Take Care of Your Reviews; They Will Take Care of Your Freelance Career -  by Trafficlancer

The Good News

Freelance career opportunities have evolved on par with conventional commute jobs and business activities. The prospect of doing some tasks which are nearer to the heart and even earning from the comforts of one's home is simply irresistible. The returns are also nominal and currency conversion ratio unleashes pleasant surprises most of the time. Dignity of labor and job satisfaction confers unparallel fulfillment. For example, writing English for English men always amuses me. Tens of thousands of people are working and earning foreign exchange with out any Visas, Passports or Air tickets. Freelancing nowadays is very encouraging state of affair indeed.

The Not So Good News

Well, err... even though the prospects are good and too many projects are chasing as many freelance enthusiasts, making a career out of freelancing is becoming very difficult for most of the people around the world. Many visions actually turn out to be one month wonders. Incredible no of high caliber experts in many subtle fields are giving up freelancing after just making their feet wet for quite some time. Like any other earning opportunities, freelancing is also based on that one magic rule. Stickability is 95% ability. Lack of this attribute flushes some real talents out of field and out of sight.

Reasons for Giving Up

According to my information, 70% of the freelance newbies give up because of bad reviews and comments. Since the reviews are bound to stay there for ever, they painfully retreat from the hard won territories. This article will help a freelancer to grab some good reviews and shows how to cope up with the situation when a bad review is slammed on your user name.

Read Some Real Time Bad Reviews

"This user promised heavens before starting the project and delivered only a hell to us by not surfacing at all for an entire week. Finished only half of the coding even after the deadline. Poor communicator. Never updated and shown no interest in our periodical instructions. Extremely unreliable. Wasted our time. Forced us to appoint another coder to consolidate the work"

And another one...

"Communicated well in the beginning and shown some incredible samples in his portfolio. The initial content delivered by him was good. We even honored the invoice produced by him for the advance payment. All hell break loose after that and never answered my enquiries for three consecutive business days. Had to book a ticket in the help desk threatening to cancel the project. He did re surfaced and attached some scrap that hang from the filters of the copyscape. If any body wants to waste money and time to get some plagiarized material, I recommend this user gleefully"

Well, How Can a Freelancer Avoid Such Bitter Experiences?

Think twice before accepting deadlines. Negotiate and relax delay before starting a project. In case of contingency, communicate in advance and explain. Eliminate delay. Time is expensive and delays are very unattractive.

Update in regular duration which was accepted while taking the project.

Apply your mind on instructions during the project. Make necessary changes and inform the buyer immediately.

Never compromise on the quality of the service in half way. Most people tender inferior service or content after initial batches have been accepted. Be consistent in quality and promptness.

Answer the questions and instructions of the buyer immediately. Usher the buyer to come on-line in messenger and get clarified then and there.

Check the content or coding before submitting. Remember, all freelance work without exception is Tangible. Check the statistics once again and compare them with the agreement.

The Resultant Good Review

If you follow the above elements during your initial freelance career, you may end up with a good review like this one. All the very best.

"Understood what the need is and delivered even the implied qualities. Communicated well. Submitted the coding two days before the deadline. Excellent user. Will use again"

About the Author

The author of this article is known as Trafficlancer in the freelancer's domain. He drives traffic by writing SEO content for his clients. Many more useful articles by this author is available at www.freewebs.com/articlelancer