Social Media Consulting Services ContractPaul Bain
The document is a social media consulting services contract between a consultant and client. It outlines the terms of the agreement, including:
- The consultant will establish the client's presence on various social media platforms and meet posting quotas for 3 months, providing reports and strategy meetings.
- The client will pay a one-time setup fee and monthly management fee by a specified date each month for the consultant's services.
- It grants the consultant authorization to access and post on the client's behalf across social media accounts, ensuring confidentiality of credentials.
- Both parties' rights to content created are defined, and the consultant is allowed to use samples for professional purposes.
12 tips for better contract negotiation and editingApprove Me
A recent survey has found that 53 million Americans are now freelancing, earning $1 trillion dollars last year. Behind many of the jobs freelancers are doing lies the art of contract negotiation. Sometimes, such as in the case of freelancing portals, those contracts are negotiated on your behalf by the portal itself.
How to brand yourself and get your freelancing business out of the garageApprove Me
People looking to hire a freelancer are put into the same position; they don’t have time to individually examine each qualified person for an extended period of time. They’re going to pick the one who stands out the most.
In a piece of research published in Nature last year, a tree density map showed that there are around 3 trillion trees on earth at the minute. That may seem like a lot of trees, but the research also pointed out that around 15 billion trees per year are being cut down, and that 3 trillion trees equate to only half of the number of trees that were around before humans come along.
This document discusses how passion projects can refresh and reinvigorate a freelance career. While passion projects may not generate immediate income like client work, they can improve skills, allow experimentation, and produce portfolio work that helps get new clients. Passion projects can also become lucrative over time if they gain popularity. Regular creative goals and passion projects are important for freelancers to avoid dissatisfaction and keep their work feeling meaningful. The document encourages taking time for a creative planning session to identify a passion project idea based on one's original motivations and interests.
This document discusses how 6 Beatles songs can teach lessons about freelancing. "Rain" teaches about dealing with feast and famine cycles by staying focused. "Come Together" represents the freelance spirit of being resourceful and collaborative. "Hello, Goodbye" stresses the importance of clear communication to avoid confusion. "Here Comes the Sun" advises taking breaks to avoid burnout. "Don't Let Me Down" reminds freelancers to honor commitments and deadlines. "Got To Get You Into My Life" teaches freelancers to differentiate their brand to attract clients.
This document discusses the importance for freelancers to avoid social isolation. It provides 3 reasons why social interaction is important: 1) Loneliness is common among freelancers and social interaction provides physical and emotional benefits like reducing stress; 2) Bouncing ideas off others can help you grow creatively and professionally; 3) Maintaining a social network helps with visibility and finding new work opportunities. It provides tips for freelancers to connect locally through networking groups, conferences, coworking spaces, and maintaining personal social relationships.
The document discusses how SaaS products can benefit freelancers by providing useful software through affordable monthly subscriptions, but they also carry long-term costs and privacy concerns. While SaaS allows access to programs that may be too expensive up front, freelancers must be aware that they are continuously paying for access and their data usage is monitored. The document provides tips for freelancers to evaluate their existing SaaS subscriptions, take advantage of free trials before upgrading, and only use programs that truly fit their needs to avoid wasting money in the long run.
Social Media Consulting Services ContractPaul Bain
The document is a social media consulting services contract between a consultant and client. It outlines the terms of the agreement, including:
- The consultant will establish the client's presence on various social media platforms and meet posting quotas for 3 months, providing reports and strategy meetings.
- The client will pay a one-time setup fee and monthly management fee by a specified date each month for the consultant's services.
- It grants the consultant authorization to access and post on the client's behalf across social media accounts, ensuring confidentiality of credentials.
- Both parties' rights to content created are defined, and the consultant is allowed to use samples for professional purposes.
12 tips for better contract negotiation and editingApprove Me
A recent survey has found that 53 million Americans are now freelancing, earning $1 trillion dollars last year. Behind many of the jobs freelancers are doing lies the art of contract negotiation. Sometimes, such as in the case of freelancing portals, those contracts are negotiated on your behalf by the portal itself.
