💻 Freelancing Online From Jamaica · Lesson 5 of 8 · free
Communication is the skill: updates, expectations, early delivery, and handling problems before they become reviews.
Clients rarely fire for skill; they fire for silence. Update at start, midpoint, delivery — even when nothing's wrong.
Say Friday, deliver Thursday. Every time. It's the cheapest reputation you'll ever buy.
Say it early: 'running late, here's why, here's the new time.' Silence kills; honesty keeps the client.
Set a rule: three updates per job, minimum.
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