First off, thanks for your comment. I’m glad you got something out of the article.

Okay, so, how to get paid as a freelancer? There’s a great article at about.com that addresses how a freelancer should talk about payment with clients. Here’s the URL: http://freelancewrite.about.com/od/finances/f/rates.htm

Basically you can charge for your writing in two ways: by hourly or by project. I tend to charge by hourly, because there’s no telling how long a writing project might take. Now, I won’t disclose what I charge exactly, but I will tell you that I adjust my fee depending on the client. I’ll probably charge less if I’m helping out a friend or working with a small time blogger that really needs help than if I’m working on a project with a major and established company. Your time is valuable, so make sure you get the money you deserve for the work you do.

I hope that helps,

Lauren

Thank you very much for helping me, also that site you gave me was really helpful. I’m still reading some of his posts. Anyway, I already Emailed my client about the salary I’m expecting from him, just waiting for his reply.

I wish more success to come to you and this site.

Thank you.
Ronel

I forwarded your comment to Lauren who wrote the post, but I also wanted to give my thoughts.

Frankly, I’ve no real idea about the going rates of freelance writers these days because I also work part-time and writing isn’t the only thing I’m doing. When it comes to article writing, I am usually paid on a per article basis and I don’t do it on a regular basis, so I don’t really know how much a full-time writer earns per month.

I think there are several things you can do to estimate how much your rate can be. You can estimate the number of articles you can submit in an hour, multiply that by the number of hours you’re expected to work per day and then calculate how much you can earn per day. You can also just take your hourly rate and multiply again by the number of hours per day. You also have to take into account that you’ll be working exclusively for your employer so you can include a premium if you want. Or you can simply give your employer a figure that you are comfortable with and willing to accept. Also, it will be great if you know what your employer expects from you in terms of work output, etc. given that you’ll be working full-time for them.

You can check out this site that’s really useful. This blog is by a really young guy who’s pretty successful with his freelance writing career. — http://www.youngprepro.com

Good luck!

Leah

I need an advice about how much salary per month should I tell my client from writing full time for him. I’ve been writing articles for him as part time. So I asked him if I could write full time for him, then he asked me how much salary per month would I expect.

Here’s what he said:
“The workload will vary depending on how many clients we had so obviously IF we did take you on full time (haven’t talked to my partner yet) then you would need to be available to us on a full working day basis. How much are you looking for per month based on what I just told you?”

Need your help^^ Thanks.