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neilmac
neilmac
Spanien
Local time: 12:30
Spanisch > Englisch
+ ...
Payments Nov 16, 2018

Some of my clients are working with a new accounting system this year and it's a disaster. They keep asking me to change details like dates on invoices already issued and are obliged to ask for estimates for work that is difficult to quantify in advance....

peter jackson
Nadia Silva Castro
 
Ana Vozone
Ana Vozone  Identity Verified
Local time: 11:30
Mitglied (2010)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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None of the above... Nov 16, 2018

Administrative work is the most difficult task for me.

Different clients, mostly small to medium size jobs, i.e, many jobs to bill, different billing procedures for each client: this combination means a lot of work that I would rather not have to do...

Anna Sarapuk
Anna Herbst
Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Nadia Silva Castro
Jenna Porter-Jacek
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 11:30
Mitglied (2007)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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Client hunting Nov 16, 2018

Nowadays, I fortunately have a solid client base because what I find most difficult is client hunting: most of my long-standing customers and new clients have come to me and not the other way around…

Liena Vijupe
Anna Sarapuk
 
Catherine De Crignis (X)
Catherine De Crignis (X)  Identity Verified
Frankreich
Local time: 12:30
Mitglied (2012)
Englisch > Französisch
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None of the above Nov 16, 2018

The hardest bit for me is not knowing how much I’ll be earning from one year to the next. Up 10-15% is great, down is not so good (and saving is easier said than done).

Michael Harris
 
Nadia Silva Castro
Nadia Silva Castro
Vereinigte Staaten
Englisch > Deutsch
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Not difficult, but tiring: payments. Nov 16, 2018

I am glad to work for one single client nowadays, which makes my life so much easier. But when I started out I had trouble keeping track of POs, late payments, etc., too many clients, too many projects!
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brasilien
Local time: 08:30
Mitglied (2014)
Englisch > Portugiesisch
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Client hunting Nov 17, 2018

It's not something I do very often, and I always use the same non-aggressive methods. I have a decent client portfolio, thankfully, but I would have a hard time starting all over.


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Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Deutschland
Local time: 12:30
Mitglied (2006)
Deutsch > Englisch
Time management Nov 17, 2018

at the moment, which is anoying me a bit, but is getting back to normal slowly.
 


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