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I came across this post on Freelance Switch on the Top Ten Signs You May Be Charging Too Little.

Although it’s on the lighter side, there is always some truth in comedy. My favorite of course is the number one sign…

…. And the number one sign you may be charging too little. Companies have been calling from India wanting to outsource their work to you.

That’s too much.

Over on Pixel Acres, Jonathan Nicol has a great post on time management tips for freelancers.

As a freelancer myself I completely agree with the article. One thing that I mentioned in my comment there is that my to-do list is invaluable to me. I’ve used a number of different methods from online task and project management, to my PDA. Now, I am settled and happy with my moleskin planner. Yes, that’s right… paper!

My entire collection consists of two small spiral notebooks: (1) just plain ruled paper where I jot notes from calls and different notes; (2) is a QuickNotes notebook from Cambridge notebooks. I use the QuickNotes book to keep a running track of all the projects I have open as well as specific tasks that need to be accomplished. I then use that QuickNotes list to schedule out my weekly tasks in my Pocket Moleskin Weekly Planner.

Check out Jonathan’s post.

Campaign Monitor has a great article about how to charge your clients for email marketing.

The article does a great job at presenting some different options to help you get together an approach that works best for you and your clients.

1. Template Design (flat fee or hourly rate)
2. Delivery (usually dependant on the number of recipients)
3. Reviewing the results (flat fee or hourly rate)
4. Subsequent changes to the creative (flat fee or hourly rate)
5. Other services we’ve seen designers charge for