Once December rolls around, it’s pretty common to start thinking about year-end celebrations and the excitement the start of the New Year brings.
But for us freelance writers, the end of the year also means we need to complete a series of business tasks to close out the current year and get ready for the next.
Here are your five tasks…
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So this is the beginning – I am in the challenge – being organized is tough for me but I am going for it.
Excellent advice – and great things to start the challenge with that really need to be done anyway.
🙂 I thought I was the only one who had 3 or 4 thousand emails hidden away.
I try to keep my email inbox focused, although I use my Outlook app for both business and personal use since I’m “semi-retired”.
My approach to email volume? Lots of folders and subfolders in my Microsoft Outlook. There are subfolders for each client in a ” clients” folder; subfolders for prospects in a “prospects” folder, subfolders for branding gurus in a “branding” folder, and so on. The only problem with this system is it takes about a minute each morning for Outlook to process.
With local clients I have taken them to lunch, but not this year. Several clients work for companies that do not allow gifts to be accepted so I just express my gratitude with an email. Perhaps this year I will actually write them “Happy Holiday” cards.
I keep each project I do on a spreadsheet. Each line contains the agreed-upon particulars like price, due date, project type. It also acts as an on-going status report and a final record of the job, including hours spent, amount per hour, when invoiced and when paid. At year-end, all I need to do is add everything up.