Freelancing

In addition to offering software in the cloud and on the desktop, our bigger goal will be to land freelance contracts. Here we will discuss fees, skill sets, contracts, mailing lists, and growth.

First let’s talk fees. You can charge hourly, by unit, quantity based ie per word, foot, dozen, project fee, day rate, percentage of products. When figuring out your fees, track your time. Calculate billable time, purchases with the project and overhead — what it costs to keep the lights on. You should calculate your basic hourly rate with this formula — (annual salary + annual expenses + annual profit) divided by annual billable work hours

When billing consider the scope of the project, the price and the people involved.

Here are some potential things we could potentially have as part of our skillset.

• tutoring
• business plan consulting
• data entry
• book keeping
• analysis
• editing books and articles
• writing books and articles
• project development
• proofreading
• writing web content
• editing brochures, ad copy, press releases
• fact checking/research
• programming

This needs to be worked into the contract. A good contract distills a relationship, explaining one’s rights and obligations and explaining what…