First off there are no typical blog wages; not if you blog for yourself, and certainly not if you blog for others. Clients have different budgets, different advertising, and different situations. Still, everyone always asks about actual wages. That said, I figured I’d post some wages that either I’ve accepted, or wages that I know other bloggers have accepted recently. This may help to give you some idea of what’s decent vs. unfair vs. really good. Variables: In all of these situations, I’m assuming that one, the topic is one you know well, and two, you know how to do [Read more…]
Dealing With Blog Compensation Offers – Clients Who Offer Too Much Money
April 3, 2008. 3 Comments
The other day I posted: When someone hires you to blog, which tasks are they hiring you for? At the end I said I’d be back to discuss clients who don’t know about blogs; who are more than happy to pay you simply to post and do nothing else. There’s actually more to this issue than clients who are only looking for posters. You’ll run into a few general negotiation scenarios as a blogger: Clients who offer too much money for too little work (this actually is a problem, below I’ll tell you why). Clients who offer you joke wages [Read more…]
