Chapter
7
Managing Projects—Your Time to Shine
In This Chapter
• Organizing your job and communications through the workroom
• Using milestones and status reports to keep the project on track
• Building and managing your team
• Techniques to build your relationship with the client
• Setting work boundaries early
You’ve targeted the best jobs, beaten out the competition, and won the coveted projects. Now what? They say be careful what you wish for because you just might get it! Relax. This is the point when the fun begins. Your freelancing business is no longer a dream—it’s a reality and that means it’s time to act.
In this chapter, I’ll show you the ins and outs of the Elance online work environment. The virtual workroom has all sorts of tools and features to help you conduct business smoothly. You can keep track of all your correspondence, monitor hourly projects and get paid on time, set milestones and request escrow funding and release, and easily share files and documents. And that’s just the beginning.
As you work with the client, you will learn that this is a time bursting with opportunities to generate repeat business and referrals. Not only is the quality of the end result important, but also how easy and flexible you were to work with along the way. These are crucial aspects to bringing in more business and getting great feedback.