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title: 'Boilerplate emails for freelancers – save time and energy'
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date: '2023-03-13'
description: 'As a freelancer you’re going to be emailing people A LOT. Having a bank of stock responses can save you time and energy!'
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 March 13th, 2023 Posted in [Freelancer tips](https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/taxonomy?name=category&value=Freelancer%20tips), [Life Hacks](https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/taxonomy?name=category&value=Life%20Hacks), [Project Management](https://www.nick-hayward.co.uk/taxonomy?name=category&value=Project%20Management)

# Boilerplate emails for freelancers – save time and energy

As a freelancer you’re going to be emailing people A LOT. Having a bank of stock responses can save you time and energy!

## Processes: Efficiency and great results

As time has gone by I’ve worked out a smooth process that answers potential client’s questions, forms a clear contract, gets the right info from the client, ensures payment and delivers a great end result. A big part of this process is doing steps in the right order, providing all the necessary information and keeping people up to date.

I design and build websites so the steps in the process are largely the same whether it’s a small business one-pager or a large ecommerce site. Typing the same emails out time after time is a waste of time and brainpower, so I’ve got a bank of canned responses to use as a starting point. I keep them in a note taking app (Simplenote) which I can access in my browser and paste into emails or my project system.

This really shows its value when working on a bunch of projects at the same time. I can often forget where I’m up to or what I’ve already said when working on four similar websites, so a checklist and stock phrases make it so much more organised.

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