Let it go. Trust your freelancer. Resist the temptation to schedule a status meeting.

Why status meetings with freelance writers are a waste of time

Save your calendar & your freelancer’s. That status meeting isn’t helping anyone.

This is the next post in my series on working with freelance copywriters. Check out the previous post here.

My calendar 📅 used to be filled with status meetings when I worked full-time as a writer & manager. I swear I attended more status meetings than I had time in my day, and I couldn’t ever get anything done.

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I enjoy being status meeting-free as a freelance writer. However, I’ve had to learn to push back on the status meeting with my clients. Many want to have them, or even just a status update email, regularly.

Sigh. 🙄

My dear tech marketing clients, let me tell you a little secret: If you’ve hired a good freelance writer, you don’t need status meetings.

It’s true!