Poll: I booked my newest client: ناشر الموضوع: ProZ.com Staff
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| 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…
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Michael Harris 
ألمانيا
Local time: 05:05
عضو (2006)
ألماني إلى أنجليزي
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| 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
أسبانيا
Local time: 05:05
إسباني إلى أنجليزي
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| 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…
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Jack Doughty
المملكة المتحدة
Local time: 04:05
روسي إلى أنجليزي
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احياء لذكرى | Two days ago | Aug 23, 2018 |
He's already sent me four (very) short stories, and says there will be more.
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Angus Stewart
المملكة المتحدة
Local time: 04:05
عضو (2011)
فرنسي إلى أنجليزي
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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
البرازيل
Local time: 00:05
عضو (2014)
أنجليزي إلى برتغالي
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| 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.
[Edited at 2018-08-23 17:05 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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| today, yesterday, and last week | Aug 23, 2018 |
I get a lot of end clients. Some become repeat customers, some not, depending on their needs. (I didn't get the idea of "book" either).
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