When copywriting is your profession, it can be exciting, exhilarating and frightening -- especially if you're doing it freelance. There's usually a little unease when you do freelance work, "Will my new clients pay me," "What are the rates," "Am I going to have to fight to get my money?" Questions like these are completely valid and warranted.
Here at CKMG, we pride ourselves on paying competitive wages to our writers and know that they are an important component in our business. Without our quality writers, we'd struggle to stay as successful as we are.
However, there are companies and people out there who might try to take advantage of you as a freelance copywriter. For example, there is currently someone hiring writers under the email, " This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ," but they do not pay their writers for their efforts. This concerns us for two reasons:
- Obviously, they know a good thing when they see it (our name), so they'll liberally "borrow" from it -- even though this is not our UK branch hiring.
- When you don't charge writers for their efforts, it leads to mistrust, which hurts everyone (future freelance employers and freelancers).
If anyone out there comes across anything like this, let us know about it and we'll write a post about it letting freelancers know troublesome companies to avoid.
Thanks to Hillary for the tip!
