Comments on: Can I charge for political discourse? http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/2008/10/charge-political-discourse/ The adventures of a new freelance copywriter Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:04:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mary@SimplyForties http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/2008/10/charge-political-discourse/comment-page-1/#comment-11558 Mary@SimplyForties Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:37:33 +0000 http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/?p=620#comment-11558 This is exactly why I don't charge by the hour. I charge a monthly contract rate, which I determine when I meet with the client. That check comes in regularly every month, regardless of what I do for them. Some months I'm ahead and some months they're ahead. It works out pretty well and I don't have to keep track of my time. If I feel like they are coming out too much ahead, I reserve the right to raise their rate annually. This is exactly why I don’t charge by the hour. I charge a monthly contract rate, which I determine when I meet with the client. That check comes in regularly every month, regardless of what I do for them. Some months I’m ahead and some months they’re ahead. It works out pretty well and I don’t have to keep track of my time. If I feel like they are coming out too much ahead, I reserve the right to raise their rate annually.

]]> By: Scoats http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/2008/10/charge-political-discourse/comment-page-1/#comment-11555 Scoats Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:45:35 +0000 http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/?p=620#comment-11555 I think you need to be less rigid in your pricing for time. When I worked for the insurance co. part time, I got paid by the hour. Sometimes they got insane productivity per hour, others not so much. I, and I think they, looked at me as a set cost. So what I'm saying is charge by project. The time you spend or expect to spend will set the price, and it allows you to have periods of high productivity and low productivity within the same time. You can the price will be between x and y, and adjust for how long it took. You will go from spending 3.412 or 4.1489 hours on a project to spending about 4. From many a client's perspective, there isn't much price difference between the three. For many workers it is also a mellower way of doing business. I think you need to be less rigid in your pricing for time. When I worked for the insurance co. part time, I got paid by the hour. Sometimes they got insane productivity per hour, others not so much. I, and I think they, looked at me as a set cost.

So what I’m saying is charge by project. The time you spend or expect to spend will set the price, and it allows you to have periods of high productivity and low productivity within the same time. You can the price will be between x and y, and adjust for how long it took.

You will go from spending 3.412 or 4.1489 hours on a project to spending about 4. From many a client’s perspective, there isn’t much price difference between the three. For many workers it is also a mellower way of doing business.

]]> By: Sherri http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/2008/10/charge-political-discourse/comment-page-1/#comment-11542 Sherri Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:43:36 +0000 http://www.lifeonavenuez.com/?p=620#comment-11542 So, can i call you "Beth"? You betcha! So, can i call you “Beth”? You betcha!

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