Re: Public speaking

**"* S* <m*@gmail.com>**

I agree--even though I was paid diddly-squat to speak to farmers' groups and
happy to do it. Farmers groups are a different market than the one you
people are targeting, after all. But undercharging is similar to the many
backyard growers who show up a farmer's markets with a box or two of organic
tomatoes for $1.50/lb. Seriously--I've seen a lot of that. And it's
infuriating for the people trying to make a living by farming.

Miranda

On Dec 30, 2007 3:04 PM, Ellen Zachos <ez@acmeplant.com> wrote:

> Graham rightly notes than when one of us charges too little, we all
> suffer.  On a related note, I recently had inquiry from one of my
> instructors at the NYBG.  He had seen my article in Horticulture and
> wondered if I'd share my contact info so he could offer the magazine
> free articles to publicize an organization he belongs to.
>
> That set me off (of course) and I answered with a long explanation of
> how offering free articles hurts those of us who try to make a living
> writing.  I'm not sure he appreciated my p.o.v., but I feel strongly
> about this.  His point was that the PR he'd receive via the article
> would be more valuable to him than payment, and after listening to
> some of you who speak at least partly to publicize nurseries or other
> enterprises, I wonder how widespread this is.
>
> I never wrote for free, even when I was starting out.  I firmly
> believe that part of being a professional is being treated
> professionally, i.e. being adequately compensated.  This is not a
> hobby.  We work and study for years, accumulating expertise; that's
> worth something.  Ask anyone who's been to law school.
>
> Ellen Z.
>
>
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