I make $200K a year!
This exchange happened fairly recently.
CLIENT: I need a website. I have a thriving network marketing business and obviously the World Wide Web should help me grow even more!
MY BRAIN: MLM? Oh crap.
MY MOUTH: OK. Want me to write your content too, or would you prefer to provide all that?
CLIENT: Why does it matter?
MY BRAIN: There’s more work, genius.
MY MOUTH: Well, copywriting is additional work, so I charge a bit extra if you want that on top of Web design. The project will cost less if the content’s all from you and I don’t…
CLIENT: Well, I was thinking to pay you a percentage of what I make through the website.
MY BRAIN: Uh-huh.
MY MOUTH: Uh-huh.
CLIENT: It’ll work out nicely for you. I make $200K a year!
MY BRAIN: Hmmmm…
MY MOUTH: What percentage? And bear in mind that if I take this on, the cut will be from the whole $200K, and more as it grows of course, since with typical MLM ops I don’t think you can isolate…
CLIENT: Well, I’m not quite making $200K just yet.
MY BRAIN: …
MY MOUTH: …
CLIENT: I just started last month, but I now have 7 in my downline, more than twice the projected 3! At this rate, I’ll be pulling in $200K annually in a year or sooner!
MY BRAIN: Mothereffing hell…
MY MOUTH: Bringing your attention back to how much I charge to do the work, I require 50% of the estimated job cost upfront, then [yada yada yada]
Eldon Sarte
http://eldonsarte.com
Ha! That’s nothing! I’ve been making $200K a *month* in the future ever since I found out what the “K” meant
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Twitter: rubberonion
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that literally brightened my day! haha
Classic stuff! Sad thing, it that this scene is repeated on a daily basis across the freelancing community. Good reminder to take the same care choosing your clients as you would choosing a mate.
lol, this is classic man ~ nice share ! XD
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Excellent stuff. I’ve had my share of that. And it’s always the people who just started are the ones actively speaking about it. I don’t join those business opportunities.
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