Are there other freelancers on the bowl? How do you handle the "I'll pay you in exposure" clients without losing your professional cool? I need to figure out how to structure an advance payment procedure and would love ideas from others here.

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Just set your boundaries. You need 50% upfront. 50% when done.

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Exposure? Ain't nobody paying rent or buying groceries with "exposure"...

These people can pound sand. I want to blow a gasket whenever I hear any variant of that. I just politely say that I'm too busy with other PAYING obligations and don't have the time to take on free work.

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I send them a rate sheet with clear milestone payments. And if they ask for it for free I either say “No thank you” or don’t reply. If they aren’t gonna pay there is nothing else they can offer you.

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