How do you get away with that crap?!
CLIENT: We went to eLance and ordered a bunch of custom articles for our website. Crap crap crap! Couldn’t use them, they were that bad! I saw your writing and was wondering if you can do articles for us.
ME: Sure, I’ve got some free time next week to do a few Web articles for you.
CLIENT: Great! How much do you charge?
ME: For an article ## number of words in length and minimal research requirements, I charge a base of $X per article. That could and will likely change depending on project requirements, quanti…
CLIENT: What!?! That’s highway robbery! How do you get away with that crap?! I can have the work done on eLance for a fraction of what you’re asking!!!
ME: Knock yourself out.
Eldon Sarte
http://eldonsarte.com