Notes
Notes for freelancers
Short, practical guides to getting paid for your time. Every number and legal claim links to its source.
Start here57 free notes, sorted by what you need this week: first client, pricing, late payments, taxes.ClientsGetting paidMoney & taxesPricingStarting outTime tracking
Negotiate your rateAnchor first, offer options, and trade scope instead of discounts. With wording you can copy.
What goes into a freelance rateTax, costs, time off, unbilled hours and profit: the layers on top of your old hourly pay.
Ghosted on an invoice?The day 3, 10, 21 follow-up schedule, the words to use, and your rights when a client won't pay.
Finding unbilled hoursThe gaps, quick calls and forgotten timers, and a ten-minute Friday check to catch them.
Retainers and depositsGet paid before (or as) you work: deposits, monthly retainers, and the words to use.
Planning for a slow seasonYour monthly floor, a buffer from the good months, and the past clients to write to first.
Track time by projectOne client, several jobs: split every hour onto the right project, and bill each one right.
Your real hourly rateFlat fee ÷ every hour it took. How to count honestly, and what to do when it's low.
Hourly or flat fee?When each one fits, four questions to decide, and how to price a project from your hourly rate.Track it, prove it, get paid.
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