worse then meetings: Skype-Calls (or even Group-Skype-Calls)
there is no agenda, there is no reason (mission statement), nobody prepares for anything (they are googling it during the call), it is not optional (they just call you), everything is summarized in an email afterwards, the email does not differ in any way from the email you would have written without the skype call.
some clients prefer to meet me before i start working for them (not going to happen) - the next thing is they want a skype video chat (not going to happen, i work naked) - then audio (hey, i'm online with a mobile data stick, not going to happen) - then they want a skype chat session ... i'm yet looking for arguments against chat sessions.
i once uninstalled skype, but the argument "i don't have skype" didn't work....
It sounds like you might be coming off as an unpleasant person. I'm not sure, but that may be affecting your relationships with your clients. More than that, it is probably affecting the -type- of clients you get.
If you're not willing to work with someone and compromise, you aren't giving off the right unconsciously-parsed social signals, and you'll scare off the best clients.
there is no agenda, there is no reason (mission statement), nobody prepares for anything (they are googling it during the call), it is not optional (they just call you), everything is summarized in an email afterwards, the email does not differ in any way from the email you would have written without the skype call.
some clients prefer to meet me before i start working for them (not going to happen) - the next thing is they want a skype video chat (not going to happen, i work naked) - then audio (hey, i'm online with a mobile data stick, not going to happen) - then they want a skype chat session ... i'm yet looking for arguments against chat sessions.
i once uninstalled skype, but the argument "i don't have skype" didn't work....