It is a beautiful day today in central New York. It's one of those days where it's really difficult to kind of stick to the stuff that I wanted to get done. It's interesting because I'm helping a client build out their copywriting team and they're having a very specific problem-- their writers are not getting things done in a timely fashion. And they were confused because they have “flexible deadlines.” As in, their copywriters are free to fit in the work on their schedule. This … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2018
How do you quote freelance projects? VIDEO Q&A
Most freelancers make up their rates based on some elusive "industry standard" or what "feels right"? I've often encouraged freelance copywriters to make sure they understand their overhead and project costs before creating a proposal. In our group, Actual Working Copywriters, Christian posed this question: I'd like to ask a seemingly dumb question but I think would extremely valuable for everyone. My question: How do you INCLUDE the 2.9% Stripe fee in your quote without pissing … [Read more...]