Watch any news program and you’ll hear statistics about America having fallen behind most other industrialized countries in matters of heath, education, and technology. But I can think of one area in which we excel—creative services.
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Pitch to enough clients of a certain size and eventually you’re going to be asked to sign a standardized contract or NDA. Usually it comes from a large client with a team of lawyers who burry you in page after page of terms which are so one-sided it’s becomes laughable.
When you refuse to sign
0 CommentsA new year and new prices are in full effect. With tax season gearing up and the economy slowly on the mend—or still in the toilet depending your point of view—it’s a good time to take one last look back at 2010 and see how well you fared and use what you learned to plan how you want to end 2011.
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0 CommentsOften when pricing creative services we tend to forget all the little hidden costs. Suddenly you realize all the cost os all the “free” pens you procured from the supply closet you were so fond of raiding at the office. Last week I wrote about the basics of pricing and I think this article from Freelance Schools does a great job of highlight some of those hidden expenses. I was not being paid the “hidden” costs which the…
It always happens when a designer approaches me to ask how do they make the leap to independent contractor the first question is, ”how much do I charge per hour?” I guess the answer to this depends on how far down the rabbit hole you are prepared to go. The short of it is you should be quoting your rate on a project basis but tracking, and thinking of it, as hourly.