How To Freelance - Speaker Deck

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How To Freelance @thanpolas #HowToLance

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#HowToLance @thanpolas You are what you are Not what you say

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#HowToLance @thanpolas It’s a choice 6 to 18 months to get properly positioned

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You are a Company

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#HowToLance @thanpolas A Company’s Divisions ● Strategy ● Marketing ● Sales ● Financial ● IT ● Operations

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You are a Brand

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Let go of relics soulara23@hotmail.com http://elf-wizard.blogspot.gr @LordOfSlips69 @triabita

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Brand Yourself thanpolas Logo Brand Name Your Brand

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Build your Brand Your Homebase: http://thanpol.as Twitter: @thanpolas Skype: thanpolas Github: thanpolas email: thanpolas@gmail.com url shortener: http://than.pol.as/Vu05

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Support your Brand Facebook Github Twitter

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Showcase Yourself ● Github ● Behance ● [Put Your Specialty Service Here] Open Source / Open Source / Open Source

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Distribute Yourself ● Blog Posts ● Twitter ● Reddit /r/[specialty] ● Comments ● Hackathons ● Events ● Facebook ● Hackernews ● Mashable ● Massive Sites ● LinkedIn

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Sales Pipeline

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Where to start www.odesk.com www.elance.com www.freelancer.com www.staff.com www.peopleperhour.com ● Each platform has rating features. ● Aim for self-branding. ● Take inplace tests ● Experts+ use different channels.

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#HowToLance @thanpolas behance.net studio.envato.com wireframeplus.com pickcrew.com forrst.com www.peopleperhour.com ...designers

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#HowToLance @thanpolas How to Bid Be industrious! ● 50+ Bids / week (~6h work) ● Variable rates (+- 10%) ● Multiple platforms ● Optimize per hat

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Iterate ● My name is Thanasis, i am a freelancer ● I am Thanasis, web developer by trade ● I kick ass! Can you handle it?

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Measure Your Results

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#HowToLance @thanpolas How to close Experts: Go for the jugular - Talk to the tech guy Newbies: Go for the non-tech clients, work more for less pay

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Hourly vs Fixed ● Always prefer Hourly ● Non tech clients, go for fixed ● Tech clients, push hourly

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Rates Rates Rates ● Entry: $5 - $20 ● Intermediate: $25 - $40 ● Expert: $50 - $70 ● World Class: $80+ (per hour)

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Tips & Tricks

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Build your stash ● Bookmarks ● Repositories / Projects ● Snippets / Library ● Open Source / Open Source / Open Source

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Be responsive ● Answer your effing emails! ● Be always ON and GREEN on Skype ● Go the extra mile in elaboration

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Learn the tools of the trade ● Team organizing (Trello, basecamp, etc) ● Live / Async Collab (hipchat, slack.com) ● Skype / Google Hangouts ● Google Drive ● everytimezone.com

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Find a time-track solution That fits your needs

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Never directly ask to get paid ● Protect your work (lo-rez) ● Credit as much as you can lose ● “Find the invoice attached” ● “The total amount due is $120”

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#HowToLance @thanpolas Ask to get paid on time Getting paid on time is the token of appreciation for your timely and hard work

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#HowToLance @thanpolas ● You are a Company ● Brand yourselves ● Showcase your work ● Contribute / Participate ● Bid - Measure - Iterate Summary

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Thanasis Polychronakis @thanpolas thanpolas@gmail.com Thank you! #HowToLance

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Thanasis Polychronakis @thanpolas thanpolas@gmail.com Questions? #HowToLance