Poll: I booked my newest client: Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
| | In the past 7-30 days | Aug 23, 2018 |
New clients who appear during the summer months, when many colleagues are enjoying their holidays and I’m not, are generally one-offs… | | | Michael Harris Germany Local time: 13:28 Member (2006) German to English | More than 6 months ago, less than 2 years | Aug 23, 2018 |
I've been too busy to take on new clients. Gotta keep feeding the geese that lay those golden eggs! | |
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neilmac Spain Local time: 13:28 Spanish to English + ... Less than a month | Aug 23, 2018 |
But it was really through an "old" client. Bloke was working on a joint research between an Institute which was already a client and a University which wasn't, so I ended up billing the new University instead of the Institute. With any luck, I might get some new contacts through this university, you never know… | | | Jack Doughty United Kingdom Local time: 12:28 Russian to English + ... In memoriam Two days ago | Aug 23, 2018 |
He's already sent me four (very) short stories, and says there will be more. | | | Angus Stewart United Kingdom Local time: 12:28 French to English + ...
I got my first job from my newest client yesterday. They were referred to me by another client who had recommended my services. | | |
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Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 08:28 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ... It depends on what you call "client" | Aug 23, 2018 |
In my undersanding, a potential client is not a client. They become a client when the send you a job and pay for it. So I chose "In the past week" because last week I received the first payment from a new client. If I consider my client database, there are several potential clients that I've negotiated with and come to an agreement regarding rates and other terms, so I added them to the database, but they never sent me a job (so far). So these are not clients (yet). I s... See more In my undersanding, a potential client is not a client. They become a client when the send you a job and pay for it. So I chose "In the past week" because last week I received the first payment from a new client. If I consider my client database, there are several potential clients that I've negotiated with and come to an agreement regarding rates and other terms, so I added them to the database, but they never sent me a job (so far). So these are not clients (yet). I see some colleagues consider a new client when they send you the first job. Ok, hopefully they'll pay you, because, if they don't, you'll surely not call them clients anymore. And in the end, you'll say they were never your clients anyway.
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