I have a tendency to spoil my clients. I’m such a people pleaser that I bend over backwards making them happy and making their outsourcing experience as easy as possible. Sometimes that means I don’t look out for MY best interest, which can be detrimental.

Last summer I was doing some writing work for a client [...]

Have you searched the jobs on Elance and other bidding sites and started wondering whether there’s any good work to be found? Are you tired of scanning job boards and watching other freelancers play the “how low can you go” game? Are you unwilling to write 50 articles for $50?
The good news is that there [...]

May seems to have slipped by much faster than any of us anticipated. I’m only now beginning to feel caught up on my work, and the sun outside threatens to impact my productivity even more.
How, oh how, do freelancers get any work done in the summer?
May’s Totals:
Monthly Income: $6,013.50
Percentage of Income Paid Out to Our [...]

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While money [...]

Okay, we admit it. We freaked out a little bit in April. When we started the month, we had no jobs lined up, we weren’t getting any responses on our bids, and, as Lorna hinted, we were (and still are) battling a client who owes us over $3,000 and has since fallen off the radar. [...]

March has been a roller coaster ride of a month for us. The numbers we’re posting, while not as large as last month’s, are still pretty great. Yet, Lorna and are facing a pretty empty month for April, and it’s making us a little nervous.
Couple this with a client we fear will go bankrupt before [...]

Everyone’s Talking, but No One’s Saying Anything
There is absolutely TONS of talk on the blogs about how to set your freelance rates. You will probably notice, however, that while everyone talks about how to set your rates, no one tells you what they actually charge. There are a couple of reasons for that, [...]

ETA: For those who want to do a little comparison, scroll down to the bottom of this post where I’ve listed links to all of the previous freelance income reports we’ve posted thus far. (Lorna)
I’d like to start February’s income report by saying that, as with most businesses and individuals these days, the Berry-Brewer Freelance [...]

As promised, I’m back on track in 2009 with a much more detailed and up-to-date financial report. And the numbers are a little different than what I was expecting (which probably makes it a good thing to do this).
Overall, Lorna and I feel like we have never been more busy than we have been these [...]

I know it’s been awhile since we posted our freelance income report. Our critics are probably saying gleefully to themselves, “Ha! I knew once things started slowing down, they wouldn’t be so upfront about all things money-related. They’re just fair-weather informants.”
I promise that’s not what happened. It’s much more noble than that: a severe case [...]