Comments on: Nifty freelance rate calculator http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/ Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Phyllis Fletcher http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-23299 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:49:43 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-23299 Michelle! I love your blog and your book. I recommended both to a friend today, and got sucked into your blog in the process. I'm so glad you shared this calculator with people. I have a full-time job, and I freelance, in an industry that's flush with cash but notoriously cheap. When clients in my industry hire a freelancer, they often offer the job at a lowball rate that's based on an underestimation of the actual work involved. After a misunderstanding over payment, I made a rate sheet and posted it on my website. When someone wants to hire me, I refer to my rate sheet, make an estimate, and send it to the client along with a link to my rates. Only once has a client balked, because they were on a budget that was genuinely small. It was a small and easy job, so we negotiated a compromise I was OK with. Most of the people who take the kinds of freelance jobs I refer to are just getting started in my industry, and many of them are women. So I always share my rate sheet idea and, if a person is interested, my actual rates. That's my contribution to helping freelancers in my industry--pat me on the back, please! ;P Sike. Great blog, Michelle. I'm sure I'll send others your way. Michelle! I love your blog and your book. I recommended both to a friend today, and got sucked into your blog in the process. I’m so glad you shared this calculator with people. I have a full-time job, and I freelance, in an industry that’s flush with cash but notoriously cheap. When clients in my industry hire a freelancer, they often offer the job at a lowball rate that’s based on an underestimation of the actual work involved. After a misunderstanding over payment, I made a rate sheet and posted it on my website. When someone wants to hire me, I refer to my rate sheet, make an estimate, and send it to the client along with a link to my rates. Only once has a client balked, because they were on a budget that was genuinely small. It was a small and easy job, so we negotiated a compromise I was OK with.

Most of the people who take the kinds of freelance jobs I refer to are just getting started in my industry, and many of them are women. So I always share my rate sheet idea and, if a person is interested, my actual rates. That’s my contribution to helping freelancers in my industry–pat me on the back, please! ;P Sike. Great blog, Michelle. I’m sure I’ll send others your way.

]]> by: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-21031 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 09:01:11 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-21031 thanks, max. great tip! thanks, max. great tip!

]]> by: Max Tutein http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-21019 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:38:03 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-21019 I've been looking for a rate calculator that doesn't use a long interview and found one on a page called <a href="http://skillserv.com" rel="nofollow">Skillserv</a>. It could use some fields for additional expenses, but I like the single page presentation. The site has a couple of other calculators that you can get to if you register, haven't checked them out yet. I’ve been looking for a rate calculator that doesn’t use a long interview and found one on a page called Skillserv. It could use some fields for additional expenses, but I like the single page presentation.

The site has a couple of other calculators that you can get to if you register, haven’t checked them out yet.

]]> by: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-20145 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:42:46 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-20145 merci, lisa! and welcome to the freelance pleasuredome... merci, lisa! and welcome to the freelance pleasuredome…

]]> by: Lisa http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-20041 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:52:40 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-20041 This is a fabulous tool for freelancers. I have linked to it in my blog and linked to your main page, as I think it will be a huge help for work at home moms. Thanks. This is a fabulous tool for freelancers. I have linked to it in my blog and linked to your main page, as I think it will be a huge help for work at home moms. Thanks.

]]> by: Michelle Goodman http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19404 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:45:47 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19404 Christian (and everyone else who's sent nice notes and posted nice comments this summer), thanks for the kind words. If you figure out how to live on $13/hr, I'd love to know your secret! ;) Christian (and everyone else who’s sent nice notes and posted nice comments this summer), thanks for the kind words. If you figure out how to live on $13/hr, I’d love to know your secret! ;)

]]> by: Christian http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19402 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:30:41 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19402 I think I did something wrong on the freelance rate calculator. It told me I should charge $13/hr, which I assure you, I could not live off of. I love your blog. I don't have the book yet, but I'm going to buy it :-) I think I did something wrong on the freelance rate calculator. It told me I should charge $13/hr, which I assure you, I could not live off of. I love your blog. I don’t have the book yet, but I’m going to buy it :-)

]]> by: How to (almost) get the job » Blog Archive » Freelance rate calculator http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19395 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:57:09 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19395 [...] As it appears I will either be freelancing (or panhandling) for some time yet, I’ve got some more homework to do. The Anti 9-5 Guide answered my questions in a recent post, which also sources a good freelance rate calculator to get folks like me started. [...] […] As it appears I will either be freelancing (or panhandling) for some time yet, I’ve got some more homework to do. The Anti 9-5 Guide answered my questions in a recent post, which also sources a good freelance rate calculator to get folks like me started. […]

]]> by: almostgotit http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19365 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:58:19 +0000 http://www.anti9to5guide.com/2007/07/31/nifty-freelance-rate-calculator/#comment-19365 Wow, thanks -- this is very helpful! I don't know if I'd like to freelance forever, but after yet another failed interview (boo hoo) I really need to spend more time being business-like about this part of what is, currently, my business!! While freelancing is a wonderful thing (and often a necessary thing) on its own, I'd never thought of its usefulness as a career placeholder for those who may wish eventually to rejoin the world of benefits, support staff, and predictable salaries & schedules. Here's <a href="http://careerplanning.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=careerplanning&cdn=careers&tm=187&gps=537_512_1020_535&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.careerlab.com/art_consult.htm" rel="nofollow">an article on the subject </a>which I recently found very helpful. Wow, thanks — this is very helpful! I don’t know if I’d like to freelance forever, but after yet another failed interview (boo hoo) I really need to spend more time being business-like about this part of what is, currently, my business!!

While freelancing is a wonderful thing (and often a necessary thing) on its own, I’d never thought of its usefulness as a career placeholder for those who may wish eventually to rejoin the world of benefits, support staff, and predictable salaries & schedules. Here’s an article on the subject which I recently found very helpful.

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