Comments on: Why They’ll Pay You https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html a freelance writing resource. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:18:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html#comment-11116 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:18:45 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html/#comment-11116 Devon, good for you. You certainly deserve more!

Krista, sounds like a great progression you're making! I totally agree — clients working for clients often expect a cut in your hourly rate. My question is why? Wouldn't paying my rate without the discount be like their clients paying their rate without the discount? I'll never understand why it's okay for us to make sacrifices, but not them.

Kim, exactly why I don't. If the clients aren't aware of my rate in the beginning, there's no reason to point it out later. They'll either agree to the project fee or not.

If I'm working with a client on an hourly rate, I will mention it. That's info they already are privy to and they have every right to know about it.

]]> By: Sharon Hurley Hall https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html#comment-11115 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:58:43 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html/#comment-11115 I love point 3 – I'll test that out the next time I increase my rates.

]]> By: Krista https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html#comment-11114 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:54:38 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html/#comment-11114 It's crazy, isn't it, Kimberly?

I figure a lot of my "clients working for clients" were taking a cut of up to 50 percent! And really all they were doing was sending my work off and sending me what they got back from the client. I was still the one doing the edits and such.

]]> By: Kimberly Ben https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html#comment-11113 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:51:59 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html/#comment-11113 Lori, I don't advertise rate increases either. They're incremental (and honestly don't happen all that often)and a formal announcement just asking setting you (writer) up to defend the reason behind the increase.

I agree, Krista – cutting out the middle man makes a HUGE difference.

]]> By: Krista https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html#comment-11112 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:26:15 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html/#comment-11112 I have not really raised rates too much with long-term clients. I'm more so gradually replacing them with clients who pay more. Why? I started out mainly with general web content. Now I've moved more so into reading passages/assessment. The latter pays more industry wide because, honestly, there is a lot more to it and clients generally require degrees and teaching credentials. These are really the only jobs I even apply for now.

And I've gotten to the point where I can cut out the "middle man." Holy, what a difference that made!!

Still, it would always be nice to make more 🙂

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html#comment-11111 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:51:24 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2012/07/why-theyll-pay-you.html/#comment-11111 Nope, not earning what I should be, but taking steps to change it.

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