{"id":16303,"date":"2019-05-02T20:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.toggl.com\/?p=16303"},"modified":"2024-08-08T04:20:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T04:20:33","slug":"learning-is-fun-as-a-freelancer-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/learning-is-fun-as-a-freelancer-comic","title":{"rendered":"Learning Is Fun As A Freelancer* [Comic]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This comic was created by Kristen Barnhart<\/a>\u00a0who spends her days drawing and screenprinting at her home in Denton, Texas.<\/p>\n

What should be on your freelance checklist?<\/h2>\n

When you start as a freelancer, there is a mountain of things you must learn. The early years of freelance lives are filled with challenges, from taxes to maintaining client communication.\u00a0That\u2019s why you should make a learning checklist. What your checklist consists of will differ depending on your job. But no matter your work, these 3 things are absolutely, 100% essential\u00a0<\/strong>to learn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Learning how to price a job<\/h2>\n

Figure out what you\u2019re actually making per hour. <\/strong>Scenario time: Say you are hired by 2 clients. Client A is paying $500, and Client B is paying $1000. You\u2019ve got an idea of the time each project will take, and you plan accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You do the work for Client A and send it in. The work is accepted without revision. Because you\u2019re a savvy freelancer and you were tracking<\/a> how long the job took, you know that you got paid $40 per hour! Good job!<\/p>\n

Client B is a bigger job which is why they\u2019re paying more. You budget twice the amount of time towards the project. After sending in work, they request a ton of revisions. They\u2019ve also been checking in almost every day to make sure you\u2019re making it pop. Since you\u2019ve been tracking your time, you know that between the project work, the client communication, and the revisions, you\u2019ve only made $13 per hour. Ugh.<\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t track your time and just looked at a spreadsheet, you would assume that Client B is bringing in more money when, in actuality, it\u2019s Client A. You should always know what you\u2019re making on an hourly basis. It\u2019ll help you make better business decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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