Virtual Business Chat: What to Consider When Setting Your Rates

Virtual Business Chat: What to Consider When Setting Your Rates
Presented by the NASW Freelance Committee

Date: Thursday, August 1, 2024
Start Time: 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT
Event Access Link: https://www.nasw.org/virtual-events-auditorium (member login required)
Event Recording: https://www.nasw.org/events/nasw-science-writers-virtual-events-video-recording-archive-2024-members-only (member login required)

The NASW Freelance Committee virtual meetup on August 1 will be a business chat on what to consider when setting your pay rates. To speak on the topic, volunteer event hosts Jennifer Huber and Ellen Kuwana have invited freelance copywriter and editor Erin Brenner.

Erin will share strategies for figuring out what to charge for your services, which depends on many personal factors, such as your preferred client or project type. Erin will also provide an overview of pragmatic guidelines and limitations, such as only having finite hours in a week! And she will take us through when to consider different types of rates (hourly, by word, etc.). This will be an informal presentation, with lots of time for questions and answers.

Note: we will NOT cover specific numbers. The speaker will provide a valuable framework of things to consider.

Invited Speaker:
Erin Brenner
www.righttouchediting.com/about/

Speaker-Provided Bio:

"An award-winning copywriter, Erin Brenner has been a communications professional for two decades. Her two most recent books are The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors: How to Take Care of Your Business, Your Clients, and Yourself from Start-Up to Sustainability (University of Chicago Press, 2024) and Marketing Yourself: Strategies to Promote Your Editorial Business, with Sarah Hulme (Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading, 2024). When she’s not working, you’ll find Erin hiking with her family, knitting, or just lying around, reading a good book."

#SciWriBizChat

Is one of your 2024 resolutions to run your small business more efficiently? Or have you been afraid to jump into self-employment? There is a community here to support you. This year, the NASW Freelance Committee is offering a virtual meetup series held on the first Thursday of each month at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Freelance writers, editors and other communicators will be able to educate themselves and ask experts questions in an informal, small-group setting.

Questions? Stop by to say hello to event hosts Ellen Kuwana and Jennifer Huber.

Please note that this is an informational session and opportunity to ask questions; it is not an endorsement by NASW for any specific agent, company, or policy. NASW does not provide licensed tax advice services, nor do we make recommendations for specific policies or products.

Disclaimer: The National Association of Science Writers, Inc. (“NASW”) supports practical measures meant to help freelancers build and sustain a thriving business, from compensation surveys that offer a historical look at the field to tip sheets on matters like how to approach contract negotiation. These measures are not intended to and should not be used by members to establish, suggest, or agree on prices or rates that are “too low" or “too high,” which is not permitted under NASW’s Antitrust Policy. In offering these educational resources to support our members, and in all our activities, NASW is committed to compliance with all applicable antitrust laws. NASW members are reminded that they must exercise their independent business judgment in pricing their services or products, dealing with their customers and suppliers, and choosing the markets in which they will compete. Antitrust laws stipulate that members may NOT agree with other NASW members or writers on prices or terms or on any other matter which is inconsistent with exercising their independent business judgment in pricing their services or products, dealing with their customers and suppliers, and choosing the markets in which they will compete. NASW members are always free to accept any assignment at any rate they choose. For further information, please see our Antitrust Policy, available here. NASW members can also explore our most recent survey on historic compensation rates, available here