Seven tips for the performances as a freelancer

    

By Raúl Gorrín.-   Your performance as a freelancer professional requires you to be clear about certain aspects such as: your fees and costs; a matter that is not always easy to determine. The value of your work and your work, can be more complicated than you think and tend to charge less than you deserve as a specialist in the area where you are about to perform, especially for the young people it is difficult to assess their work; the tendency is to be towards the underestimation of their experience. We are going to show you some tips to calculate your rate as a professional freelancer:

1. Conduct market research: It is necessary that you determine how much the rest of the professionals who provide your service in the market charge and compare it with your income aspirations based on your experience and knowledge, it is important to remember that not all jobs are the same. 

2. Work according to your needs: However, keep in mind that we are not telling you to charge exactly the same as others charge. You have to take into account your lifestyle, so you need to determine how much money you need to earn to live comfortably.

3. Make the necessary adjustments on the way: Usually freelancer doesn’t know how much to charge, nor do customers know how much to pay, therefore it is possible that at first the tariffs that you handle are not adequate, so as time goes by and complies with different contracts, you will make the relevant adjustments in your rates.

4. Increase your rates: The experience will dictate to you how much the right amount for your work is and the same is adapted to what dictates the market, of course, this won’t mean that you should remain forever charging the same rate and the time will come when you should increase what you charge for your services. These adjustments should be made based on inflation rates, experience, acquired skills, reputation and prestige.

5. Learn to say no: When a customer disagrees with your rate, it is possible for you to make some adjustments, but this doesn’t always have to be the case, you have to learn to determine when to give in to make a rebate and when not to. So, you simply have to learn to say no when you feel that you can’t underestimate your work to the extreme of taking your rates to extremes that don’t correspond with your skills, experience, knowledge and prestige.

6. On what criteria to set their rates: When determining the amount of your rates it is essential that you define whether you will do it by hour, per day or per project. Surely each project should be analyzed to establish what element should be deprived to establish its fee rate.

7. Stand firm: After you have set your rate, it is important that you maintain it. Many freelancers often give in to customer pressures at the first sign of conflict over the moment. Doing it can set a precedent in your relationship with the customer, who may fall into the temptation of wanting to govern your business relationship with you on the basis of blackmail and undue pressure to readjust your service fees.

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