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How a Freelance Consultant Raised Rates by Sharing Cost Breakdowns
In this episode of Freelance Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive pricing strategy: showing clients the exact cost breakdown of your services. They examine how a freelance brand strategist in Chicago raised her rates by 35 percent after voluntarily itemizing her research hours, design tools, and overhead. The conversation covers why transparency can build trust rather than invite negotiation, how to frame line items around value instead of expense, and the one critical caveat—never share absolute dollar amounts for your own labour. Listeners learn a concrete…
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