How to brand yourself and get your freelancing business out of the garageApprove Me
People looking to hire a freelancer are put into the same position; they don’t have time to individually examine each qualified person for an extended period of time. They’re going to pick the one who stands out the most.
In a piece of research published in Nature last year, a tree density map showed that there are around 3 trillion trees on earth at the minute. That may seem like a lot of trees, but the research also pointed out that around 15 billion trees per year are being cut down, and that 3 trillion trees equate to only half of the number of trees that were around before humans come along.
This document discusses how passion projects can refresh and reinvigorate a freelance career. While passion projects may not generate immediate income like client work, they can improve skills, allow experimentation, and produce portfolio work that helps get new clients. Passion projects can also become lucrative over time if they gain popularity. Regular creative goals and passion projects are important for freelancers to avoid dissatisfaction and keep their work feeling meaningful. The document encourages taking time for a creative planning session to identify a passion project idea based on one's original motivations and interests.
This document discusses how 6 Beatles songs can teach lessons about freelancing. "Rain" teaches about dealing with feast and famine cycles by staying focused. "Come Together" represents the freelance spirit of being resourceful and collaborative. "Hello, Goodbye" stresses the importance of clear communication to avoid confusion. "Here Comes the Sun" advises taking breaks to avoid burnout. "Don't Let Me Down" reminds freelancers to honor commitments and deadlines. "Got To Get You Into My Life" teaches freelancers to differentiate their brand to attract clients.
This document discusses the importance for freelancers to avoid social isolation. It provides 3 reasons why social interaction is important: 1) Loneliness is common among freelancers and social interaction provides physical and emotional benefits like reducing stress; 2) Bouncing ideas off others can help you grow creatively and professionally; 3) Maintaining a social network helps with visibility and finding new work opportunities. It provides tips for freelancers to connect locally through networking groups, conferences, coworking spaces, and maintaining personal social relationships.
The document discusses how SaaS products can benefit freelancers by providing useful software through affordable monthly subscriptions, but they also carry long-term costs and privacy concerns. While SaaS allows access to programs that may be too expensive up front, freelancers must be aware that they are continuously paying for access and their data usage is monitored. The document provides tips for freelancers to evaluate their existing SaaS subscriptions, take advantage of free trials before upgrading, and only use programs that truly fit their needs to avoid wasting money in the long run.
Outsourcing tasks as a freelancer can help alleviate a heavy workload and free up time for more lucrative work. However, outsourcing requires thorough communication and clear expectations set forth in a contract to ensure quality work is delivered on time. When outsourcing, freelancers should find capable assistants through websites like Upwork that provide payment protection and background checks, and then implement project management software to facilitate smooth collaboration despite potential distance or time zone differences. Proper preparation, organization, and clear documentation of responsibilities are essential to successful outsourcing.
There are 3 main reasons for freelancers to hire a lawyer: 1) To create legally binding contracts that protect the freelancer, as contracts created by lawyers will account for possible legal issues better than free online templates. 2) To establish a business entity like an LLC that limits personal liability and makes the business more attractive to potential investors. 3) To determine the appropriate business entity based on the freelancer's specific needs so they are protected without unnecessary expenses that could be used elsewhere in the business.
The document provides tips for freelancers on collecting outstanding invoices from clients. It recommends starting with patience and giving clients the benefit of the doubt for a few days. Then it suggests sending gentle payment reminders by 4-7 days past due. If that doesn't work, calling the client to emphasize the importance of payment. As a last resort, freelancers can charge late fees if outlined in their contract with the client. The document stresses having a clear, legally binding contract from the start to protect freelancers' rights and set expectations around payment.
Fresh Presentation Ideas That Will Leave Your Audience In Awe provides 13 presentation ideas to boost credibility and visibility. The ideas include drawing from real-life experiences, sharing failures to become more relatable, providing actionable steps for the audience, rehearsing without over-rehearsing to avoid sounding inauthentic, keeping slides simple with necessary facts and graphics to hold attention, and getting the audience interactive through tweets and accessible online versions. The document aims to help presenters engage audiences and connect through authentic and impactful presentations.
