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Hi Anne,
Do you think $5 per blog is a fair pay rate?
Thanks,
C
Hi C,
Great question! And there’s no single answer. Five dollars a post equals $35 a week if you post daily, which isn’t much. But wait!
Is there also a revenue share? If there is and you get popular, that can increase your […]
We freelance writers and editors can sometimes seem obsessed by our pay. It’s not, I think, because we are more mercenary than those with jobs, but the irregular nature of our pay checks provides lots of space for confusion.
Sharlene Thomas, writer, forum member and host of Bella Online’s Career Training site has a great article […]
Freelance writers are always wondering about their pricing. We talk a lot about it on the forum. My pricing has come to my attention in a couple of ways.
The first is a ghostwriting project. The job came through a broker and, as a result, was less than I would have liked to charge. I like […]
I’m always encouraging writers to charge more. This reflects my own experience of not charging enough for my writing for years. It was a problem of self-worth, etc.
But in the beginning most of us had to charge less and perhaps even under-earn to get started. It’s better, at least when starting a freelance writing career, […]
Sharlene Thomas, who has been a successful freelance writer since 1970 includes on her The PenmanShip.com site, a page on how freelance writers can figure their taxes.
While I certainly can’t comment on its accuracy, I do find the list she provides helpful for keeping track of legitimate expenses and the whole article for a basic […]
Ugh… this is one of those days when it feels like there isn’t a creative molecule anywhere in my being. My brain wants to go to the beach, or maybe it’s my soul.
My approach so far has been to try to get some pesky details out of the way, with small, but some progress.
Fortunately, these […]
I just had an email exchange with one of the clients I blog for. They are trying to figure out how to get more traffic. I’ve told them what I know and told them about Problogger. I also told them that until they know their traffic stats we’re operating in the dark.
“I’ll ask my staff,” […]
We’ve had some discussion about low pay jobs and even a Freelance Manifesto which attempts to address low pay problems for writers.
One of my job sources, Online Writing Jobs, lets employers post jobs on their own. They offer several categories, including high pay writing jobs and low pay writing jobs. Although most of the $2 […]
Getting paid is always important to freelance writers. Here’s what happened to me recently.
A ghostwriting client and I set up monthly payments to me. I’d already gotten most of the first month’s payment as we got to know each other and I sent an invoice for the balance which was paid promptly. Then November rolled […]
Comments, general gnashing of teeth, and what-have-you continue on the subject of Freelance Writing Pay - hence the Freelance Writer’s Manifesto, found on CraigsList San Francisco this morning. Apparently written by Patricia Skinner who blogs at SEO Blogosphere, it’s an obviously heart felt expression of frustration and an attempt to get writers enrolled in the […]
Making good money as a freelance writer
Written by Jenny Cromie [email] for b5media.
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