That way you could say “This is what my other clients pay me, so if you want my services this is what it costs.”

Of course I suppose a writer could lie…LOL! Hey, all my clients pay me $1 a word, you should too.

Still, I found that an interesting request from a client.

OK – now that job leads are up, my day is improving.

I found an ad today that made me shake my head. Someone is hiring freelance writers for a new site and is willing to pay between $0.25 and $2 per article. I was tempted to send this person an e-mail to ask if they had received many responses, but as I’m way behind today, I’ll just focus on what I need to do next.

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I am wondering if some of these ridiculously low paying gigs is being outsourced. You know, may be a freelancer managed to win a gig and is then advertising for more writers, and taking a large cut in the meantime without the client knowing!

I found an ad today that made me shake my head. Someone is hiring freelance writers for a new site and is willing to pay between $0.25 and $2 per article. I was tempted to send this person an e-mail to ask if they had received many responses, but as I’m way behind today, I’ll just focus on what I need to do next.

There seems to be a lot of these ads around at the moment but there will always be people willing to work for next to nothing. We touched on this subject just recently.

Now, I pick out the best ads. Ones that look and sound professional. At least, the ones that have a realistic approach. I also generally ignore the ones that list 100 million job functions for what seems little in way of return.

May be I am getting wise or just getting very wary!

It’s a downright shame that freelancers are still viewed as lazy, time-wasters and deserving of little or no pay for their time and they work. It is obvious from the mountain of freelance jobs being offered, that we are in high demand.

That is why we must continue to rally together, across land, see and the Internet to build and sustain a formidable community. As we work to improve our skills and produce quality work, we must still fight against this blatant disrespect, injustice and prejudice. Let us encourage one another to maintain professionalism in the market place, to expect and demand respect and suitable compensation for the work we produce.

Naturally, all our efforts will not eradicate this scourge from our lives as freelancer writers. However, a bold and unified front backed by professionalism and excellent work will surely put a spoke in the wheel of those who regard us with scant courtesy and dangle crumbs and exposure on the other.

Enough ranting. This full-time freelance writer has commitments that require my immediate attention.

Have a great week my fellow writers.

I had another where the man needed someone to write text for his new Web site, then after he decided I was perfect for the job, he asked if I could lower my price since I was not a qualified appraiser. If he’d wanted a qualified appraiser he should have started by saying that. In the end, he opted to repost the job ad and add that tidbit.

Then my favorite was a guy who said EXCELLENT pay. His version of excellent was $5 for 500 words and he even was so kind as to include that he was charging the clients $12 a piece for these same articles. He needed the extra money to cover his advertising, site fees, and time spent editing the articles.

Seems last week was a dud for me.

That really is a piece of work.