Comments on: Are You Charging Enough? http://athomemomblog.com/are-you-charging-enough/ everything for work at home moms Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:36:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pangi http://athomemomblog.com/are-you-charging-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-60918 Pangi Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:32:41 +0000 http://athomemomblog.com/?p=1392#comment-60918 So in other words, journalists and reporters who also review or write about films, beauty products, etc. should be paid for their writing? That's not advertising, that's PR. In my eyes, mombloggers are modern day equivalent of journalists - why should they function differently? So in other words, journalists and reporters who also review or write about films, beauty products, etc. should be paid for their writing? That’s not advertising, that’s PR. In my eyes, mombloggers are modern day equivalent of journalists – why should they function differently?

]]> By: Pat Campbell http://athomemomblog.com/are-you-charging-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-60766 Pat Campbell Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:34:38 +0000 http://athomemomblog.com/?p=1392#comment-60766 "So, in other words, no more “Can I Pick Your Brain for Free” telephone calls and emails. That’s called consulting. No more “guest blogging” on brand sites. That’s called freelancing. No more working with a PR firm or marketer for an entire month or more on one campaign by blogging and tweeting about a product on behalf of a brand. That’s called being a brand ambassador and that type of work needs to be compensated. No more inserting keywords in “product reviews”. That’s called advertising." So, maybe we are not charging 22K like Chris Brogan for our 8 hour day, but Jennifer James makes a very good point that we are worth way more than we are invoicing. A time will come, as home careers become more formalized, that pay rates may standardized! That would be an interesting topic to research! “So, in other words, no more “Can I Pick Your Brain for Free” telephone calls and emails. That’s called consulting. No more “guest blogging” on brand sites. That’s called freelancing. No more working with a PR firm or marketer for an entire month or more on one campaign by blogging and tweeting about a product on behalf of a brand. That’s called being a brand ambassador and that type of work needs to be compensated. No more inserting keywords in “product reviews”. That’s called advertising.”

So, maybe we are not charging 22K like Chris Brogan for our 8 hour day, but Jennifer James makes a very good point that we are worth way more than we are invoicing.

A time will come, as home careers become more formalized, that pay rates may standardized! That would be an interesting topic to research!

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