This document provides tips for getting the most out of attending a conference. It recommends preparing goals and questions in advance, using conference apps like Twitter, Foursquare, and Evernote to take notes and connect with others, and following up after the conference to maximize the learning experience and potential business connections. The overall message is that with proper planning and networking, a conference can provide great value for one's career and business as a freelancer, even if not generating an immediate client.
This document provides tips for freelancers to better manage their time. It recommends freelancers prioritize their personal, business, and family goals. Next, it suggests allocating specific time for planning goals and giving equal attention to all areas of life. Additionally, it advises being kind to yourself on unproductive days and taking breaks to recharge. The tips also include maintaining a healthy work-life balance, using time-tracking apps, implementing productivity techniques like the Pomodoro method, and utilizing project management software to stay organized across clients and teams.
The document discusses 6 common questions that freelance web designers should be prepared to answer: 1) How much do you charge? Designers should clearly outline their rates and process. 2) What if the client is unsatisfied? Designers should detail their process and include revision policies. 3) Can I see your work? Designers need an accessible portfolio to showcase skills. 4) How can I track progress? Designers should communicate regularly through calls or project management tools. 5) How long will this take? Designers should estimate timelines by timing past projects. 6) What makes you unique? Designers should highlight strengths and create an elevator pitch. The document stresses being intentional, confident, and honest.
Freelance conferences provide valuable networking opportunities and knowledge that can help freelancers grow their business. Attending conferences allows freelancers to meet potential clients and other professionals face-to-face, which can lead to signed contracts. Conference speakers also share knowledge that enhances skills and is often more valuable than the cost of attendance. The document then lists several freelance conferences to attend in the United States in 2016.
This document provides tips for creating effective invoices and using e-signatures to ensure timely payments. It recommends determining a payment timeline and including a clear due date on invoices. Itemize all project details and charges and discuss any scope changes with the client. Include payment methods and make the invoice easy to read with prominent information. According to statistics, 44% of freelancers have issues with payments, so the document stresses getting signatures on contracts to streamline and protect the invoicing process. E-signatures provide a legally binding electronic alternative to paper signatures while saving time and postage.
Sprout Invoices is a WordPress plugin that allows freelancers to manage the entire project and invoicing process within their WordPress site. It integrates estimate requests, project discussions, estimates, invoicing, and payments into one platform. The plugin features include automatically creating client profiles from estimate requests, keeping notes private to provide accurate estimates, and sending invoices without logging into another program. Sprout Invoices also facilitates deposits and has recently teamed up with ApproveMe to provide digital e-signature capabilities for contracts and estimates.
This document provides tips for freelancers on how to create accurate estimates for clients. It recommends obtaining key project details from the client, such as deliverables, timelines, costs, travel expenses, and revisions. Freelancers should track their time using apps to monitor how long tasks take. For new freelancers, the document suggests listing out the entire creative and administrative process, estimating times for each stage, determining hourly rates, and putting together an itemized estimate with a total. Communication with clients is also noted as a billable part of the work.
The document provides 11 tips for freelancers to do before the new year to help organize their business and finances and plan for the coming year. The tips include organizing expenses and mileage reports for taxes, making last-minute business purchases, evaluating tools and clients, sending holiday gifts and newsletters, updating social media profiles, setting goals for the new year, researching events, and cleaning out their email inbox.
This document provides 5 tips for freelancers to prepare their business for the holidays. The tips are to double check deadlines with clients, prepare clients and yourself for periods of unavailability, pack necessary equipment for travel, and use slow periods to prepare taxes or future content. The overall message is for freelancers to enjoy the holidays while maintaining their business through planning and communication.
