How Much Should I Ask for?

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By Jaimee Dellapenna Kottsick


One of the primary things that a fresh Internet Marketer will ask is how much he or she should charge for the products or services that he or she is offering. This is definitely an important subject among the internet writers who are trying to offer copy and content writing services to other people who need them. Some people believe that they need to charge whatever consumers are willing to pay. This is especially tricky for people who are generally told that only the barest minimum of rates is acceptable. If you have been asking yourself how much you should charge for your services, that is the way you figure that out.

First you have to create a list of all of your month-to-month expenses. This will certainly include things like the amount of money you spend on rent, mortgage payments, utilities, food, credit cards, other services, etc. Make sure you add the price of doing enjoyable things like going out to dinner once in a while or money for a few frivolous purchases when you go shopping. The value of these items needs to be multiplied by twelve. This is the amount of money that you should put in your bank account annually. This is NOT the amount of money you need to bring in.

To figure out how much you need to make from your consumers take your annual total and add forty percent to it. This will help you to have enough money for fees and taxes; try to remember, the money you earn online is income and will need to be reported to the IRS; not only that but you will need to pay taxes on it. You may use this forty percent on your own Medicare, security taxes, etc. The number sitting in front of you right how-your bills plus forty percent-is how much you need to make.

You likely think that you can be working at least forty hours each week. This is a good amount to plan on, but it is important to note that you will only spend probably one half of this work time performing duties for your clients. The other half will likely be invested doing book keeping, marketing and other administrative things. Why is this important? Because it affects what amount you ask for. Your initial reaction is most likely to take the amount of money you need to make and divide it by fifty two and then divide that number by forty (which will help you figure out your hourly rate). Instead you need to divide it by the amount of weeks you want to work and then divide that number by twenty.

Now that you know what sum of money you have to charge per hour, from here just how much you charge for a project is simple to figure out. How long will it take you to create articles or a sales page? Take that amount of time and multiply it by the hourly rate that you have figured out. This is how much you should charge people.




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