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There's an algorithm online for figuring out your rates. I'm pretty
sure I still have that file. But I recently left a free-lance/contract
assignment for a medical ad agency in North Jersey, and they quoted me a
bottom-line rate of $1000 per day, plus hotel, transportation and all
reasonable expenses. They were under the gun and needed a guaranteed
product, but I spent about 2 1/2 months comfortably housed in a Embassy
Suites Hotel. So that should give you an idea what the costs might be.
(Yes, I agreed to their 'standard' rate!)
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Annamaria Profit
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we created them."
..............................Albert Einstein
