If you’re considering working from home, you may not be thinking about freelancing. If you have the skills someone is willing to pay for, freelancing is a great way to make money and work from home.

Freelancers can be anything from website design to internal sales done at home. Photography and writing are two other common business opportunities for freelancers. The Internet is an important source of freelancers. If someone has to do something and you can do it, you can go freelancing.

If you like writing, people who own their own internet business are potential customers. If you have writing skills, blogs are very popular right now. If you get enough clients, you can actually write a full-time job for someone who doesn’t have the time.

This can take some time to get started, so you’ll need a small business reserve account to withdraw money from the months when income falls. Another way to start is to start part-time and grow your business while continuing to work full-time. Because you don’t have a stable workflow to start with, you may have to take jobs in different fields rather than in the areas you are good at. The writer may need to write articles and press releases. In addition to sales, internal sales associates for an account may be required to provide customer service.

The advantage of freelancing is that you can do it on your own schedule. The internet is open 24 hours a day. If you have more time at night, you can work. Some people have time in the morning or on the weekend. As long as you can meet the client’s deadline, you can work when it suits you best.

If you want to start a freelancer, you need to set up an online business where your clients are. Discussion forums are a great place to find a community of potential customers. If you do it right, learning how to promote your business on forums can give you a quick overview of customers. The other two sources of freelance work are:

1.Tjobs.com

2. Freelancer Network

You can google freelancers and come up with many different ways to get started. Regardless of how you make your clients their own boss and provide services, you can make freelancers a great way to earn money and work for yourself from home.

Freelance Writers, Editors, Copy Editors: How to Determine What to Charge

For freelance writers, editors, copywriters, etc., it can be confusing to determine what to charge. Based on my 19 years of experience in the assembly industry, I answered this old question, “How do I charge?” A freelancer recently wrote:

“A few years later, I recently left an employee job and now I plan to continue working as a freelancer. However, I am not sure about writing, different types and levels of editing, proofreading and other editing tasks. I know different industries and types organizations have different rates, but can you give me an “example range”: loading rates i.e. hourly rate, project rate, page rate, or word rate, or can you tell me where to find the current exchange rate?”

This question is too broad to answer in detail because the pricing of a job depends on many factors: for example, the width of the job; the type of work to be performed; discipline (general, science, law, etc.); field (magazine, the technology company, non-profit, etc.) ); experience; etc. So I will give a general answer.

Remember this is a very general answer. Feel free to join in and give some feedback to the author based on your experience.

The general proofreading/editing rate ranges from just $15/hour to the fairly standard $35-40/hour. In general, the more specialized the subject, the more you can charge for these services. In addition, your level of experience is also very important here.

However, I rarely see copy editors exceeding $50/hour. Moreover, this often applies to highly specialized disciplines such as medical and/or technical copywriting. USD 35/hour is the general standard rate and USD 40 is the standard rate for more technical work.

Proofreading (proofreading only) usually costs $25/hour. The line between proofreading and editing is so blurred, even though most freelancers don’t differentiate between the two.

Editing and writing usually start at $25 per hour and can go up to $75 or more. Likewise, the more specialized the subject, the more you will charge. The line between editing and writing is sometimes blurred, but usually not. The standard editing rate is $40-$50/hour; for writing, most start at $45 and then gradually increase.

It’s hard for the editing industry to raise rates so I always recommend freelancers especially if they have more than 5 years of experience assuming their plans to start charging in the next 3 years or so because these industry no major changes in fees. Why?

Many companies set budgets that don’t increase year after year (in fact, when publishers get tight, outside contractor budgets are often cut first), so the fees they can pay to freelancers should remain fairly stable.

A client I interviewed for an ebook on the subject pointed out that her company’s copywriting rates haven’t changed in over 5 years (they pay $25 an hour). This is a respected financial company that employs many freelancers.

When you work with a company, you usually charge by the hour or by the work rate. When you work with individuals, you can get page rates depending on the job content. Again, this is just my experience.

A note: If I have a lot of experience with the material on hand and know that I can finish it quickly, I will only charge labor costs. Most clients like work rates because they know in advance what they are going to pay and if you are a fast and efficient employee it will be to your advantage.

 

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