Why Ad Hoc Work Can Be Better Than Retainers

Yes, you can run your business smoothly with a variety of projects.

Anna Burgess Yang
The Startup
Published in
5 min readMay 3

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You’ll hear this advice a lot as a freelancer: land a few big retainers and you’re set. You’ll only need to manage a few clients and your income will be more stable.

While true, retainer arrangements have a lot of drawbacks unless you have an…

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Anna Burgess Yang
The Startup

Productivity geek + solopreneur with niche expertise. #5amwritersclub frequent flyer. • https://start.annabyang.com/