I used to work in an agency where one of the designers used a technique she called “shaking the tree” to keep her plate full of billable work. She would walk around the office, visiting every project manager’s desk, and ask them whether there were any projects that were ready for her to work on.
Shaking the tree–until money falls out of it
August 22, 2011 in Getting more business on Elance with 1 Comment
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