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ON BEHALF OF ALL FREELANCERS ON CRAIGSLIST!
By Glen Graham | March 17, 2008
DEAR : SMALL START UP COMPANIES and NEW BUSINESS OWNERS
- We know you have a small budget (tell us what it is. It would be a good idea if you price other designers in the same caliber so you know what things cost.)
- Please spare us your sad stories and we will spare you ours. ( If you got screwed by your last designer move on and stop looking for bargains.)
- Stop wasting our time and yours ( just tell us what you want created stop mentioning programs you don’t know jack about)
- Stop asking us to work for free or pennies
- Don’t tell us how simple the project will be.( And we promise not to tell you how easy your job is )
- Stop buying those stupid 20 dollar templates from templatemonster.com and asking us to fix them.( if you don’t like them the way they are don’t buy them)
- Stop lying about how successful your company is, if your making money here’s a novel idea spend it. STOP BEING CHEAP!!!)
- Don’t expect students to develop your sophisticated sites for a serious business. (If you were having open heart surgery would you request a student doctor?)
- NO! we don’t want a percentage of your company and we don’t want to be your business partners! (50% 0f nothing is nothing)
- Please don’t beg us to work for free and try to phrase it as a business opportunity. ( To add insult to injury you ask for resumes and references. Talk about a choosy beggar LOL)
We look forward to working with you guys once you cut the B**S***
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March 17th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I feel better just having read that, thanks;)
March 17th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Oh I love it! I would never dare to be that honest on my blog, lol
Only two days ago someone asked me to ‘do them a favour’ by cutting prices to ‘help them out’ because I will ‘get exposure’.
Deary me…
March 17th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Hey Amanda LOL
When I started writing this post I tried to tone it down but I guess my emotions on the subject run deep.
I know I probably offended a few folks but they needed to hear this. I feel great that it’s out this probably won’t be my last out burst.
Hey Amanda it seems like some of these guys are reading from the same play book. I had some one last year offer me a call girl in exchange for me doing their website (that is so disgusting and offensive on so many levels I don’t even know what to say).
March 17th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Hey WordPress Modder
I’m glad you enjoyed it I felt great writing it. I think sometimes clients think the free in freelancer means desperate.
March 17th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
vent , vent , vent
gotta love and hate craigslist, i remember when it was only 5 cities
March 17th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Agree. I really hate:
“Great potential here! A % of profits when site is live!”
I understand some people need to boost their portfolio. Thus, they will take whatever gig they can even if free. I really wish people would stop trying to get everything for free. It’s not a cheap world we live in nor should we be treated as cheap.
March 17th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Amen soupnumber5;
some moron starting an online magazine offered me advertising space in a online magazine he wanted me to create. What kind of a deal is that LOL…
March 17th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Hey Glen, yeah, usually my wife has to listen to my complaints about this. Thanks for giving me another outlet;)
March 19th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Hot off the craigslist press LOL any takers
Site owner looking for a developer/designer partner (Union Square)
The site’s up, but it’s all informational at this point and we’re looking for someone to partner up with in order to make it fully functional. By partner we’re talking ownership or percentage of revenue. This will be an ongoing collaboration, not a one-off thing. You’d be the web guy. Or girl.
1) convert the Flash site to HTML and re-design for greater usefulness: more content will be added
2) set up and integrate AdSense
3) add a blog
4) add webcam-based evaluations (could be TokBox or simply iChat or Yahoo cams)
5) integrate PayPal
The right person is gonna have ideas and know how to make ‘em happen. Interested?
* it’s NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: percentage of ownership or revenue
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
The “Facebook for 500 dollars” is something one of my coworkers came across.
Also, for the offers that are pro-bono but claim that you will get experience and something to add to your portfolio, that happens anyway, whether you’re working for free or not! You will not compromise experience for a paid job, it’s a ridiculous idea.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:37 pm
JustChris;
I thought the Facebook thing was a joke when I first read it but sadly enough the person was serious about it. The main problem is that people are not respecting the work of others.
May 5th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Yes! Yes! Yes! It is so nice to find that I’m not alone in my reaction to these scams! I used to work for a company where the owner wanted me to find writers who would research and write 800+ word articles around keywords we would give them. These article topics required research, plus he wanted them to upload them and insert html for things like bolding, bullet lists, etc. The pay? $10 per article. And to add insult to injury, he wanted the right to put someone else’s name in them if he chose. “After all, they got paid.” I was disgusted!!!