#5 easy tips to recognize a client you should avoid

As a freelancer, it is a major business key how to recognize bad clients before you waste your time and money.

With these #5 easy tips you should be able to filter out bad clients before you work a single minute.

Their brief is not well described or too broad 

You must have a clear picture of the project scope before you start working on it.

Remember: Time is money.

They try to force your rate without having defined the project deliverables first

Well, if you face this situation just consider droping this project for good.
This project will be a painful road full of arguments and complains for sure.

They promise "more work to come in the future"

At this very moment please don't think about your future, just focus on your present.

They want to get started *yesterday*

 It's a really bad sign if your client doesn't care about your current commitments to other projects..

If your client will not care about other projects now, you can bet that he will not care about *your project* in the near future.

They refuse upfront or partial payments

As a general guideline, don’t work too much without being paid.

In Conclusion

Firing a client it's a difficult decision, yet sometimes, it’s the right and only decision.

A client who doesn’t respect you and your time will make you lose time and efforts looking for better clients.

I hope these tips will help you in the near future.

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