Freelancer Red Flag Decoder

Freelancer Red Flag Decoder

🚩 Your early warning system for client BS.

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🚩 Your early warning system for client BS. Freelancers, meet your new red flag radar — a swipeable guide to spotting chaos before it hits your inbox. Inside: 10 real client quotes, what they actually mean, and two plug-and-play replies for each one. Use it to set boundaries, shut down shady requests, and avoid nightmare clients before they waste your time.
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Launch tags:Productivity•Freelance•Customer Communication
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Anima Playground
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Rachel from PitchSmith
Maker
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👋 Hi friends — I’m Rachel, creator of PitchSmith. This whole pack was born from personal inbox trauma — I kept seeing the same red flag client phrases over and over again, and I got tired of second-guessing myself. So I started collecting them… decoding them… and *finally replying to them* with confidence. If you’ve ever been ghosted, guilt-tripped, or scope-creeped into oblivion — this one’s for you 🫡 Drop a comment if you’ve got your own red flag phrase. I might just add it to Vol. 2 👀
Nika
minimalist phone: creating folders

@pitchsmith Wishing you all the best with launch, Rachel! :)

Rachel from PitchSmith
Maker
@busmark_w_nika Thanks so much Nika!!
Nika
minimalist phone: creating folders

@pitchsmith You are welcome :)

Rachel from PitchSmith
Maker
@pitchsmith P.S. I’ve already got 3 more red flags in the running for Vol. 2 👀 Keep ‘em coming.
Rachel

Just grabbed this and wow — it’s giving freelance therapy.

10/10 would recommend before your next “quick unpaid test” 🙃

Rachel

@pitchsmith Just saw this and had to laugh! I'm pretty sure I've actually heard "we don't have a budget right now" like... this week! 😅

Jacob A

I think this is a must for construction teams working with BIM/DE and Data.

It helps turn messy client chats and stakeholder feedback into clear, structured tasks — so there's no scope creep, no missed details, and no subbies doing less than they should.

Great for keeping everyone honest and making sure what's said actually gets built.

Rachel from PitchSmith
Maker
@jacob_a1 Appreciate this so much! Love that you saw the potential beyond solo freelancers — messy client comms + unclear expectations hit every industry. Totally with you: half the battle is getting what was said to line up with what actually gets done. This tool started as inbox survival, but it’s been wild seeing how many people are using it to clean up cross-team chaos too 👀
Rohan Singhvi
Dualite

This is straight-up useful. Every freelancer has seen these red flags, nice to have a guide that calls them out and offers real responses. No fluff, just practical. Well done.