I had planned to raise my rates, but my main client made it clear that they
were tightening their belt, so I wimped out and kept them stable. For
smaller, short-term contracts I bumped up my rates a little. Mind you, it
had been a few years since my rates had changed, so I was long over-due.
Ann

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:54 AM, superk <superk696@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi John,
>
> I haven't done much freelance in the last few years, but my rates have
> still
> gone up :)
>
> It all comes down to how much you depend on those revenues or not I
> guess...
>
> Since I don't depend on that revenue, I raise my rates every year or so...
>
> K
>
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Dave
<david.hickey@...<david.hickey%40memotec.com>>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > What are the contractors noticing about opportunities with this global
> > recession in place? A friend was saying he noticed that the rates had
> > dropped by 20% since last year. Is anyone else feeling that?
> > --
> > John David Hickey
> > Documentia Inc.
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> K
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>
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