Archive for the "Pricing" category

What kind of freelancer are you? Floater or Full-time? As for me, I’m a full-time writer. Really, I don’t have any choice in the matter ever since the “Duck Incident” that happened at the place I used to work and the resulting psychological screening (I call it profiling). Apparently, orally decapitating live animals while wearing [...]

You just got an interview for a position. If it’s your first interview, you’re probably bouncing off of the walls with excitement. If not, you realize that getting an interview is not a guarantee that you have the job. So, what do you do when you have an interview? First off, you’ll receive an E-Mail [...]

Recently, I was working with another freelancing service, and I’d just signed up. Therefore, I had no credentials and a rather pathetic profile, so I had to depend on my cover letter to do the talking for me as well as some negotiation skills with the buyer. Normally, when people think about negotiation, they think [...]

I used to work in a call center in Canada, and I just got news today that it’s closing down.  It’s no surprise really, they’ve been hemorrhaging workers for a long time and the rise in the Canadian Dollar hasn’t helped them either. It’s one of the Catch-22′s of outsourcing:  Outsourcing overseas works better when [...]

I got the idea for this post from a comment by Doreen Martel on my previous post entitled Be Yourself: But Remember There Are Some People You Don’t Want To Be where we were discussing people who come to various freelance sites and complain about how hard it is to get work at the rates [...]

First off, I’d like to thank Josh Breinlinger for commenting on the first part of this series with handy information as well as boosting my cool status by a full ten points! I hope you continue reading and commenting. Now, on to business. What are some good ways to protect yourself when doing fixed-price jobs? [...]

When looking at doing a fixed-price job, there’s a lot of things to consider when using oDesk. First off, you’re not guaranteed to get paid for your work like you are with hourly pay. That’s a bummer. However, if you pick good jobs from good buyers, then you’re very likely to get paid so they [...]

The answer is usually “no. ” You probably saw this answer coming (because what a short and depressing post this would be otherwise!), but let me tell you the two top reasons why I believe that cost is not the primary issue. From a buyer’s perspective, the ideal outcome is to get their job done [...]

You’re a freelancer. The other guy or gal is the buyer. Just like you can be a good or bad freelancer, the buyer can be good or bad. So what makes a good buyer? How can a buyer be “bad”? How can I tell if a buyer is good or bad? These questions and probably [...]

Today I want to talk about a few things, but I’m going to start with what James D. MacDonald calls “Yog’s Law.” Money flows toward the writer. As a freelancer you always have to remember this rule. We’re in this to make money and as soon as you forget that, bad things start to happen. [...]