Getting Paid: How to Transition from per Hour or per Post to a Retainer Model

One of the best ways to escape the “trading time for money” game is to transition to a retainer model.

(Note: It’s not the only way, but it’s what we’ll be diving deep into today.)

And if you’re anything like me, part of the reason you escaped the rat race in the first place was to break free from “punching a clock” or sitting in a cube from 9-5. So why would you want to go from that to punching a proverbial clock for more than one boss? To tracking your time on a daily basis and handing in timesheets at the end of every week or month?

I don’t.

And I haven’t really since the beginning.

I did work on a per hour basis for a very short time when I took on my first virtual assistant client. But that didn’t last long and thankfully we moved our pay agreement from per hour to per week – or a retainer model after the first few weeks.

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