What is your time worth?
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By Sandra Phinney It’s a curious human trait how we tend to put certain people and professions on a pedestal, while we look down on others. I was acutely aware…
Yellow Pages Canada offering content mill rates for app writing work
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CMG Freelance is advising freelance writers across Canada not to accept work from Yellow Pages that pays in the range of 6 to 9 cents per word. Story Board has…
Levelling Up as a Freelancer (or How to Spot a Turkey)
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How to quickly evaluate every freelance opportunity by Miranda Miller Do you know when to turn down a contract? Wait. Turn down? What?! If the very thought of…
Writer Scott Carney launches WordRates & PitchLab Kickstarter
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by Rachel Sanders Scott Carney figures he’s beaten the odds and come out the other side: he’s become a successful freelance writer. What was his first clue? Everyone kept asking for his advice. “I…
The Cost of Saying Yes to Every Gig
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How turning down projects can help you build your freelance writing business. by Miranda Miller Opportunity cost dictates that even when you make the best choice possible, you lose…
Toronto freelancer goes the distance to pursue non-paying client
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Most freelancers have had to deal with it at some point in their careers – a client who is slow to process invoices, or, worse, one that’s deliberately avoiding paying…
Freelancer Stephen Leahy on crowdfunding his environmental journalism
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by Rachel Sanders Stephen Leahy was at a conservation conference in Mexico five years ago when the dire state of freelance journalism became clear to him. After the event, he spoke with…
Money in the bank: tips for freelance accounting
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by Hannah Hoag Not long ago, one of my regular clients had some hiccups with their accounting procedures. Every month or so, I’d have to contact the department to inquire…
Pay Me Please helps freelancers get what they’re owed
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There’s nothing quite as frustrating to a freelancer as having to chase a publisher down for unpaid invoices. Story Board has reported on late-paying Canadian publishers a couple of times over…
Warning to freelancers: The Revelation Magazine
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Freelance writers, photographers and web developers are advised that a Toronto-based startup magazine is behind on payments to its contributors. The Revelation Magazine, an online publication that bills itself as…