{"id":4489,"date":"2011-07-04T13:29:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T18:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.local\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:00:38","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:00:38","slug":"how-to-make-time-for-your-book-charge-more-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2011\/07\/how-to-make-time-for-your-book-charge-more-money\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Time for Your Book: Charge More Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3469\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3469  \" title=\"lisa tener with books writing coach\" src=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop.jpg\" alt=\"lisa tener writing coach\" width=\"279\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop.jpg 516w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/lisa-tener-with-books-bw-big-crop-100x125.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Your Book Writing Coach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During our first coaching session, a new client confided that she wanted to make her book a priority but her freelancing consulting job paid the bills&#8211;how could she reduce work hours, increase writing and platform building hours and pay her bills?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;Can you charge more?&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turns out she could&#8211;her skills are in high demand. Not only did she make a commitment to charge more, but the next day she wrote me, &#8220;I wanted to share with you&#8230;I heard from a friend I used to work with a few years  ago today. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I haven&#8217;t talked to him in close to 3 years<\/span><\/strong>. Turns out he started a  consulting practice and <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">asked me if I was looking for a change. He tossed out a  high level hourly<\/span><\/strong> in a\u00a0range that would help out a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amazing how quickly we can manifest when we just put it out there. If you&#8217;re having trouble finding the time and energy to write because of your day job, particularly if you are freelancing or a solopreneur, <strong>consider giving yourself a raise. <\/strong>And then <strong>reduce your work hours to make time for your boo<\/strong>k. Remember what a difference your book will make in your life and the lives of your readers.<\/p>\n<p>Another nifty thing about raising your rates is that it will almost invariably <strong>attract high quality clients<\/strong>. Every time I raised my rates, I ended up attracting people who were writing especially interesting books, paid on time (or ahead of time), had achieved a great degree of success already and were ready, willing and able to apply themselves to be successful as an author.<\/p>\n<p>I predict that <strong>your high-paying clients are likely to be many of your best<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During our first coaching session, a new client confided that she wanted to make her book a priority but her freelancing consulting job paid the bills&#8211;how could she reduce work hours, increase writing and platform building hours and pay her bills? &#8220;Can you charge more?&#8221; Turns out she could&#8211;her skills are in high demand. Not&#8230;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2011\/07\/how-to-make-time-for-your-book-charge-more-money\/\"><em>&nbsp; Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[995,997,996,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-4489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-writing-challenges","7":"tag-find-time-to-write","8":"tag-make-money","9":"tag-money-for-writers","10":"tag-writing-coach-2","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279324,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489\/revisions\/279324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}