Making Sure Clients Get First Dibs

topdycke · Post by **topdycke** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:02 am

Hello Again,

I am writing monthly articles for a client, thanks to CC. However, once the articles were reviewed and ready for purchase, before the client got to them, someone else bought them all! (I'm not complaining here! ) I then had to email the client and tell him the articles were no longer available. (ouch) My question: How can I make sure the client has first dibs on the articles written specifically for him? He has suggested that I "add for his company only" to the title. I'm re-writing articles on the same topics for him, but I do want to figure this out soon.

Thanks for all input and suggestions.

T

Post by **constant-content** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:30 pm

We are working on this, but I would recommend posting the articles as on lump article. So if you are writing 4 articles post all four in one submission and add a summary based for that request. If it doesn’t sell, remove it and list them separately.

topdycke · Post by **topdycke** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:29 pm

Hi,
Thanks for the advice. I'm writing 11 articles, that is the number of topics he gave me. I'm wondering if that's a bit much for one. I'll ask the requester how he feels about using this method. It would be a bit more work at his end, perhaps. Thank you, again.

T

Celeste Stewart · Post by **Celeste Stewart** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:02 pm

Hi,

I can't speak for all clients but one of mine prefers to have them bundled together when possible. It means less work for him to manage all these multiple documents. For example, if he requests 40 articles at once, doing it batches of 10 at a time means he only has to deal with 4 documents to download, open and insert into his webpage compared with 40.

He also has me working on a lot of small descriptions that would be a pain (for both of us) to submit individually - it would take more time to submit each one than to write them! So just ask your client what he/she prefers and I'm sure they'll let you know!

If 11 is too much for one batch, try breaking it into smaller batches like 5 & 6 ....

topdycke · Post by **topdycke** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:23 pm

Thanks Celeste! Great idea. I think breaking into two bundles is a good idea. I've contacted him about one big bundle, but he may prefer this direction.

You're just a wealth of info! Thanks, again.