Comments on: Freelance Income Report (Playing Catch-Up…and Losing)

By: Lorna Doone Brewer

Lorna Doone Brewer — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:41:50 +0000

@Allena – We don’t go so far as to list our rates or our clients, but we do give an awful lot of information most of the time.

@Michael – We had to go another direction.

@Becca – We’re not at all disappointed in the numbers. Tamara took most of November off, and we hardly did any work for two weeks during Christmas, so we felt this was very respectable.

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:41:04 +0000

Interesting stuff. And not all that bad. Look at it this way, everyone is suffering in this economy, so it's really not a surprise that the payrate went down a little. That being said, I would like to share some encouraging news, however, based on an recent article I just read. It's about hot skills for outsourcing/freelance jobs and it shows demand for certain skills, like wordpress blogging trends have actually increased by as much as 4 times what they were in previous years. I find this very encouraging given the current state of the economy.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:32:03 +0000

Are you still looking for a writer with car expertise? Mine is wholly related to Corvettes. Let me know if I can help.

Michael

By: Allena Tapia

Allena Tapia — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:45:33 +0000

anyone who succeeds where others fail has critics.

I was wondering when/if you guys were going to do this!

I realized that, although I generally mask my clients, they may not like me advertising their pay rates. Heck, it may even violate NDAs. So I haven’t done it yet.

So should I do it all VAGUE and not much helpful, or not do it at all. Business has chosen the 2nd option!

Solid livable numbers. At least in a 2 income household. And here in the midwest that would buy a lot! Congrats.

By: Lorna Doone Brewer

Lorna Doone Brewer — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:44:58 +0000

We have critics? That sucks for us.