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How a Freelance Consultant Raised Rates by Saying No to Scope Creep
In episode 119 of Freelance Careers with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how a freelance marketing consultant in Chicago raised her hourly rate from $120 to $180 in six months by implementing a strict scope-of-work policy. The consultant, Maya Chen, tracked every instance of out-of-scope work clients asked for and used that data to build a 'scope creep fee' into her contracts. Lucas breaks down the four-step framework Maya used: documenting every request, calculating the real cost of free work, communicating a new policy to clients without causing friction, and losing the right…
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