Guides
Guides for getting paid for everything you do.
Free, practical guides on the money that quietly leaks out of a freelance business, and the tools to plug it. Each one comes with a calculator or template you can use today.
Guide · The tool tax
The freelance tool tax: what your $90/month software stack actually costs you
Add up the real cost of your freelance software stack: six subscriptions, plus a leak that runs several times bigger between tools that do not talk. Here is the math, and how to run your own number.
Read the guide Guide · Scope creepStop the third free revision: how to charge for "can we just add…"
Every time a client said "can we just add...", you added it. Here is the structural reason free revisions happen, why willpower does not fix it, and a free template to stop working for free.
Read the guide Guide · True profitThe real P&L of a creative project: what your best job actually paid you per hour
You tracked the $8,000. You never tracked the $31/hour. Run the real P&L of a creative project, revenue minus your true time and expenses, and find out which client actually pays.
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