Diana Marinova

Freelance Mentor & Marketing Consultant

Should You Bill Time Spent in Email Writing and Skype Calls?

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A reader once asked me if she should bill the time she spends talking via Skype and writing emails to clients. Here’s part of her email:

“Should I bill time for Skype calls and writing emails to my clients when hired on an hourly basis? I have a project with only 8 hours monthly workload but this client holds me on Skype twice per month for at least 1 hour per session. Should I bill her for it?

The same question applies to email writing – should I bill her for that, too? I don’t charge for it but I want to know what the best practice is in such cases so that I take it in consideration when negotiating future projects with prospective clients.”

Value Your Time – How Much Is Your Time Worth?

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Sooner or later, everyone realizes time is our most important asset, it is limited and we have to appreciate it and use it as much as we can. If you lose money – you will earn it back or simply make some more. If you waste your time though, you will never ever be able to make up for the time you lost. So today I’d like to share some thoughts – to help you better value your time.

First, let me put something out of the way – this is not about a calculator of some kind.

Working as a Freelancer – How Much Money Can You Make?

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To be honest, I cannot answer this question with an exact number because although a cliché, sky is the limit when working as a freelancer.

I see in my Google Analytics a lot of people find me through asking questions like “how much does a graphic designer make”, or “how much a freelance marketing consultant makes”, and alike. It all depends on the freelancer and how he or she positions themselves on the market.

In this post I will try to explain how to make as much money as you want working as a freelancer.

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