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How is the communication in between you and the client done?
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Helena Chavarria
Helena Chavarria  Identity Verified
Spain
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I hate doing paperwork Sep 29, 2013

Whenever possible I send one invoice to each client at the end of the month (a total of 4, 5, 6 invoices...) instead of possibly over 20 invoices per month.

It saves me time and I find it easier to control when I'm paid.

Which reminds me, tomorrow is the 30th!
 
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Germany
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Invoicing Sep 30, 2013

Regular clients get one invoice at the end of the month, new clients together with the translation if they don't have a seperate email address for invoices but not in a zip folder with the translations. As Sheila said before, that's one task I can cross off my to-do list.

I don't think this suggests that I'm desperate for money. After all, the agreed terms of payment remain the same, usually 30 days EOM or 30 days after date of invoice - plenty of time to handle queries etc.
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Regular clients get one invoice at the end of the month, new clients together with the translation if they don't have a seperate email address for invoices but not in a zip folder with the translations. As Sheila said before, that's one task I can cross off my to-do list.

I don't think this suggests that I'm desperate for money. After all, the agreed terms of payment remain the same, usually 30 days EOM or 30 days after date of invoice - plenty of time to handle queries etc.

For me, this has worked very well in the past so I don't see any reason for changing my approach. ▲ Collapse
 
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