I’m a freelance web developer from the United Kingdom with several years of experience. I’ve no problem when it comes to the technical side of being a freelance web developer but I do have some issues when it comes to managing myself and my business. As such, I was wondering whether anybody would be able to give me some advice on managing clients and time.
Some questions that I have are:
- At what point do you tell clients no? For example, you have already agreed on a set list of things to do within a project, but they keep asking for extras or continual changes. (Usually a bunch of small things that seem to go on forever).
- When giving project time estimates, how do you account for bugs?
- Do you often take on multiple projects at the same time, or do you complete them one at a time?
- What do you use to help with time-keeping and efficiency?
Any advice, no matter how small would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot!