Comments on: How to Set Your Copywriting Fees and Earn What You’re Worth

By: James

James — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:06:40 +0000

Thanks, Peter – much appreciated!

By: Peter Wise

Peter Wise — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:52:49 +0000

A really good article, and throroughly deserving of getting comments after nearly two years. Should be required reading for every freelance copywriter.

By: Vicki Wagner

Vicki Wagner — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:32:15 +0000

This was a great post! I’ve been doing lots of writing projects and I just finished reading a great book on copywriting. Unfortunately at my local library, they only copy they had was from 1985. Interesting how LOW the rates have become since then and everyone is prostituting themselves out for a $5 Blog post. Believe me, I’ve looked at those Elance writer’s and thought: WTF? WHY would anyone pimp themselves out like that?!!! Then people say to me- “Well I can get a Blog post for $25.” I say, “Good for you, but you won’t get it from me!”

By: Katherine

Katherine — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:08:40 +0000

I started writing professionally a year ago just before my husband’s first back surgery. It’s been a real struggle ever since, but I refuse to quit because I just love what I’m doing, and I’m great at it! Pricing has been a real issue, though, because I didn’t know where to start or how to price. I don’t work by the hour because my schedule has to be so very flexible, and I believe people prefer a fixed price (I do, anyway). This article may be more than a year old, but the info in it is invaluable to me! Now I know where to go with my prices, and I wish I’d been able to find this a year ago when I first started. Thanks, Dean.

By: Jed

Jed — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:39:42 +0000

I too love the fact this article throws out hard numbers! I needed to come up with a quote today for the first time ever, and bang, I had good guidelines thanks to Dean.

Oh, sorry to revive this old article, but it came up very high in Google, so…

By: Kristen

Kristen — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:02:51 +0000

I really appreciate finding posts like this that are so specific in their advice. For those of us starting out in performing freelance work, this is invaluable.

I admit, I do fall into the category of people who feel uncomfortable asking for so much. This is largely because I’m new to freelancing and it’s so much more than I would get or expect as an employee and, while I’m confident that I’m a good writer and do have some experience (about 3 years, primarily at one company), I recognize I’m not as experienced as some out there.

I’ll be bookmarking this as a reminder not to second guess my worth and remember the going rate for copywriting services. Thanks.

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By: chris

chris — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:14:21 +0000

Nice…love that concept

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By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:47:34 +0000

$25 an hour X 40 hours = $1,000.

Take out taxes and insurance, and it comes to around $800.

Of course that is just an example.