EP232 | How to Avoid Project Creep and Price Your Services Like a Boss With Lindy Alexander

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Lindy Alexander

In this episode, Lindy Alexander shares valuable insights on how to avoid project creep (or scope creep) and provides tips on pricing your services as a freelance writer. She emphasizes the importance of setting clear boundaries and guidelines from the start of a project to avoid scope creep.

About the guest:

Lindy Alexander is an Australian freelance food and travel writer who regularly contributes to major publications such as The Telegraph, The Guardian, Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, The Sydney Morning Herald, and more. She also writes content for organizations, big businesses, non-profits, and universities.

Lindy is the founder of The Freelancer’s Year – a popular blog (that started with her detailing how she made $100K in her first 11 months of full-time freelancing) and hub for online writing courses for aspiring and established freelance writers.

Connect with Lindy on socials!

Instagram accounts – @lindyalexanderwriter and @thefreelancersyear

Twitter – @alexander_lindy

Her blog – www.thefreelancersyear.com

Tips on Avoiding Project Creep and Pricing Your Services

Key points:

Defining project creep: Project creep, also known as scope creep, occurs when project boundaries become flexible, and clients make additional requests outside the original scope.
The importance of setting clear boundaries
Tips for creating contracts and essential things to include to protect your business and set expectations.
Pricing your services: should you charge at an hourly rate? When to increase your pricing?
Negotiating fair pricing: She shares tips for pricing your services that reflect the value of your expertise and experience as a writer.

Resources to Check Out

Lindy recommends the following tools:

VOXER for voice messaging during interviews
Otta AI for transcription services
Hello Audio for private podcast streams in courses

Lindy’s freelance writing courses: She offers various courses on her website, including feature writing for magazines, travel writing, and a comprehensive course called “Write Earn Thrive” to help freelance writers earn more money doing what they love.

Here are a few different free downloads shared by Lindy that might work for you. All these are available here.

An income spreadsheet
Finding high-paying clients on LinkedIn
A step-by-step guide to landing your first freelance medical client

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