(Note: This article was originally published to JamieMcSloy.co.uk on April 12th, 2019. I’m going through an old backup of the site, which has hundreds of posts that aren’t currently uploaded. As I’m working hard on updating the site – and releasing The Vault, letting these old posts be the daily posts for a while.) Freelancing…
Where Freelance Writing Fits Into Your Financial Plan When I decided to start blogging again, I spent a long time figuring out the direction we needed to head in. When I used to write the blog, I was a freelance copywriter, and outgrew that. This presented the problem that a lot of people follow me…
How To Sell A Retainer Without Breaking A Sweat I saw this trainwreck of a title on Reddit’s freelance section today: And here I am to tell you how to sell a retainer. It’s Better For The Client Than You First of all, if you go into the negotiation with the idea that you’re…
I browsed Reddit’s freelance writer section today. It’s Sunday and I don’t want to write a huge amount that requires brain work, so let’s just address some stuff I’ve seen. First Of All… If you’re going to take advice from Reddit, take it with a huge amount of salt. In almost every thread I read,…
It’s amazing how many people make life more difficult than it has to be. I’m talking about copywriting, freelancing and getting clients mostly. So you can consider this a follow on from yesterday’s article on recalibration. But mostly, this applies to anything in life. You’re probably making it more difficult than it has to be….
Estimated Time, Pricing And Budgets I got a question a while back about freelance pricing and hourly rates and the like. I’ve written about these subjects before, but it doesn’t ever hurt to give updated views on the whole thing. The question asked about a client who said, “We’ll pay you whatever is less: your…
Pricing Yourself Out Of Work I had a question a while back from a freelance writer who was concerned that he was pricing himself out of work. If you are a freelance writer, then in most cases you will start with bottom of the barrel work where you are paid pennies per word. If you…
A Stupid Negotiation That Freelancers Are Forced Into Let’s talk about a terrible situation freelance writers (and other variations of freelancer) find themselves in that can be completely avoided. This situation is as follows: Freelancer approaches or is approached to do work for a client. The project is large in size, so the freelancer agrees…
How Much Should A Beginner Charge For Emails? On Reddit, a newbie direct response copywriter has a client who wants three direct response emails. He’s never charged anyone for anything before and wants to know what he should charge and how he should charge: Let’s quickly discuss this and then move on to some wider…
Revenue Sharing As Payment There are two types of revenue sharing for freelancers and other people who work in entrepreneurial areas: Revenue sharing in lieu of payment Revenue sharing in addition to payment A lot of people get confused, and the whole area is a landmine. Let’s talk about the good and bad of revenue…