Still processing thoughts and ideas from Going Solo, one of those rare events that matched Seth Godin’s new standard for meetings and conferences. The next meet is in Leeds on 12th September. If you’re an independent worker, plan to go.
If you do you’ll probably end up talking about setting your rates. How do you charge fairly and sensibly, resulting in a happy you and a happy client?
One of the panels in Lausanne tackled rates and negotiating and it’s been causing a bit of discussion ever since . Take a look here as Stowe Boyd argues for billing by time and Martin Roell tells the story of how this can’t work for him any more after working out the solution to a long standing problem after just 5 minutes.
Other video from Going Solo here and here.
Pictures are here.
