Category Archives for "Freelance fails"

It’s something so small, so easy, yet so often overlooked. I’ve been working from home as a marketing writer since 2002. Over the years, I’ve hired many dozens of vendors and contractors: Printers Developers Designers Virtual assistants Editors Researchers Writers And I am consistently dumbfounded by people’s inability to do one simple yet crucial thing, even if asked. That thing?  It’s closing loops. Not Fruit Loops®, the brand. Photo […]

Have you ever been swayed by a company’s testimonials? You know, those customer statements that tell you why you should buy? As a prospect, you read through the glowing testimonials thinking, “Gee, if all these people were happy, then maybe I will be, too!” Trouble is, no company willingly publishes negative testimonials. Amazon and Yelp aside, could you […]

In my last post, part two of a three-part series on the value of negative feedback, I talked about a painful instance in which I knew a project was wrong for me right from the start, but I pursued it anyway. In part one of the same three-part series, I talked about yet another instance […]

In part one of this three-part series about the value of negative feedback, I talked about one particular instance where I wasn’t able to satisfy a client, and why I think the engagement went wrong.Here, in part two, I’ll share yet another painful, personal example of a failed client engagement. In this instance, I really […]