Last week we talked about where your freelance rates should be. Hopefully it has you thinking about how to raise your rates with freelance clients. Perhaps too you’ve been thinking about what you bring to the table. What are those things you do that keep clients coming back? Those things, my friend, are valuable. They…
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Your Freelance Client Magnet
What does a successful freelance writing career look like to you? Ask a hundred freelancers and you’ll probably get that many different answers. Success could be something as lofty as making enough to retire by age 50. It could be making enough to pay the bills and bank a little. Or it could be working…
Writers Worth: Your Freelance Writing Formula
It’s hard to believe this is the last full week of Writers Worth Month! We’ll still have posts through May 31st, so check back every day. Still, it’s fine to show up here every day and read about how worthy your skills are, blah blah…. Today, we’re actually going to calculate it. And Cathy Miller…
Writers Worth: Your Freelance Writing Value
I remember the moment I connected with Sharon Hurley Hall on social media. I was giddy. I’d stalked followed Sharon for a while and liked everything she posted. She’s smart. She’s successful. She’s professional. I wanted to know her — hell, be her. When you read her post, you’ll want to be her, too. How to Value…
5 Ways to Sell Your Writing Value
What I’m listening to: Light as the Breeze by Leonard Cohen Looking back, I’m glad that week is over. I loathe politics, and even more so now. I saw people I thought were decent humans become these taunting, gloating, name-calling animals. I saw posts on Facebook that said “Let’s move on and come together” and…
Value
What I’m reading: The Wild Palms by William Faulkner I’m leaving on a jet plane…. I’m heading out today and won’t be back for eight days. Wedding with family, and then some time off to ourselves, something we haven’t had much of since May. I hate leaving work behind, but it’s for a good cause…
Beyond Demand
A sad day yesterday – I learned over the weekend that my first boyfriend lost his fight with cancer. It wasn’t unexpected, but I don’t think anyone can really be prepared to hear that sort of news. I’d done my mourning, said my goodbyes, resolved in my own mind that which wasn’t resolved decades ago….
The Value-added You
Maybe it’s because work has arrived again. I went cruising a favorite job listings site yesterday, but I couldn’t bring myself to apply to anything. In one job listing in particular where price wasn’t mentioned, I knew by the wording that it would be a huge waste of my time to A) craft a solid…
Adding Value You Didn’t Know Existed
If spending just a few hours researching could net you more value to your clients, and perhaps a little more money, would you do it? Sure you would, especially if there was a little more money involved. You’re a business person. Business people don’t walk away from cash, especially when it could be easier to…
Here Comes a Rant
Let me just say this: I’ve been patient. Really, for me, holding my opinion longer than a minute constitutes extreme patience. But I can’t hold it any longer. I’m about to get ugly on you – and it’s about the rates you’ll accept for the work you do. Most of you here are already savvy…