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Off-Topic / Timing your work as a freelancer
« on: 2021-05-22, 12:20:01 »
Hello everyone. I have a question for freelancers who create visualizations, products renders etc. I really like my job but there are often situations that I stay long hours at night doing some urgent project due to short deadlines.
Some of my clients are architectural offices and its really difficult to have a realistic deadlines with them. They are usually in the middle of the project, therefore their client is waiting so they need it to be done quickly. When they hear that they have to wait for a month they go away. Usually I need to deliver renders within one-two weeks from their first contact so it means that I should start right after receiving task from them. And when there's another new client, I could start his project in 2 weeks which is too late for him.
How do you organise your work in similar situations? Do you just tell them that you don't have time and don't do the project? Maybe you work only for bigger clients f ex housing estate, developers, with longer deadlines and avoid small companies? Or maybe staying long at night is just a part of this job? But than it is a bit sad, bacause I switched from architecture to 3d industry also to have more free time.
Please provide me some tips, Ive been doing full time freelance only since January so any advice would be helpful:)
Some of my clients are architectural offices and its really difficult to have a realistic deadlines with them. They are usually in the middle of the project, therefore their client is waiting so they need it to be done quickly. When they hear that they have to wait for a month they go away. Usually I need to deliver renders within one-two weeks from their first contact so it means that I should start right after receiving task from them. And when there's another new client, I could start his project in 2 weeks which is too late for him.
How do you organise your work in similar situations? Do you just tell them that you don't have time and don't do the project? Maybe you work only for bigger clients f ex housing estate, developers, with longer deadlines and avoid small companies? Or maybe staying long at night is just a part of this job? But than it is a bit sad, bacause I switched from architecture to 3d industry also to have more free time.
Please provide me some tips, Ive been doing full time freelance only since January so any advice would be helpful:)