I've been working online for more than 15 years. I've worked and collaborated with many clients, some long-termed, many short-termed. So which one is wiser: to work with a single client on a long-term basis or to work on multiple short-term projects for different clients? Let's consider the pros and cons... Work with a single client long termed: Pros: You're more focused because you're dealing with only 1 client. It's easier to organize your daily schedule and list of tasks. Collaboration and communication is also easier because most likely you'll be using 1-3 tools to communicate. Long term work also ensures you have work most of the time, especially if it's a full time work. Furthermore, good clients offer pay raise and perks along the way, thanks to your loyalty. Cons: If the business fails, there's a big chance you'd get laid off. You're suddenly out of work (if that's been your only work during those times), and getting a new ...
One of my daily routines as an online freelancer was downloading and uploading files. Clients would send me files that may either contain instructions or actual data to be worked on. One day I was stopped by this mysterious message: It was displayed at the lower left corner of my Chrome browser and it happened as I was downloading a file. The crazy thing is that I was downloading a Word doc file, not an application that may indeed come with a sinister malware hidden in it. Ok, so a Word doc file may have a macro that's actually disguised as a virus. But this is not the case, because this file was from a message thread on my Upwork account that's already posted months ago, and it so happened that I can't find that copy on my laptop so I decided to just download it again. And unlike other scenarios wherein you would have the option to download it anyway at your own risk, this one wouldn't let you download it, so you're stucked! A quick Google search reveals t...