Pricing Your Freelance Work

It’s a question that stops every new freelancer in their tracks: “So, what are your rates?” So: What are your rates? What should your rates be? Are you charging too much? Are you charging too little? Is there a graphic design pricing guide? Moreover: What should you pay for services such as copywriting? We’ve got the answers, so you can set your own graphic design price list and get the freelance design work and design jobs you want. A freelance designer’s time is too valuable a commodity for it to not be priced correctly.

Freelance Tax Refresher

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Image from the New York Public Library Digital Archives Source: Print Collection portrait file. / B / August Belmont. It’s that time a year again. The season we either love or hate — tax season. We absolutely loathe this season if we owe anything. But if the government issues a refund, then it’s a...

Just a Reminder: Your Business Is Not About You

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It’s a tricky concept but essential, so I’ll keep harping on it. So many aspects of your creative business are actually not about you. Your elevator pitch is not about you. The homepage of your web site is not about you. Your positioning statement is not about you….and on and on and on. If...

Command The Fees You Deserve: Jan 21-23 Live Online

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I’m in San Francisco, prepping for my new online course, Command The Fees You Deserve, which will be streaming live this week (Wednesday through Friday, Jan. 21-23, 2015) from 12-6 PM Eastern (9 AM-3 PM Pacific). It’s free to RSVP and download the bonuses — so do it now! I don’t really imagine you’ll be...