Comments on: The demand will come… http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/the-demand-will-come/ Web Design Marketing Podcast and Blog. A look at how to use your website to generate leads, increase sales, and accomplish goals. For web designers and website owners who are looking to get more out of their online presence. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:53:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric Davis http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/the-demand-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-66513 Eric Davis Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:52:34 +0000 http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/26/the-demand-will-come/#comment-66513 This needs to be printed out and hung in front of every freelancer.. "Don’t take a job just because you feel antsy about getting work" (I'll pause while your printer is printing....) Ok done? Now my story. I started freelancing mid 2007 with a lot of experience in Ruby on Rails. For the first few months I had trouble getting work, mostly because I couldn't show off my previous code and I didn't have a clue about marketing myself. Around November (2007) I started to hear "Well... we don't need Ruby but we could use some PHP help. Can you do that?" Being low on work, I relearned some PHP and started to pick up a couple PHP projects to fill the gaps. Fast forward to now; I'm still trying to drop PHP, I've had to take an entire month off to get back up to speed with Rails, and I can't work with most of my previous clients (great people, they just don't need Ruby). If I stayed focused on Ruby instead of cutting myself short, I could have gotten a few projects and really improved my visibility in the Ruby community. Good news is, if you make a mistake (like I did) you can always correct it. It just might slow you down and take you longer to get to where you want to be. Eric This needs to be printed out and hung in front of every freelancer..

“Don’t take a job just because you feel antsy about getting work”

(I’ll pause while your printer is printing….)

Ok done? Now my story. I started freelancing mid 2007 with a lot of experience in Ruby on Rails. For the first few months I had trouble getting work, mostly because I couldn’t show off my previous code and I didn’t have a clue about marketing myself. Around November (2007) I started to hear “Well… we don’t need Ruby but we could use some PHP help. Can you do that?” Being low on work, I relearned some PHP and started to pick up a couple PHP projects to fill the gaps.

Fast forward to now; I’m still trying to drop PHP, I’ve had to take an entire month off to get back up to speed with Rails, and I can’t work with most of my previous clients (great people, they just don’t need Ruby). If I stayed focused on Ruby instead of cutting myself short, I could have gotten a few projects and really improved my visibility in the Ruby community.

Good news is, if you make a mistake (like I did) you can always correct it. It just might slow you down and take you longer to get to where you want to be.

Eric

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]]> By: Accept » Blog Archive » The demand will come… http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/the-demand-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-60210 Accept » Blog Archive » The demand will come… Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:05:14 +0000 http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/26/the-demand-will-come/#comment-60210 [...] The demand will come… There is a tendency to accept any work you can when you feel like things are slow. It happened to me when I first started out, it happened to… [...] [...] The demand will come… There is a tendency to accept any work you can when you feel like things are slow. It happened to me when I first started out, it happened to… [...]

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]]> By: ross http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/the-demand-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-59745 ross Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:42:07 +0000 http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/26/the-demand-will-come/#comment-59745 @Ayush - I hope your year off is very helpful. I would love to take a year off and refocus, but I don't have the kind of savings to really make that a possibility at this point. I do take vacations and alter my daily working to help refresh from time to time however. @BradC - Yeah it is hard to realize even if people have told you. I always had this urge of "Well if I just do a little more they will be happy and I will get paid and everything will be great." @Ayush – I hope your year off is very helpful. I would love to take a year off and refocus, but I don’t have the kind of savings to really make that a possibility at this point. I do take vacations and alter my daily working to help refresh from time to time however.

@BradC – Yeah it is hard to realize even if people have told you. I always had this urge of “Well if I just do a little more they will be happy and I will get paid and everything will be great.”

]]> By: Brad C http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/the-demand-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-59740 Brad C Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:09:33 +0000 http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/26/the-demand-will-come/#comment-59740 That is good advice, and advice I've given to a couple people myself. Although I think that as a freelancer starting out that's a lesson you have to learn the hard way. It only takes one horrible project that goes outside the scope of what the client is willing to pay and what you are capable of to learn. That is good advice, and advice I’ve given to a couple people myself. Although I think that as a freelancer starting out that’s a lesson you have to learn the hard way. It only takes one horrible project that goes outside the scope of what the client is willing to pay and what you are capable of to learn.

]]> By: Ayush Saran http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/the-demand-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-59720 Ayush Saran Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:08:26 +0000 http://www.3point7designs.com/blog/2008/06/26/the-demand-will-come/#comment-59720 Thanks, Im just heading out of two or three projects where I knew I shouldn't but thought I needed the money. I really didnt need the money, I could have survived. Im a week into taking a year off work to refocus and this is great advice Thanks,

Im just heading out of two or three projects where I knew I shouldn’t but thought I needed the money.

I really didnt need the money, I could have survived.

Im a week into taking a year off work to refocus and this is great advice

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