One of the greatest challenges for freelance writers is the creation of accurate time estimates for jobs. The Estimating Process Content research Task or tool training (self-education) Basic Estimates These estimates are based on JoAnn Hackos’ Managing Your Documentation Projects, page 170 (1994). Hours Required/Unit Information Type 5 hrs/page User…
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Setting your rates as a freelance writer or editor can be difficult. Knowing your own worth means knowing what others have been charging in similar situations. The easiest way to find out the rates of others is to join a professional organization. Groups such as the National Writers Union and…
What’s new in technology that would interest a broad audience? I ask myself that question the first weekend of each month when I sit down to write “Virtual Valley,” a column for Direct Magazine (formerly Visalia Direct magazine), a publication of DMI Agency that is a newspaper insert and direct mailing. After writing the…