This document provides a summary of popular tools and plugins that can help busy freelancers with time tracking, invoicing, password management, and project management. It recommends specific tools for each category, such as Toggl and RescueTime for time tracking, Freshbooks and Harvest for invoicing, LastPass and Dashlane for password management, and Asana, Trello, Basecamp, and Wrike for project management. It also advertises additional resources on contracts and the featured tools.
The document provides a tutorial for freelancers on how to run a successful holiday sale. It discusses the benefits of offering clients a sale during the holidays when business can be slow. It then outlines 6 specific steps freelancers can take to set up an online sale using the platform Jotform, including setting up payment processing, creating product packages to offer at a discount, compiling a client email list, signing up for a mailing list service, and drafting 3 emails to market the sale. The full tutorial article is linked at the end.
This document provides 5 tips for maintaining a healthy work-life balance while working from home. Tip 1 is to keep work and family life separate. Tip 2 suggests co-working or working elsewhere to avoid isolation. Tip 3 recommends scheduling household tasks to avoid work interfering with personal life. Tip 4 encourages attending conferences to network and learn. Tip 5 stresses the importance of taking breaks outside to reset.
This document provides 9 tips for working from home effectively. The tips include creating a routine with structure, designating a dedicated work space, taking breaks to recharge, dressing professionally, tracking your time spent working, planning for communication and collaboration, using a calendar system, improving communication skills, and setting long-term goals and deadlines. The full article contains additional details on each tip.
This document discusses the benefits that freelancers can gain from collaborating with other freelancers. It suggests that collaborations can enrich services, provide inspiration, and attract new clients. It recommends finding potential collaborators at meetups, conferences, coworking spaces, or Facebook groups. When collaborating, it advises freelancers to establish clear terms, maintain an equal partnership, and remember their independent status. The document encourages freelancers to gain experience with collaboration by researching opportunities and starting a partnership.
This document provides tips for freelancers on how to find work. It recommends establishing an online portfolio to showcase skills and using websites like Upwork and 99designs to create profiles. The document stresses the importance of in-person networking and promoting services on social media to potential clients. It also advises freelancers to be professionally prepared with contracts and accounting systems while waiting for work opportunities to arise.
This document provides tips for freelancers on how to write effective project proposals. It advises that proposals should focus on the client by being easy to understand, thorough in including essential details like payment terms, and clear in outlining the project. Well-crafted proposals can help freelancers score new projects and build strong, long-lasting client relationships.
Outsourcing tasks as a freelancer can help alleviate a heavy workload and free up time for more lucrative work. However, outsourcing requires thorough communication and clear expectations set forth in a contract to ensure quality work is delivered on time. When outsourcing, freelancers should find capable assistants through websites like Upwork that provide payment protection and background checks, and then implement project management software to facilitate smooth collaboration despite potential distance or time zone differences. Proper preparation, organization, and clear documentation of responsibilities are essential to successful outsourcing.
There are 3 main reasons for freelancers to hire a lawyer: 1) To create legally binding contracts that protect the freelancer, as contracts created by lawyers will account for possible legal issues better than free online templates. 2) To establish a business entity like an LLC that limits personal liability and makes the business more attractive to potential investors. 3) To determine the appropriate business entity based on the freelancer's specific needs so they are protected without unnecessary expenses that could be used elsewhere in the business.
The document provides tips for freelancers on collecting outstanding invoices from clients. It recommends starting with patience and giving clients the benefit of the doubt for a few days. Then it suggests sending gentle payment reminders by 4-7 days past due. If that doesn't work, calling the client to emphasize the importance of payment. As a last resort, freelancers can charge late fees if outlined in their contract with the client. The document stresses having a clear, legally binding contract from the start to protect freelancers' rights and set expectations around payment.
Fresh Presentation Ideas That Will Leave Your Audience In Awe provides 13 presentation ideas to boost credibility and visibility. The ideas include drawing from real-life experiences, sharing failures to become more relatable, providing actionable steps for the audience, rehearsing without over-rehearsing to avoid sounding inauthentic, keeping slides simple with necessary facts and graphics to hold attention, and getting the audience interactive through tweets and accessible online versions. The document aims to help presenters engage audiences and connect through authentic and impactful presentations.
