Do you prefer short-term or long-term clients? Why?

Short term is interesting because you can more easily plan ahead in terms of efforts, work, and money.

However, I'm a bit more excited and interested by building a relationship with my clients, and knowing that we can openly communicate and trust one another. When you work short term or with a new client, you have to start all over again and there's a fair amount of ‘figuring out what's okay and what's not'.

It's similar to dating vs. being in a trusting relationship with a partner ;)

Other answers by Thibault Lemaitre:

• As a freelancer, how do you charge for your services in another currency? in category Freelancing
• Where are your favorite digital nomad destinations? in category Travel
• As a freelancer, do you think voice will be the next big thing in social media marketing? in category Affiliate marketing
• As a digital nomad, how do you keep clients if you want to go on a long travel break? in category Freelancing
• Now that you've been based out of Dublin these last 6 months, can you reflect on the ups and downs of life in one location as opposed to traveling? in category Remote work

Other answers in the category Freelancing:

• Do you think digital nomads would rather start from freelancing or developing own products?
• As a Digital Marketer, do you think it is more advantageous to position yourself as an all-rounder or a specialist?
• How do you deal with a missed deadline as a freelancer?
• How do you deal with taxes as an American citizen when you travel constantly and are not registered in any state?
• As a freelancer, how do you charge for your services in another currency?

Some random answers on our wiki :

• As a freelancer, how do you keep clients while increasing fees? by Leo Kipfelsberger in category Freelancing
• How do you know if your business is successful? by Jacob Laukaitis in category Remote work
• What is the optimum amount of content marketing to produce? by Natalie Sisson in category Marketing
• What best advice do you have for engaging an online community? by Jill Stanton in category Communities
• How do you go about starting and growing a Facebook community? by Patrick Farrell in category Communities
• At what point should you begin automating the business? by Julia Shem in category Startups
• What was it like for you to become a digital nomad in 2003? by Dan Lawrence in category General
• What are the typical problems you find when living as a digital nomad? by Christopher Dodd in category General
• How did you become a freelance digital marketer? by Thibault Lemaitre in category Affiliate marketing
• Any advice for someone that's starting out in content creation on Instagram? by Lukas Paskauskas in category Instagram