If one of us has to walk away unhappy, I'd rather it wasn't me
I spent years putting clients first and my family second. It didn't work for anyone. Why I needed structure between me and my clients, and why I built Prolancer.
#Scope creep
Articles tagged Scope creep.
I thought I charged $70 an hour. Most of the time I was earning $10 to $15
My pricing formula said $70 an hour. Once I counted the research, the free changes and the extras nobody asked for, I was earning a fraction of that, and I didn't even know.
Where did the money go? Where did the time go?
Long days, nights, weekends and holidays, and still no idea where the year went. Where a freelancer's time and money really disappear, and how to find out.
The quick-change tax: what “one small thing” costs you in a year
Small unbilled requests feel harmless one at a time. Run your own numbers to see what they add up to in a year, then three habits that stop the leak.
How to price a change request in 60 seconds (and send it without flinching)
A fair price for extra work in one minute: the change, the knock-on work and the timing. With a calculator that writes the reply for you.