This document provides tips for getting the most out of attending a conference. It recommends preparing goals and questions in advance, using conference apps like Twitter, Foursquare, and Evernote to take notes and connect with others, and following up after the conference to maximize the learning experience and potential business connections. The overall message is that with proper planning and networking, a conference can provide great value for one's career and business as a freelancer, even if not generating an immediate client.
This document provides tips for freelancers to better manage their time. It recommends freelancers prioritize their personal, business, and family goals. Next, it suggests allocating specific time for planning goals and giving equal attention to all areas of life. Additionally, it advises being kind to yourself on unproductive days and taking breaks to recharge. The tips also include maintaining a healthy work-life balance, using time-tracking apps, implementing productivity techniques like the Pomodoro method, and utilizing project management software to stay organized across clients and teams.
The document discusses 6 common questions that freelance web designers should be prepared to answer: 1) How much do you charge? Designers should clearly outline their rates and process. 2) What if the client is unsatisfied? Designers should detail their process and include revision policies. 3) Can I see your work? Designers need an accessible portfolio to showcase skills. 4) How can I track progress? Designers should communicate regularly through calls or project management tools. 5) How long will this take? Designers should estimate timelines by timing past projects. 6) What makes you unique? Designers should highlight strengths and create an elevator pitch. The document stresses being intentional, confident, and honest.
Freelance conferences provide valuable networking opportunities and knowledge that can help freelancers grow their business. Attending conferences allows freelancers to meet potential clients and other professionals face-to-face, which can lead to signed contracts. Conference speakers also share knowledge that enhances skills and is often more valuable than the cost of attendance. The document then lists several freelance conferences to attend in the United States in 2016.
This document provides tips for creating effective invoices and using e-signatures to ensure timely payments. It recommends determining a payment timeline and including a clear due date on invoices. Itemize all project details and charges and discuss any scope changes with the client. Include payment methods and make the invoice easy to read with prominent information. According to statistics, 44% of freelancers have issues with payments, so the document stresses getting signatures on contracts to streamline and protect the invoicing process. E-signatures provide a legally binding electronic alternative to paper signatures while saving time and postage.
Sprout Invoices is a WordPress plugin that allows freelancers to manage the entire project and invoicing process within their WordPress site. It integrates estimate requests, project discussions, estimates, invoicing, and payments into one platform. The plugin features include automatically creating client profiles from estimate requests, keeping notes private to provide accurate estimates, and sending invoices without logging into another program. Sprout Invoices also facilitates deposits and has recently teamed up with ApproveMe to provide digital e-signature capabilities for contracts and estimates.
This document provides tips for freelancers on how to create accurate estimates for clients. It recommends obtaining key project details from the client, such as deliverables, timelines, costs, travel expenses, and revisions. Freelancers should track their time using apps to monitor how long tasks take. For new freelancers, the document suggests listing out the entire creative and administrative process, estimating times for each stage, determining hourly rates, and putting together an itemized estimate with a total. Communication with clients is also noted as a billable part of the work.
The document provides 11 tips for freelancers to do before the new year to help organize their business and finances and plan for the coming year. The tips include organizing expenses and mileage reports for taxes, making last-minute business purchases, evaluating tools and clients, sending holiday gifts and newsletters, updating social media profiles, setting goals for the new year, researching events, and cleaning out their email inbox.
This document provides 5 tips for freelancers to prepare their business for the holidays. The tips are to double check deadlines with clients, prepare clients and yourself for periods of unavailability, pack necessary equipment for travel, and use slow periods to prepare taxes or future content. The overall message is for freelancers to enjoy the holidays while maintaining their business through planning and communication.
This document provides a summary of popular tools and plugins that can help busy freelancers with time tracking, invoicing, password management, and project management. It recommends specific tools for each category, such as Toggl and RescueTime for time tracking, Freshbooks and Harvest for invoicing, LastPass and Dashlane for password management, and Asana, Trello, Basecamp, and Wrike for project management. It also advertises additional resources on contracts and the featured tools.
