Comments on: The Biggest Freelance Myth of All Time

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:40:33 +0000

In reply to Paula Hendrickson. How right you are, Paula. Thank you. That's one of the biggest jokes of these sorts of ads.

By: Paula Hendrickson

Paula Hendrickson — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 15:35:54 +0000

There’s another factor you didn’t squeeze in there, Lori: Most of these ads that say they pay $25 or $35 per hour also decide how much time each projects “should” take – usually less than half the amount of time it would actually take a competent writer.

No. Nope. Not going to fall for it.

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:27:18 +0000

In reply to Gina.

They shouldn’t be, Gina. I have clients who are one-person shops who pay my rate the same as a larger client. I know a writer who charges his book authors (non-corporate clients, for sure) a $20K fee to ghostwrite their books.

Even if the work isn’t for a corporate client, what you charge should never be as low as these rates. How are you paying for your healthcare? How are you paying taxes? Social Security? Retirement? All of these things come out of your pocket, so they have to be factored in. When you’re an employee, they are deducted and, in most cases, matched by your employer. Freelancers don’t get that benefit. We have to earn enough to cover those things.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:12:10 +0000

What about rates for non-Corporate clients and smaller to mid-size businesses? Aren’t those rates much less?