Comments on: Posting Your Writer Rates: Pros and Cons http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/ Thu, 24 May 2012 19:38:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Should You Ask Potential Customers Their Budget? | Men With Pens http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-24360 Should You Ask Potential Customers Their Budget? | Men With Pens Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:01:16 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-24360 [...] are pros and cons to each of these methods, and there really aren’t any best solutions. It all depends what [...] [...] are pros and cons to each of these methods, and there really aren’t any best solutions. It all depends what [...]

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]]> By: Harry http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-1676 Harry Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:29:47 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-1676 @Graham: I forgot about "if you have to ask the price, you probably can't afford it". Good point there. @Graham: I forgot about “if you have to ask the price, you probably can’t afford it”. Good point there.

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-1680 James Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:20:59 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-1680 Don't even get me started on picking the currency for rates. Don’t even get me started on picking the currency for rates.

]]> By: Graham Strong http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-1679 Graham Strong Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:12:22 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-1679 What, you couldn't even offer that in CAD? Not only do I get less money, but I get dinged exchanging it as well... lol ~Graham What, you couldn’t even offer that in CAD? Not only do I get less money, but I get dinged exchanging it as well… lol

~Graham

]]> By: Graham Strong http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-1677 Graham Strong Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:04:14 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-1677 I have wrestled with this subject for years. When I first started, I looked at the websites of established writers (weren't many websites back then...) and found that the majority of them did not post rates. So I chose to go with the "contact me for a quote" direction too. Since then I have discovered one big reason not to post rates, and that is client perception. At best, the client will still have no idea how much a project will ultimately cost because they don't know how long it will take. At worst, they think about how long it will be to write a business letter (website content, brochure content, whatever...) and multiply that by my rate. They don't realize that I could produce it in half the time or less... Some comments here suggest that posting rates will get rid of tire kickers. I used to believe the opposite: if you have to ask, you can't afford it. However I've come to realize that no matter which route you go, you will always get people knocking on your door who want a 3,000 word article for $40. ~Graham I have wrestled with this subject for years. When I first started, I looked at the websites of established writers (weren’t many websites back then…) and found that the majority of them did not post rates. So I chose to go with the “contact me for a quote” direction too.

Since then I have discovered one big reason not to post rates, and that is client perception. At best, the client will still have no idea how much a project will ultimately cost because they don’t know how long it will take. At worst, they think about how long it will be to write a business letter (website content, brochure content, whatever…) and multiply that by my rate. They don’t realize that I could produce it in half the time or less…

Some comments here suggest that posting rates will get rid of tire kickers. I used to believe the opposite: if you have to ask, you can’t afford it. However I’ve come to realize that no matter which route you go, you will always get people knocking on your door who want a 3,000 word article for $40.

~Graham

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-1678 James Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:07:45 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-1678 It's a hell of a dilemma, I'll admit. We still haven't posted our rates because each time I go to hit "publish", I think to myself... Well, what if? What about that perception problem? And I'll do you one better - $0.10 USD for 1,000 words on a technological topic. It’s a hell of a dilemma, I’ll admit. We still haven’t posted our rates because each time I go to hit “publish”, I think to myself… Well, what if? What about that perception problem?

And I’ll do you one better – $0.10 USD for 1,000 words on a technological topic.

]]> By: James http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-1681 James Sat, 05 Jan 2008 11:01:33 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-1681 @ Internet - That's okay. Neither am I :) @ Internet – That’s okay. Neither am I :)

]]> By: internet marketing pr http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons/#comment-1682 internet marketing pr Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:12:42 +0000 http://menwithpens.ca/posting-your-writer-rates-pros-and-cons#comment-1682 To post or not to post. I'm still not sure. To post or not to post. I’m still not sure.

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