Watch out if you're chosen for a task

Make sure you check your email regularly or as often as you can. Anything can happen while you are busy for something else.

The client has picked your bid and waited for a few more hours. You did not get back to say, “Hey thanks for picking my bid, here’s what I need to get started”… they surely expect that from you and will be delighted if you do it promptly. If it happens the other way around; the client contacting you, “hey, I picked your bid. Now let me know what else I should give you so you can get started on it.”

The former is a MUST, definitely not the latter. The latter is OK if you are lucky enough -- such scenario is nothing but normal for that customer; then you are not guilty of any fault but, if the client expected you to make the first move, then sorry, you just made a mistake you should have avoided. If you let them wait, they may just pick another bidder and you don’t want that for sure.

After seeing that you were picked for that task, contact the customer immediately and inform them what else you need to get started.

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