It’s easy to feel like a commodity, with many clients interested in interacting with you only for your work. It’s easy to think that they’d rather buy your creativity and talent in easy-to-manage packaging.
Personally, in times like these, I think it’s our passion for the craft that keeps us going, and makes it easier to realize that we’re in it for business too.
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Written by Rico Mossesgeld [email] for b5media.
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3 opinions for Ever Feel Commoditized?
Karl Edwards
Feb 26, 2008 at 7:25 am
Hilarious picture. Insightful post.
The down and dirty of selling services, is that our clients don’t give a “darn” (replace with colorful language of your choice) about us, except to the extent we are making a difference for them.
The subject is always them.
Rico
Feb 26, 2008 at 7:38 am
That’s a much better, and ultimately more effective, perspective on the matter Karl. I guess we also need to remind ourselves that as freelancers, we’re serving people.
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