The Journal
Tactical Freelance Intelligence.
The business of being a day-rate creative is 20% craft and 80% admin. We write about the 80% so you can get back to the 20%.
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Latest Entries
Client Protection
The Real Reason Scope Creep Isn't Your Client's Fault
Client Protection
Two People Can Agree on 'Redesign the Homepage' and Mean Completely Different Things
Freelance Business Ops
Net 30 Is an Interest-Free Loan You Never Agreed To Give
Client Protection
How to Ask for a Day-Rate 'Booking Fee' (Without Feeling Like the Difficult One)
Client Protection
What to Do When a Client Agrees on Dates and Goes Quiet
Freelance Business Ops
The 'Pencil Hold' is a Scam (And why producers secretly love it when you challenge them)
Client Protection
The Freelance Day-Rate Contract Template (And what to actually include)
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Steve
Steve spent ten years freelancing as a videographer and editor. He now writes the Hardbook Journal — contracts, deposits, and what to say when a client goes quiet.