www.inkthinkerblog.com — One of my biggest clients has been strangely silent lately, and my bank account has been wondering what’s going on. So, after some deliberation, I decided to send a quick note their way and let them know that they’re welcome to take full advantage of my capacity.
SUBJECT: I have two kitties to feed
Dear CLIENT,
I’m not sure what the work load on your end is like these days, but I wanted to give you a heads up that I would cheerfully accept more work than I’ve been getting lately. I don’t like to be one of those people who e-mails three times a week begging for articles, but I do want to let you know that I’m here and am interested if you can use me more.
Yours,
Kristen
The almost-immediate response:
Poor kitties! Here’s 123 pages.
Works for me! The way I see it, I didn’t have work from them, so if I asked and they didn’t have anything for me, I’d still have no work. Nothing to lose! And look, I got two to three days worth of work out of it.
Lesson learned: There’s no harm in asking.
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Bingo, Kristen!
So many of my copyeditor “mentees” are afraid to contact clients the way you did, thinking that they’ll come off as annoying. No way! Just the other day, I wrote several of my clients this message, which immediately produced work:
Subject: Want to get that manuscript off your desk?
Hi, Client. I hope your Monday hasn’t been too crazy. I have time in my schedule to take on a project now. Is there a manuscript on your desk that I could take care of for you?