How do you know that a company has enough money to pay you?
The short answer is, you don’t!
The real question to ask is if the company values freelancers and is willing to pay you for your services.
In this episode of the Advanced Freelancing podcast, I share the research that I do when considering a potential client. You’ll discover the red flags to look for, the questions to ask during a discovery call, and how to learn more about the company on various platforms.
Here are some things we covered in this episode:
- Red flags that should discourage you from working with the company
- How to discover a company’s average revenue
- Questions to ask yourself when deciding to work with startups
- How to know if a company is willing to pay for your services
- What to look for on LinkedIn when researching a company
- Why you need to follow a company on LinkedIn and social media platforms
- What researching a company’s job openings will tell you
- How to view old job openings that are no longer posted
- Why you should read Glassdoor reviews
- Why whether the company having the money to pay you isn’t the issue
- The questions to ask potential clients during a sales call
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Laura Briggs is empowering the freelance generation. Through her public speaking, coaching, and writing, she helps freelancers build the business of their dreams without sacrificing all their time, family, or sanity. Laura burned out as an inner-city middle school teacher before becoming an accidental freelancer with a Google search for “how to become a freelance writer.” Since then, she’s become a contributor to Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and Writer’s Weekly. She worked for more than 300 clients around the world including Microsoft, Truecar, and the Mobile Marketing Association. She’s delivered two TEDx talks on the power of the freelance economy for enabling freedom and flexibility and how it’s being used to address the technical skills gap in the U.S. Laura is the host of the Advanced Freelancing podcast, a sought-after public speaker on the gig and digital freelance economy, and a freelance coach focused on aspiring six-figure freelancers. Laura’s books, courses, and coaching have reached over 10,000 people.
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