Quote: (11-22-2012 02:21 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:
Quote: (11-22-2012 07:03 AM)w00t Wrote:
torontokid you definitely need to charge more!
I just accepted a gig for 17 bucks for 500 word articles and Im not really happy. I was asking for 25.
My main field is translations and I charge 25 dollars an hour.
I also got a regular office job writing SEO articles, they pay me 40€ for 3 articles. I convinced my boss to let me work from home so basically now its location independent too.
I want to get into copywriting this seems to be where the real money is.
You should really start thinking about how to get to $100 per hour if you want to take the business seriously. Anyone who offers a high-demand service like this should be shooting for around $100 per billable hour, especially considering the time spent marketing, lack of benefits, etc.
Have you read the top 10 books from Amazon on running a translating business?
Would you start a business off of the Internet without seeking out the expert advice, guidance, and experiences of people who'd gone before you and succeeded?
In my opinion, the number one reason people make crap wages online is because they simply don't take it seriously enough. Like it's not completely real because it's on the web.
Your niche is a huge industry. I can almost guarantee there are people out there making a killing at it either as a one-man practice or even running a team of employees.
Youre absolutely right and thats what Im going for, 100$ an hour.
I started out with low rates as I wanted to get out of my office job. Now I got my bases covered and wanna scale up my rates. Im thinking about directly contacting companies as well and Im trying to get a foot into proz and translatorscafe which are strictly for translations. I want to buy a translation software and get certified for that as it adds further credibility. Built a small website to showcase my portfolio and working on a buzz piece right now.
25$ an hour is HUGE for me right now, im sitll in university and never made as much money workig offline. Though I have no steady stream of work at this rate *yet*. I got a kick out of charging that much as a newbie without any real credentials or experience. I hope in a year it will be a laughable rate for me.
So far I went through Well-Fed Writer, Wealthy Freelancer and John Carltons Course on Freelance Copywriting (which has some pretty good advice for freelancing in general). Next year I want to study a shitton of copywriting material as well, I think its a great skill to have and good copywriters can name their price.