Comments on: Freelance Rates – How Bloggers Can Set Their Rates

By: SEO Freelancer

SEO Freelancer — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:23:00 +0000

Great post love it.

By: Varina Brown

Varina Brown — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:59:00 +0000

Hi, To bid for the freelancers is little tricky job as their are so many people doing the same for the project.. The rate for the project should be such that it gives profit to you and also complete satisfaction to the client so that he can approach you again for the work.. freelance seo

By: diana

diana — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:40:00 +0000

I'd like to compare social media rates. Standard Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, etc.

By: Freelance Jobs

Freelance Jobs — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:11:03 +0000

I prefer hourly rates than project, well a freelancer can have a higher price rate because of the credibility of his / her job.

By: The Hopkins Company

The Hopkins Company — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:00:57 +0000

Wow, I had thought about the health care and a few of the others, but not the this great extent you have provided. You are an invaluable resource to the online community!

George Hopkins

By: fitness studios

fitness studios — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:25:49 +0000

I also charge sponsors to place adds on my blog, but I have never charged to write (with my broken English, nobody would ever pay. LOL). I came to this rate when I decided to reduce my working hours to spend more time with the kids. I just contacted all my clients and was transparent about it. thanks..

By: Cypress Lumber

Cypress Lumber — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:39:57 +0000

This post was very inciteful as I have been complating doing some freelance work recently. Most of the points you mentioned had crossed my mind, but not in the detail and clarity you have provided. Keep up the good work!

David Williams

By: Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship

Katie @ Kitchen Stewardship — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:55:06 +0000

Thank you for breaking all this down for me. It seems pidly to work for $25 an hour as a tutor (I’m a certified teacher), and that’s what I thought of when you mentioned per hour. Your rates make me want 18 yrs of experience and endless freelance jobs!
Katie

By: AnaRC

AnaRC — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:50:22 +0000

This is excellent Kelby. Thank you for sharing and for starting this conversation about “bloggers should get pay”. I’ve been saying that since I got into social media with my own company.
To share my rates, I charge $300/hr for consultancy projects. This often includes application development and high level strategy implementations. I also charge sponsors to place adds on my blog, but I have never charged to write (with my broken English, nobody would ever pay. LOL). I came to this rate when I decided to reduce my working hours to spend more time with the kids. I just contacted all my clients and was transparent about it. It was scary but enough of them hired me back. This was the best thing I ever did for myself and my family.
Ah, one more thing: I always charge a retainer of at least 3 months (for long-term projects) or 50% upfront.
Bottom line, you just need to have the courage to ask and the confidence to know how much you are worth. I don’t think moms really understand how much value they have to offer.

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:33:14 +0000

Very, very helpful information here. Thanks, Kelby!