I took on a few new recurring blog assignments for a B2B marketing agency’s new tech website clients late last year as an extension of copy I wrote for their new websites. Unfortunately, due to the bulk nature of the work, I agreed to pricing that’s much lower than I should have. Unfortunately, my time investments have bitten back a bit.
With one SME call for up to two posts (30-45 minutes total), all copy, editing, proofing, a significant amount of email traffic and up to two rounds of client copy reviews involving more editing than anticipated (my standard), each post can easily rack up 4-5+ hours (target length for each post is approximately 500-600 words).
Any thoughts on how to address this with the agency client? (i.e., explain the unexpected time commitments and request more money going forward, shorten the calls so the SME doesn’t provide so much feedback to wade through, etc.?) My agency client, and in turn their clients, are very satisfied overall with the end results. But I’m paying somewhat of a bigger price than expected timewise in the process which has really negatively impacted my internal hourly rate threshold.
I’ve never gotten many inbound inquiries from LinkedIn, and I keep thinking I must be doing something wrong with my profile. I made some tweaks recently, but I’d love for you to take a look and share any ideas! Thank you! https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraleighmacpherson/
Last year I signed a contract with a client to do editing/development for her book. Because a lot of the details were still unclear, I thought it was best to quote an hourly rate, which she accepted and we agreed that we would work chapter by chapter. However, she had trouble staying on track with the timeline and plan we outlined and the project languished for months.
Now, she just sent me a huge draft and asked for my feedback, but I want to reset our expectations and make sure we’ve structured the project in a way that still works well for both us. Do you have any experience creating proposals for book editing/ book development?
Early on, I ended up spending a lot of time going back and forth via email and calls, which I didn’t charge her for (silly, I know!) But now, I want to make it clear that any expertise I provide will come with a price.
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Doug Chovan
March 4, 2019I took on a few new recurring blog assignments for a B2B marketing agency’s new tech website clients late last year as an extension of copy I wrote for their new websites. Unfortunately, due to the bulk nature of the work, I agreed to pricing that’s much lower than I should have. Unfortunately, my time investments have bitten back a bit.
With one SME call for up to two posts (30-45 minutes total), all copy, editing, proofing, a significant amount of email traffic and up to two rounds of client copy reviews involving more editing than anticipated (my standard), each post can easily rack up 4-5+ hours (target length for each post is approximately 500-600 words).
Any thoughts on how to address this with the agency client? (i.e., explain the unexpected time commitments and request more money going forward, shorten the calls so the SME doesn’t provide so much feedback to wade through, etc.?) My agency client, and in turn their clients, are very satisfied overall with the end results. But I’m paying somewhat of a bigger price than expected timewise in the process which has really negatively impacted my internal hourly rate threshold.
Laura MacPherson
March 11, 2019I’ve never gotten many inbound inquiries from LinkedIn, and I keep thinking I must be doing something wrong with my profile. I made some tweaks recently, but I’d love for you to take a look and share any ideas! Thank you! https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraleighmacpherson/
Jhaneel Lockhart
March 12, 2019Last year I signed a contract with a client to do editing/development for her book. Because a lot of the details were still unclear, I thought it was best to quote an hourly rate, which she accepted and we agreed that we would work chapter by chapter. However, she had trouble staying on track with the timeline and plan we outlined and the project languished for months.
Now, she just sent me a huge draft and asked for my feedback, but I want to reset our expectations and make sure we’ve structured the project in a way that still works well for both us. Do you have any experience creating proposals for book editing/ book development?
Early on, I ended up spending a lot of time going back and forth via email and calls, which I didn’t charge her for (silly, I know!) But now, I want to make it clear that any expertise I provide will come with a price.