So last night I worked on my contact database for my friend. I did about 100 contacts. After talking with him this morning about how long I think the job will take (and in turn, the cost of the project), he has decided to reduce the number of fields that I recommended. While I appreciate his desire to save money, I still think it’s better for me to take the time now to put in as much details as possible. But I guess that’s because I know what can be done with mailing lists – all the ways to sort, organize and coordinate mailings. And in my experience it’s ALWAYS best to put in everything you can the first time rather than bat cleanup six months later.
But it’s his decision, and I’ll abide by it. And when he calls me in six months because he needs another mailing and whoops – I need to add back in those 3 columns I initially wanted to have, then he can pay me the $$ again to add that information in.
In other news, he also mentioned he may have some web design work if I’m interested. WOO HOOO!!! I’ll probably throw this Denis’ way, since he’s the web designer by trade. Or I can just ask him to provide advice when I need it and see if I’m able to do what my friend wants.