I've listened to this podcast. http://www.fmstudio.com/blog/index.html it's really towards design firms/ptograpyhy but it did have some good podcasts on 'choosing your rates' you don't want to be to low so you get people that want it done yesterday for $50. if you charge slightley higher some people will think 'they must be real good if they can charge that. we want them' and you get better clients. yes we do have to put food on the table.
here's an article that I've book markeed but have really read so I don't know how relevant it is about 'going solo' http://www.garrettdimon.com/archives/about-going-solo On 8/22/05, Brent Helms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I shared your same concern with this project. After a 10 page SOW, I > began to wonder if they'd do the same, but then again, this client had > me sign a NDA, so I felt a little more comfortable with his work > ethic. Maybe in return, I should do the same for my SOW's by having > them sign an NDA, but then again, whos going to stop them from > re-using it. I guess I'll try it until it burns me, which may not > take long... > > On 8/22/05, Jeff Mayfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I was contracting and had a customer that wanted to pay hourly I > > charged 100/hr net 30 invoiced weekly less 15% if payment was > > postmarked in 7 days, payments to be applied to the oldest invoice first. > > > > A friend of mine who writes Java apps is in high demand because of > > the excellent referrals he receives is continually raising his prices > > because he has too much work. Last I knew he was charging 250 an > > hour and had clients willing to wait 6 months for an opening in his > > schedule. Wish I had his troubles :) I get good referrals but they > > aren't given in the crowd of people that have money to spend. > > > > I tried the bid on a gig sites for a while and had the same problem > > as Brent, my 3k or 4k bid was competing with 100 dollar bids. I > > began posting SOW's only to find that the company was using my SOW to > > drive their project so I killed my subscription. Since I'm not a > > salesman I was soon back looking for a W-2 position but would love to > > get back into contracting if there's somebody out there who is good > > at sales that wants to partner with me. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > > > At 8/19/2005 10:11 PM, you wrote: > > >Hey Everyone, > > >If this is not appropriate please let me know. I'm bidding on a job > > >and I'm wondering what other people are charging per hour? I work for > > >a large company doing Intranet work and it's been a while since I've > > >done any work on the Internet. A range would be fine, I'm just > > >trying to get an idea. > > > > > >Ryan > > > > > >-- > > >Ryan Everhart > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >---------------------------------------------------------- > > >To post, send email to [email protected] > > >To unsubscribe: > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > >To subscribe: > > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > > To subscribe: > > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm > To subscribe: > http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberUnsubscribe.cfm To subscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org/form_MemberRegistration.cfm
