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The Business Of The Well Fed Writer

Should We Be “Fee-Flexible” in These Times?

January 12, 2009

So, a few weeks ago, I offered up a competitive bid on a project for a commercial writing client I’d done some good work for some time back. The graphic designer on the project (we’d submitted a “turnkey” project bid) had actually worked for the client for 10 years a while back, had the inside [...]

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Job’s Done, But Client Can’t Pay. Now What?

December 30, 2008

Okay, maybe not quite that definitive, but close. Suffice to say, a sticky situation the likes of which I rarely find myself in. After all, one of the best things about commercial freelancing is that payment issues are rare. 30 days or less has absolutely always been the norm for me in 95% of cases. [...]

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Do You Quote By Hourly Rate or Flat Fee?

December 15, 2008

Pricing our commercial freelancing work. How do you do it? Me? I became a convert to the Flat Fee Channel (“All flat fees, all the time…”) some time back. Rates are best quoted within the context of a particular project. Tell a client your hourly rate is $100, without relating that rate to a specific [...]

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What’re Your Favorite “Well-Fed Writing” Resources?

November 28, 2008

OK folks, I’m closing in on finishing the updated edition of TWFW – due out mid-2009. Just to refresh your memory, I’ve combined and updated the content of both how-to guides on lucrative commercial freelancing, The Well-Fed Writer and its companion, TWFW: Back For Seconds, while retiring the latter. Two 300-page books into ONE 300-page [...]

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Are You a Businessperson/Writer or a Writer/Businessperson?

October 30, 2008

Put another way, is your business “a series of jobs” or a “profession”? (And yes, I know how most of the commercial freelancing pros who weigh in here would answer, and I’m counting on that…).
Success as a commercial writer begins in the mind.
I know, typical positive-thinking mumbo-jumbo, right? And not even terribly profound. [...]

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In Tough Times, Are You Keeping Your Thinking Tough?

October 17, 2008

Tanking economy. Up-and-down stock market. High and growing unemployment. The end of the world as we know it. Etc, etc, etc. How’s all this affecting your commercial writing business? Perhaps less than you might imagine…
Okay, rest assured, I’m not here to say that all the economic turmoil is just a mirage. It’s not. But [...]

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