Re: The "Cost" of the matter

**"* C* <d*@sympatico.ca>**

From: "Ellen Zachos "Lynn, let me be clear, there's no single price that's 
appropriate for
> everyone..."

Two things- 1.Hi Ellyn- your video is still making the rounds up here.
                     2. Hi Lynn, nice website. Not only is there no single 
price that's appropriate for everyone, there's no single price appropriate 
for even one person, sometimes.

My day-time employer ( a nursery/garden centre selling to both wholesale and 
retail customers) believes that having an employee  pop over to a garden 
club, community event, brown bag day at the library etc. to chat is a 
profitable exercise. Writing up and distributing how-to pamphlets falls in 
the same category; same for in-house seminars. The charge for this is zero. 
I, personally, am paid  my regular wages for the time spent doing my 
employer's bidding. (I do not have rights to intellectual property)

My other employer (my private company which includes a communications 
division) believes that having their one employee pop over to a garden club 
etc., is a profitable exercise. Workshops, seminars, free-lance articles and 
a syndicated column are all products of Greenscapes. The employer's better 
half  believes remuneration should pay the bills and earn some decent money. 
The charges for these are somewhat dependent on the input costs. (I have 
complete rights to intellectual property)

My volunteer employer (a provincial horticultural trade association for 
which I volunteer) accepts magazine articles (free), eagerly anticipates a 
monthly newsletter(submit invoices for materials used),  and cheerfully pays 
for seminars and talks (and pays well.)  (Some limited rights are granted, 
some given , some retained completely.)

What I do, for each of these "employers of my services" is essentially the 
same, using the same knowledge and expertise, requiring similar amounts of 
personal involvement.

What is the value of those services? How much do I "charge"?

 I try to be true to myself and cognizant of my peers, but the "charge" is 
all over the map.

Dan
(who really wanted to be a professional race car driver)

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