robertman11
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Pretty much as the title states, how do you calculate your per hour value as a freelancer (or otherwise related)? If someone wanted to hire you on an hourly basis, how would you come up with the amonut per hour?
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TommyCarey
I'm not bashing article writers, I make money doing that as well, I'm just saying it's much easier to do than online marketing (which I also do). I charge more overall for my online marketing services because it's more intense than doing some research and writing up an article for a client. I'll personally put 20 to 30 hours of work per week into a big clients campaign because they'll take up most of my time slot. Now I'll be putting in 20 to 30 hours myself and I'll have 10 other people putting in around 10 hours each. So when someone is hiring me, they're really hiring 11 people in total. I'm not saying my pay should be increased by 11 times, but me managing that team does take time and since I cherry picked my team over the last 13 years I'd say that should cost a little more since I know everything is almost guaranteed to work well for the client.
My background and previous clients are also a reason for me to be able to increase my pay per hour since I've been doing this since I've been doing online marketing since 2003 and I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty good at it ;)
Would you pay a surgeon pennies on the dollar to cut open your skull and play with your brain? Nope, they did the time in school and now should be paid what they deserve
But in the end, you should rate someones pay based on:
- Previous experience
- Time in that field
- Projects completed
- Previous employers reviews (if any)
Pretty much you're need to think of what type of work you're getting from the freelancer. Some services shouldn't be valued as high as others like if you're an article writer vs. doing a full blown marketing campaign. I'm not bashing article writers, I make money doing that as well, I'm just saying it's much easier to do than online marketing (which I also do). I charge more overall for my online marketing services because it's more intense than doing some research and writing up an article for a client. I'll personally put 20 to 30 hours of work per week into a big clients campaign because they'll take up most of my time slot. Now I'll be putting in 20 to 30 hours myself and I'll have 10 other people putting in around 10 hours each. So when someone is hiring me, they're really hiring 11 people in total. I'm not saying my pay should be increased by 11 times, but me managing that team does take time and since I cherry picked my team over the last 13 years I'd say that should cost a little more since I know everything is almost guaranteed to work well for the client. My background and previous clients are also a reason for me to be able to increase my pay per hour since I've been doing this since I've been doing online marketing since 2003 and I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm pretty good at it ;) Would you pay a surgeon pennies on the dollar to cut open your skull and play with your brain? Nope, they did the time in school and now should be paid what they deserve :D [u][b]But in the end, you should rate someones pay based on:[/b][/u] [list][*]Previous experience[/*][*]Time in that field[/*][*]Projects completed[/*][*]Previous employers reviews (if any)[/*][/list]Are you sure you want to delete this post?