Justifying your freelance rate
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I disagree with mentioning your health issues or tech upgrades as to why you should charge a certain amount.
As I have stated before, they can care less what you have to buy or so on. They have a budget, if you can do it then great. If not, then to bad for you.
It goes more into project management and intellectual property. You have to explain that your ideas on concepts are what they are paying for. Along with the production and delivery of these ideas that are going to produce the results they are looking for. You can charge $50.00 or $500.00 an hour. If you explain correctly and prove to them why you are the one doing it and not some chump or their kid then they can see why they are paying that much.
Your skills and background are what sets your rates. Not what warez you use or the doctor you have to see every month for the rash you have on the back of your knees.
Remember, you are providing a service in attempts to produce results for them. These are things they cannot achieve without you. These are things that you have an "eye" for. Not just anyone can do.
Your clients budget also has a lot to do with it.
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