Hi Kelly, I found your site while doing research and discovered some gems. My research regards payment. I have been employed writing copy for my employer at salary. A great opportunity came my way and I've been offered a chance to write a 3000 word Wikipedia biography for a fairly well known lobbyist in Washington D.C. He wants me to submit a proposal because he doesn't know what to pay. And I don't know what to charge. He is very inclined to give me the assignment and wants to pay the competitive rate. I just don't know how to figure or find the going scale. Can you give me some guidance here? I would sure appreciate it. Thanks so much Robert Gates rtgates210@gmail.com
That's hard to say, but you could charge a per-project fee, per-hour, or per-word. I'd clarify where the info for the bio is going to come from, and go from there...depending on the work involved, I'd probably ask for at least $1-2/word for this kind of thing or set a flat project fee with wiggle room to negotiate.
Hi Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI found your site while doing research and discovered some gems. My research regards payment. I have been employed writing copy for my employer at salary. A great opportunity came my way and I've been offered a chance to write a 3000 word Wikipedia biography for a fairly well known lobbyist in Washington D.C. He wants me to submit a proposal because he doesn't know what to pay. And I don't know what to charge. He is very inclined to give me the assignment and wants to pay the competitive rate. I just don't know how to figure or find the going scale. Can you give me some guidance here? I would sure appreciate it. Thanks so much
Robert Gates
rtgates210@gmail.com
Hi, Robert--
ReplyDeleteThat's hard to say, but you could charge a per-project fee, per-hour, or per-word. I'd clarify where the info for the bio is going to come from, and go from there...depending on the work involved, I'd probably ask for at least $1-2/word for this kind of thing or set a flat project fee with wiggle room to negotiate.
Hope this helps!
Kelly