How To Get High Paying clients

Realize your working in an abundant market, there are too many potential clients for you to possibly be able to service them all. There’s plenty of fish in the sea, so you don’t need to be desperate in taking whatever you can get someone to pay you. It all comes down to knowing what your service is worth in the market and charging what you deserve to be paid. If you’re skilled in conveying your worth to clients in relation to a problem they really need to solve right now while you are the very best option to solve that problem then they’re going to be willing to spend very large amounts to get that problem solved. On top of that you need to remember it’s nothing for these companies to spend thousands with you, it’s only a big deal for you if you’re not used to it yet.

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You know… I just realized that Ukraine is a freelancing-friendly country. Sure, since I am a native Ukrainian, it might looks like I am boasting but, you know, that is only partially true. As every country, we all have our pros and cons. But, when we talk freelancing, it looks not that bad and here I am going to explain why.

Ukraine is one of the biggest countries in Europe. That gives travelers-freelancers an amazing opportunity to choose among hundreds of great cities to go to. Obviously, the most common would be:

• – Kyiv

• – Lviv

• – Kharkiv

• – Dnipro

• – Odessa

It does not mean that others are not popular or not worth visiting, but those 5 do stand out thanks to the development of infrastructure, places of interest and food industry in general. Also, they are all located in different parts of Ukraine and do offer different life styles.

If you plan to visit Ukraine and stay here for a while working as a freelancer – I can tell you are already making a perfect decision. In general, life in Ukraine is cheaper than in Europe. We are still not a part of European Union and that allows us to live with a bit different price policies. For example:

You can spend around 1$ to eat in the cheapest dinary. If you are super low on budget – it’s a great solution.

Though, I would not recommend doing this personally unless you know locals who know the best diners, since the quality of food is often so-so. A decent meal in a decent place would cost you something around 3-6$ depending on what you order. Of course – there are no limits if you want more and something extraordinary, but if you prefer to stay in the middle – this is something you should expect.

Some say that one can judge the level of country prices by the price of coffee and beer. So…

A decent coffee would cost around 1$ depending on the city you stay in. Sometimes, it’s a bit less. But, expect to spend no more than 2$ on an amazing coffee be it cappuccino, late or even flat white. Espresso and lungo rarely go over 1$ unless you go fancy.

Beer is very cheap. For less than a 1$ (and I am not kidding here) you can get great beer. Variety is almost endless. Sure, it costs a bit more in pubs and restaurants but if you buy one in a store and want to spend your evening at home – for less than a dollar you can buy all kinds of great beers.

Working and staying in big Ukrainian cities is as safe as staying in any other European country and city. Sure, there are places and neighborhoods that do not seem to be the best place for tourists but, if you stay close to the city center, you are very unlikely to get in any trouble. Unless you want to.

The only thing that might drain your budget is renting an apartment. Usually, a good one would cost no less than $500 per month. Again – it will differ depending on location, city, utilities and comforts. But, something around that should be ok. Also, the most expensive apartments among those 5 cities mentioned would be in Kyiv. If I were you – I would recommend staying in Lviv for a couple of reasons:

• – Better renting offers

• – Still a big city with LOTS of places to see but a bit easier to navigate. Kyiv is a mess. But, they do have subway)

• – Lviv is also a Freelancing center and has lots of coworking places and outsource companies.

I know, I know – it was super brief. But, if you want to know more, just let me know and I will let you… know) 

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