Freelance Indexer Exchange
Welcome to the Freelance Indexer Exchange — a podcast for freelance business owners specializing in indexing books, websites, documents, and digital content. Working as a freelance indexer can be isolating and lonely. But you're not alone. Let the Freelance Indexer Exchange be your source of support, insights, and community. Your host, Michelle Guiliano, is an experienced indexer who has indexed more than one hundred thousand pages over the past nine years as a freelance business owner. In each episode, she will take an in-depth dive into the business of indexing, providing you with an authentic, personal look at the ups and downs of freelance life. By talking about our work with transparency, we can raise our businesses to the next level. We can do better together.
Freelance Indexer Exchange
#9: Per Page, Per Entry, Per Word: Translated Into an Hourly Rate
April 17, 2023
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Michelle Guiliano of Line by Line Indexing
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Season 1
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Episode 9
In this episode, Michelle talks about how she translates various indexing rates into an hourly rate. And she discusses her time-tracking journey - the different methods she has used over the years to create a system that works for her.
Links to time-tracking software mentioned in this episode:
- Pomodoro technique
- Forest app using the Pomodoro technique
- Paymo time-tracking
- Timeular time-tracking, pricing, and the tracker
- Toggl time-tracking and pricing
NOTE: None of these links are affiliated links.
American Society for Indexing's virtual conference: April 29-30.
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