Time Management

Dealing With Impossible Deadlines

What do you do when a client hands you a great project but with a daunting deadline? As a freelance professional, you may not want to turn down good paying work. After all, if you do, you risk losing the client to another freelancer.
Your first step: negotiate.
When a client says something like, “We need to [...]

7 Secrets for Getting More Done

Time management is essential for freelancers. Why?
Right now my project list for the next 2 weeks includes redesigning a 16-page magalog, writing and designing 3 direct mail packages, creating 2 full-page inserts, rewriting 3 Web pages, designing a lead generation direct mailer, finishing copy for a quarterly newsletter, and starting work on an array of [...]

Set Up Your Own “Freelancer Production System”

One thing I’ve struggled with for years is how to “squeeze” more time out of my day.
I tried everything from reading productivity books to studying other writers to see if I could glean their “secret” to productivity.
Nothing changed — until I read the book, How Toyota Became #1 by David Magee and learned about the [...]

Time Management Advice You Should Never Follow

In my slightly biased opinion, time management is more important to freelancers than to any other type of professional. Why? Because we often do highly creative work under tight deadlines and client scrutiny. The better we manage our time, the more productive we are and the less stressed we feel.
That’s why I have little patience [...]