Re: How to schedule clients/jobs?

Wow! I wish I had your problem. I'm lucky if I can drum up one client every
3 or 4 months. God knows I could use the money too. If I was you I would
inform the potential client that you are involved in a project and that you
can begin their project when the other one is finished. If it's not a big
project you could probably handle 2 at a time. Of course you could always
pass some work my way ;-)

Lisa

----- Original Message -----
From: "Connie Maria Plieger" <cplieger(at)direct.ca>
To: <hwg-business(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:39 AM
Subject: How to schedule clients/jobs?


> I'm a very green website designer, having done only a couple of websites
> to date for pay.  (At this point I'm not charging much, hoping to drum
> up some business, and build a list of  sites I can point to as
> references and examples of my work.) In the last week or so,  I've
> suddenly had a flurry of interest from people wanting sites built. One
> of these has actually come through, has paid me her 50% deposit, and I'm
> beginning work on her site as we speak.
>
> I'm also still hearing from the other people who expressed interest, who
> may be wanting me to get started on THEIR sites any day now, and I'm
> concerned about how to handle this.  I don't know how many sites I can
> handle at once--maybe two at a time, I figure.  But I absolutely can't
> afford to lose any business either; I'm not greedy, but I'm not in the
> least exaggerating when I say that my husband and I are in an absolutely
> terrifying financial situation right now.  So all this potential
> business, if handled right, could be truly a godsend.
>
> Can someone advise me?  How DO you schedule/space out/juggle jobs?
> Do/can you ask people to wait a reasonable time before you begin work on
> their projects--place them in a queue, ie.?  Do you risk losing
> customers this way?  How many jobs can you reasonably handle at once,
> and still keep the customers happy?  Do you ever turn clients away
> because you're just too busy?
>
> Thanks so much.
>
> Connie
>
>
>

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