mistake number 2: If a client calls you out on something, the correct response is, “I apologize.” Whether you think it’s important or not, the client obviously does and it’s worth noting. I won’t bother address the other faux pas here, since if someone doesn’t already know things like it’s NOT cool to poach clients as a subcontractor, I’m not going to enlighten them in 30 seconds or less.

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