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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Suka-suka freelancing: jual diri dan maintain clients

Back in May, I wrote a blog about money problem. Gw mulai track expenses gw (yang lumayan rapi meskipun sederhana) dari bulan April hingga sekarang. Alhasil, ketika bulan Juli berakhir, gw udah bisa melihat fluktuasi keuangan gw selama 4 bulan terakhir gw jadi full time freelancer.

Sebelum gw mulai track spending itu, gw baru balik dari Thailand dan mulai freelancing. Selama 4 bulan ini juga, gw ada 1 trip besar ke Beijing di mana gw berhenti bekerja sama sekali. Sekarang, gw nulis blog ini dari rumah sodara gw di Malang. Intinya, 4 bulan ini (dan pada tahun ini tepatnya), gw banyak kerja dan banyak mainnya! Untuk bagian mainnya itu, gak make duit dari cashflow 4 bulan ini koq. Jadi sebenernya, cashflow gw itu ga bisa menggambarkan keadaan keuangan gw yang sesungguhnya.

Tapi dari 4 bulan ini gw udah melihat kenaikan pemasukan yang signifikan. Thanks to my beloved clients yang sekarang kayaknya lagi pada bobo semua. Alhasil, gw jadi ketar-ketir sendiri. Belom bisa dibilang stabil. But fear not, rejeki pasti ada aja, gw yakin itu.

Here, gw mo ngomongin sedikit soal "jual diri". Baik itu "jual diri" buat dihire orang (full time employment), atau cari-cari klien. Jual diri di sini hendaknya tidak membawa konotasi negatif ya. Kenapa? Soalnya kita memang literally menjual skill kita dan klien/employer harus membayar sepadan dengan apa yang kita jual, atau sesuai negosiasi dan kesepakatan bersama. Anggep aja kita jual mobil. Kalo mobil kita BMW, jangan mau cuma dibayar seharga Avanza. Dan kalau kita punya Avanza, jangan minta bayaran BMW. Selain itu, kita jual diri bukan karena kita DOANG yang butuh, tapi dua-duanya sama butuh. Jadi gw paling anti tuh, sama employer/klien yang blagu. Memang bener sih, as a start, sebagai fresh graduate, anggeplah kita lagi "magang". Tapi kalo kita udah punya pengalaman, hey, we have bills to pay. Jangan mau selamanya dikelabui dengan kata "belajar".

Ini bukan berarti sombong loh ya. Gw masih level Innova koq - belom BMW, tapi udah sedikit di atas Avanza. Sometimes, gw masih dibayar dengan tarif yang cukup minim dan gw terima, karena beberapa pertimbangan. Antara lain: tingkat kesulitan yang rendah dan tingkat keasyikan yang tinggi. Kalau dua itu udah digabungkan, happy banget deh. Lebih baik dapet project yang kayak gitu daripada yang bayarannya tinggi tapi stress.

Nah ketika satu project udah selesai, invoice sudah dibayar, kedua belah pihak sama-sama puas... Trus gimana?

Cari klien baru itu ga gampang. Nyarinya udah susah, PDKTnya lebih susah lagi, nge-golin projectnya lebih lebih lebih susah lagi! Maka, sembari pelan-pelan cari-cari dan PDKT, kita harus maintain relationship sama klien lama dan keep the ball rolling... alias tetep terima project dari mereka.

Gw pernah beberapa kali coba jualan dan gw ambil kesimpulan kalo gw ga pinter jualan, karena... gw ga pinter menawar-nawari orang untuk beli barang jualan gw. Risih rasanya. Tapi sekarang, mau ga mau ngelakuin itu, dan yang dijual adalah... diri gw sendiri.

Meski gw risih nawar-nawarin orang, tapi gw ga risih koq ditawar-tawarin (asal ga terlalu agresif dan maksa yah). Maka, gw berkesimpulan lagi kalau orang gak risih gw tawar-tawarin selama gwnya sopan. So, halo-halolah gw ke existing clients. Meski mereka lagi ga ada job baru, setidaknya mereka inget ada gw dan gw ga dilupakan! Dan kalau misalnya dibilang, "oh lagi belom ada nih, bulan depan ya..." Dan di bulan depan kunjung tidak ada kabar, maka sah-sah aja kalau nanya sekali lagi.

Untuk dapat melakukan itu semua, terlebih dahulu gw harus menyelesaikan project yang sudah-sudah dengan baik, supaya mereka mau pake gw lagi! Terkadang gw harus jadi "yes man" tanpa jadi kerbau yang dicucuk hidungnya. Tapi untungnya klien gw baik-baik, ga sampe abuse gw. Makanya gw bersyukur banget :) Gw sering denger sama temen-temen freelancer lain (yang mostly adalah graphic designer) yang dibikin hampir gila karena client mereka yang banyak maunya.

Selain bikin cashflow bulanan, gw juga bikin proyeksi pemasukan bulan ini. So far, karena kepotong lebaran, August is not looking good. Udah halo-halo sama mereka juga mereka bilangnya "nanti ya abis lebaran dikabarin". Hahahay... meanwhile, enjoy Malang dulu deh. :)

Anyway, kalo ada yang butuh penerjemah Mandarin, penulis, language tutor (Bahasa Indonesia/Mandarin), feel free to contact me at cindykusuma88 at yahoo dot com . *teteup jual diri*

August please be nice! :)

Cindy

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