In order to become a successful contractor in oDesk.com, always inform your buyer regarding project progress. even if the progress is very minimal.
Let me tell you a very interesting story. A contractor have tried hard and after around 100 project proposal submission he got a fixed price(10 USD) project which seems to him very simple work. and after win this project when he have started development of that sub section, he found that, the technology here used in this project is new to him but very much confident of learn that. as though it's his first project he spent many many hours and comes very close to buyers requirement. but he found that,
buyer want 1 or 0 for a specific tag
code works as 1 or NULL for that tag.
failed to identify why null is generated instead of 0. finally when he fade-up he thought post a message to client and wrote it. he says 'if i do 11 or 10 instead of 1 or 0 is that ok? and surprisingly buyer says, yes it's okay and accept that immediately. It's a great outcome example of inform project progress/status to buyer time to time.
i have dozen more examples where buyers change their requirement, make fit their projects, become more accuracy in projects only for contractor's regular communication.
new projects open, projects new phase extend, build strong and dependable relation between buyer and contractor by regular update of projects. for every project there are few features which are optional instead of mandatory and client expects mandatory features first. and regular project update can easily describes you which are important to your client.
happy bidding and winning.
Let me tell you a very interesting story. A contractor have tried hard and after around 100 project proposal submission he got a fixed price(10 USD) project which seems to him very simple work. and after win this project when he have started development of that sub section, he found that, the technology here used in this project is new to him but very much confident of learn that. as though it's his first project he spent many many hours and comes very close to buyers requirement. but he found that,
buyer want 1 or 0 for a specific tag
code works as 1 or NULL for that tag.
failed to identify why null is generated instead of 0. finally when he fade-up he thought post a message to client and wrote it. he says 'if i do 11 or 10 instead of 1 or 0 is that ok? and surprisingly buyer says, yes it's okay and accept that immediately. It's a great outcome example of inform project progress/status to buyer time to time.
i have dozen more examples where buyers change their requirement, make fit their projects, become more accuracy in projects only for contractor's regular communication.
new projects open, projects new phase extend, build strong and dependable relation between buyer and contractor by regular update of projects. for every project there are few features which are optional instead of mandatory and client expects mandatory features first. and regular project update can easily describes you which are important to your client.
happy bidding and winning.
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