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Subject:RE: The value of a little solicitousness From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 3 Aug 2005 00:59:57 -0400
But sometimes, such as in the summertime when things tend to slow down, I
hesitated to contact my client who hasn't really had much work lately. But
on the off chance that just as I get busy this month and next, he'll have a
good deal of work, I decided to tell him that I'm going to need more than a
week's turnaround for August and September.
It's almost like I didn't want to say, "I'm going to busy this month, so if
you have work, I'll need a bit more than the usual time" but after reading
Geoff's post I did it anyway.
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> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-137490 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf
> Of Gene Kim-Eng
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 12:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: The value of a little solicitousness
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>
> I would think this sort of thing would be a no-brainer for
> a freelancer, especially one's repeat clients (when I was
> contracting, I used to take my best clients out for lunch,
> send them holiday cards, etc., all the usual sales call stuff).
> But there have only been a few contract writers who have
> recontacted me with any regularity over the years. It
> should not come as any great surprise that these writers
> tend to be the first ones who come to my mind if I need
> contractors.
>
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