Business Building Templates There are several ways to build your freelance business using email, message boards and the phone through the freelance networks. These 5 templates are geared to “transition points” and it is important to send your message as close to the transition point as possible for maximum effect. Click on the graphic below to download the template:

Sample Proposal Templates These templates are copy guidelines for insertion into your proposals. You don't want to copy and paste verbatim but modify these to fit the situation you are bidding on. You can use the information to cut and paste into your own proposal that you are crafting. (You also want to check the “terms of service” for your network as some have policies that change from time to time and you want to be sure you are in compliance with them.) Click on the graphic below to download the template:

Sample Relationship Building Templates One of the most important things you can do with your clients on project networks (and when freelancing in general) is to maintain good open communication. Because you are “talking” online the tendency is to be terse.  There are many opportunities for misunderstanding especially on what you might have said rather than what you intended to say. In the heat of a project this brevity can come across as emotional coldness… a trait not conducive to good recommendation ratings! Click on the graphic below to download the template: