To determine a fair price to pay freelance writers, I posted a job announcement on several job sites read by thousands of freelancers. In reviewing dozens of proposals from experienced writers, I’ve consistently found the average bid to be $300.00 for 20 articles of at least 500 words each ($15 per article). That’s how I’ve determined the price I’m willing to pay here. In addition to the payment, your work would be featured on my website(s) indefinitely and you would naturally be free to show future employers your work by referring them to the relevant pages on my website. I would also be open to writing you a very nice letter of recommendation.

You’ve got to be kidding me. Just $15 per article is “average”? I’m not sure what “experienced writers,” she dealt with, but they are way underpriced. I’ve got to blog about this one.

Even when I know the person, they can find excuses not to pay me. A friend of mine, though, who happens to be a client, suggested an installment plan. She needs a deadline to write, so I give her the deadline and she pays me as we go.

But I know what you mean. Pay me in clips? Please. I can’t live on paper…

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What makes you feel that your self-valuation will be acceptable to everyone, especially in the business arena?

It is an open field. Somebody may find you worth paying that you demand, Others may not.

Do not be dejected. Carry on. The same experience will not recur every time.

First for you having better things to do with your time then work for cheapos.

And second, for reaffirming that writers are worth the rates we quote.

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