Online class: Dealing with Nightmare Clients

[Michelle]

Just in time for Halloween, I’m offering a new online class for rookie
and veteran freelance writers on how to handle clients from hell. And
I wanted to let you know that there are still a few spaces left in it.

“Dealing with Nightmare Clients” is a four-week online course --
starting this Wednesday, October 21 -- sponsored by the Editorial
Freelancers Association (EFA). Although I’ll be delivering the lessons
right to your inbox, you can follow along from anywhere, at your own
pace, even if your own pace means working through the lessons at 3
a.m. on a weekend.

In this class, I’ll discuss how to tame those beastly clients and
editors who seem all too happy to stiff you, mess with your deadlines,
and contact you at all hours of the night. Specifically, you’ll learn
how to:

+ Chase down MIA payments and ensure you don’t get stiffed in the
future
+ Handle runaway revisions and keep scope creep at bay
+ Deal with clients who are always late with deliverables
+ Set firmer boundaries with editors, project managers, and creative
directors
+ Bolster your contracts with clauses that can help prevent scope
creep, deadline changes, and late payments
+ Determine whether a troublesome client relationship is salvageable

Since we can all learn from one another’s trials and tribulations,
I’ll devote the last session of the class to answering all your
burning questions about any nightmare clients you’ve been dealing
with. Additional details about the class:

When: Wednesdays, October 21 – November 11 (four online sessions).
Where: Your computer. Each lesson will arrive in your inbox (also
accessible via Yahoo Groups on the web), which means you can follow
along on your own time.
Cost: Editorial Freelancers Association members $135; nonmembers $160.
Register: http://www.the-efa.org/eve/catalog.php

Happy freelancing!
Michelle
www.anti9to5guide.com