Comments on: Ask Grace #2: Attracting Quality Freelance Clients http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/ask-grace-2-attracting-quality-freelance-clients/ This is the blog of freelance web designer Grace Smith, with thoughts on design, technology and social media. Along with interesting links and articles, freshly served from Northern Ireland. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:04:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/ask-grace-2-attracting-quality-freelance-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-15535 Mark Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:28:22 +0000 http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/?p=5175#comment-15535 Hi Grace. This is exactly the question I have been asking myself a lot just lately. I am more a developer than a designer and it's really hard to sell my services in to people if I stick to that way of thinking. So I gave myself an overhaul and decided to open up myself as a "real person". I gave my web site a face lift and now I have a few more leads than perhaps I normally would :) Sometimes the pre-conception is that developers are spotty nerds which doesn't help ! Nice post. I'll be back for some more of you soon ! Hi Grace. This is exactly the question I have been asking myself a lot just lately.
I am more a developer than a designer and it’s really hard to sell my services in to people if I stick to that way of thinking.
So I gave myself an overhaul and decided to open up myself as a “real person”. I gave my web site a face lift and now I have a few more leads than perhaps I normally would :)
Sometimes the pre-conception is that developers are spotty nerds which doesn’t help !
Nice post. I’ll be back for some more of you soon !

]]> By: Grace http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/ask-grace-2-attracting-quality-freelance-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-14534 Grace Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:27:31 +0000 http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/?p=5175#comment-14534 @Laura No problem, thanks for your great question! It's fantastic your client was so receptive to your conversation and practices, I'm really happy it worked out! I'm glad the info has proved useful. @FreelanceApple Thanks for the support, I also really enjoyed your post on personality. @Mark Yep that's me in the image. Don't worry I know what it's like to follow and blog and not be too sure about the person behind it, now you know it's really me ;-) @Laura No problem, thanks for your great question! It’s fantastic your client was so receptive to your conversation and practices, I’m really happy it worked out! I’m glad the info has proved useful.

@FreelanceApple Thanks for the support, I also really enjoyed your post on personality.

@Mark Yep that’s me in the image. Don’t worry I know what it’s like to follow and blog and not be too sure about the person behind it, now you know it’s really me ;-)

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]]> By: Chotrul SEO and Web Design http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/ask-grace-2-attracting-quality-freelance-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-14128 Chotrul SEO and Web Design Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:18:49 +0000 http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/?p=5175#comment-14128 I'm sorry to be terribly off topic, but is that you? It's always really strange when you've been reading materials from someone for a long time, and then suddenly, out of the blue as it were, you see an image of them. Are they how you expected them to look? I’m sorry to be terribly off topic, but is that you? It’s always really strange when you’ve been reading materials from someone for a long time, and then suddenly, out of the blue as it were, you see an image of them. Are they how you expected them to look?

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]]> By: FreelanceApple http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/ask-grace-2-attracting-quality-freelance-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-14070 FreelanceApple Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:27:41 +0000 http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/?p=5175#comment-14070 What an informative and well-thought article. Thanks for your thoughts Grace, much appreciated! What an informative and well-thought article. Thanks for your thoughts Grace, much appreciated!

]]> By: Laura Earley http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/ask-grace-2-attracting-quality-freelance-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-14069 Laura Earley Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:11:33 +0000 http://www.gracesmith.co.uk/?p=5175#comment-14069 Thank you so much for addressing my question, Grace! I'm more of a generalist too, but I'm finding that I need to specialize my services because I waste time working on projects I might not really enjoy and might not be an expert on. I'm also going to reevaluate my target market, this will help a lot. Since I sent you this question, I actually talked to this client about him piling on work that's not in the estimate and he was very receptive and understand, saying he wanted to be "fair" to me. This is refreshing! Thanks again for answering my question, your comments will be very useful! Thank you so much for addressing my question, Grace! I’m more of a generalist too, but I’m finding that I need to specialize my services because I waste time working on projects I might not really enjoy and might not be an expert on. I’m also going to reevaluate my target market, this will help a lot.

Since I sent you this question, I actually talked to this client about him piling on work that’s not in the estimate and he was very receptive and understand, saying he wanted to be “fair” to me. This is refreshing!

Thanks again for answering my question, your comments will be very useful!

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