My Professional Services
One Project—One Price
I offer professional communication services to you, your company, or your organization. I deliver the projects you assign to me on-time and on-budget.
My Rates
Documentation Services
| Publication | Commercial Rate/hr | Notes |
| Requirements Analysis | $45.00 |
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| Design Specification | $45.00 | |
| API/Programming Guide | $55.00 | |
| Quick-Start Guide | $55.00 | |
| Administrator Guide | $65.00 | |
| User Guide | $65.00 | |
| Policy & Procedure Manual | $75.00 | |
| Proposal Response | $75.00 | Financials data not included |
| Presentation Material | $125.00 | Formats: xlxs, docx, PDF |
Note: Other media or document types available on request.
Website Design & Deployment
| Website Model | Open-Source CMS/hr | Notes |
| Brochure | $45.00 |
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| E-commerce | $45.00 | |
| Social Networking | $45.00 |
Website Support
These are add-on services to support existing sites.
| Service | Commercial Sites | Notes |
| Images | $25.00/image | Includes cost of royalty-free stock image purchased, preparation, & installation |
| Image Galleries | $65.00/gallery | Includes preparation & configuration of a static or sliding image gallery averaging 15 images |
| Web Content Creation/Editing | $45.00/article | Includes SEO functions & tagging |
| Website Maintenance | $120.00/month | Includes: 4 hours per month, CMS, component, & extension software updates; complete Website backup |
Payment Terms & Methods
- New clients pay up-front for contracted hourly services as agreed in our contract before I begin work.
- Clients pay 50% of the negotiated cost of a fixed-fee contract before I begin work.
- I invoice only on an "On Receipt" basis.
- I accept payments via company or personal check, cash, or PayPal.
- I do not accept payments via e-check, telecheck, or through any online gateway other than PayPal.
Warranty
I provide a 90-day warranty for my services following acceptance of the final deliverable. In other words, if you find an issue with what I’ve done for you, I will make the change for free. This does not include items that were not included in our contract and statement of work or changes that you need to add after you accept the project materials I provide.
Remote Work
Let’s face it: the Covid-19 pandemic has radically changed the perception and utility of the classic personnel management model—on-site observation and monitoring. Besides that, many companies see technical communicators as overhead and out-source this support as much as possible. That’s where I fit best.
| Low Overhead |
The cost of doing business always rises. Almost everything seems to be rising, except profits. Business is all about profit, of course. I save you money by working for you from my site rather than yours. You don’t pay me for the time I would wait for the equipment or software you’d have to order for a new on-site accession. I go to you for interviews and project meetings and I am available throughout the day for phone calls or online meetings. |
| What Do You Provide? |
Depending upon the project, you may need to provide a VPN or FTP access to your development system. You won’t expend any of your resources to support and manage me. I manage myself and deliver your materials on-time and within your budget. |
Of course…Some environments require on-site work. I am happy to work within that framework, too, as local protocols allow.