The document provides a tutorial for freelancers on how to run a successful holiday sale. It discusses the benefits of offering clients a sale during the holidays when business can be slow. It then outlines 6 specific steps freelancers can take to set up an online sale using the platform Jotform, including setting up payment processing, creating product packages to offer at a discount, compiling a client email list, signing up for a mailing list service, and drafting 3 emails to market the sale. The full tutorial article is linked at the end.
This document provides 5 tips for maintaining a healthy work-life balance while working from home. Tip 1 is to keep work and family life separate. Tip 2 suggests co-working or working elsewhere to avoid isolation. Tip 3 recommends scheduling household tasks to avoid work interfering with personal life. Tip 4 encourages attending conferences to network and learn. Tip 5 stresses the importance of taking breaks outside to reset.
This document provides 9 tips for working from home effectively. The tips include creating a routine with structure, designating a dedicated work space, taking breaks to recharge, dressing professionally, tracking your time spent working, planning for communication and collaboration, using a calendar system, improving communication skills, and setting long-term goals and deadlines. The full article contains additional details on each tip.
This document discusses the benefits that freelancers can gain from collaborating with other freelancers. It suggests that collaborations can enrich services, provide inspiration, and attract new clients. It recommends finding potential collaborators at meetups, conferences, coworking spaces, or Facebook groups. When collaborating, it advises freelancers to establish clear terms, maintain an equal partnership, and remember their independent status. The document encourages freelancers to gain experience with collaboration by researching opportunities and starting a partnership.
This document provides tips for freelancers on how to find work. It recommends establishing an online portfolio to showcase skills and using websites like Upwork and 99designs to create profiles. The document stresses the importance of in-person networking and promoting services on social media to potential clients. It also advises freelancers to be professionally prepared with contracts and accounting systems while waiting for work opportunities to arise.
This document provides tips for freelancers on how to write effective project proposals. It advises that proposals should focus on the client by being easy to understand, thorough in including essential details like payment terms, and clear in outlining the project. Well-crafted proposals can help freelancers score new projects and build strong, long-lasting client relationships.
2. What exactly is a retainer agreement,
and why would you want one?
Basically, your client will pay you a set amount of money each
month, and you will provide them with your services as they
need them. This can be a fantastic setup for a number of
reasons, the most obvious one being financial stability for you.
3. Choosing to set up a retainer agreement with a client provides
a clear payment time frame that eliminates the wondering/
waiting phase that can come with freelancing.
The client will pay you on the agreed date, and you suddenly
have the ability to create some financial plans based around
scheduled payments.
Generally, this isn’t the norm in freelancing, and can be a great
step on the way to making your freelance fantasy a reality.
4. There are a few steps to take,
however, before you snag a retainer
agreement template and start offering
one to all of your clients.
…
5. WHEN IS A RETAINER AGREEMENT
A GOOD IDEA?
Many of the people you work with will likely be happy with
their current setup with you, and won’t want to change
things up.
There are certain clients, though, who are perfect
candidates for a retainer agreement. Those who provide
you with a steady stream of projects on a regular basis, pay
on-time, and greatly appreciate the work you do are ideal.
6. THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE
CONCERNS ARE:
Offer commitment choices.
Remind the client of your value.
Highlight the importance of your availability.
7. WHAT SHOULD YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR RETAINER
AGREEMENT?
Be extra clear about the amount
of work you will provide.
Talk about payment.
Work Time.
Progress Updates.
8. A FEW TIPS:
Include information on extra work.
Consider lowering your rates a little to sweeten the deal.
Make it official and have both of you sign the agreement.
Track your time, even if you charge by the project.
If you promise your client your availability, you’ve got to
keep yourself available to them.
9. Getting all of those details in can be a little intimidating, so
we’ve created this handy retainer agreement template for you
to use and customize for your business needs.
10. Want to get more information?
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11. Don’t get caught in a courtroom... with a contract
that’s not legally binding.
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