Comments on: You’re worth more than you think

By: Copify: Junk Food Content To Block Your Business’s Arteries? | Harrisonamy Copywriting

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:36:04 +0000

[...] The problem copywriters have about the per word basis with Copify is that it reduces the idea of copywriting to a commodity. Copywriting is not a commodity. [...]

By: Justin Kownacki - What Are YOU Worth? How to Negotiate Fees and Raises Without the Guilt

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:04:38 +0000

[...] worth — mostly because we have no idea what we actually are worth. Johnny B. Truant touched on this last week, and his advice about understanding the value of your own work seems like ultra-common [...]

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:43:10 +0000

Or T-shirts. I really need to get on that, maybe as a companion piece to the “I’d follow Johnny B. Truant through the pits of zombie Hell” shirts that Jess Commins keeps urging me to make.

By: Karilee

Karilee — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:20:11 +0000

“The main reason that the cheapest providers in the market are cheap is because they decided they weren’t worth much. And the main reason the most expensive providers in the market are expensive is because they decided they were worth more. ”

I suspect you should print that up as a poster and sell it. My experience in life is that I’ve always been able to make as much as I think I’m worth. The big challenge being, of course, thinking I’m worth it at times.

By: James Humphrey

James Humphrey — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:24:29 +0000

Well Said Jonathan – We are so much more than we think at times and if we just compare ourselves to ourselves we’d see great movement.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:45:36 +0000

@NC – At the time, neither of us knew how awesome I was going to become.

It’s cool; I’ll keep buying your shit. I love it.

By: N.C. Winters

N.C. Winters — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:03:51 +0000

Thanks for the random plug, right off the back. Excep that it makes me sound like I charge an arm and a leg for my stuff. Knew I should have charged you more, dammit. Unfortunately, most clients don’t ultimately really know or care about exactly what they want, creatively or otherwise. They want something and don’t realize all that’s involved, and think all other creatives work in the same per/hour mindset. Probably why I do less “design” and focus on painting, where it really is all about my personal creative vision, and I can charge whatever I want.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:49:18 +0000

It’s amazing to me how few people even questioned my pricing of ~$100/hour for technology consulting services for small businesses when I was 21 with little experience. Today, no one even tries to negotiate on price… The simple reason is exactly as you pointed out… My services are not a commodity and if presented properly, no one can even be considered my competition. Great post. Always great to help keep things in perspective.

By: Henri Junttila

Henri Junttila — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:25:06 +0000

This came at the right time. I think it might of been your poultry (in one of your buy-my-stuff videos) that summoned me here to read this. I think the biggest fear most people have (including me) is that no clients will want to work with you, but then again, you can’t price yourself one level above hell because … yeah. But who says hell is underground anyway?

By: So Worth It!

So Worth It! — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:38:45 +0000

[...] Hang w/husband in room for a bit. He’s sleepy and not quite ready to go home. Decide to run home (10 mins. away) and eat something. Change. Check in w/kids…share a minor teenage meltdown (child #3) and eat dinner while standing at kitchen counter surfing email. Read a timely, awesome post by Johnny B. Truant. [...]