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[Seamus123]

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[starrkers]

Hey,

I've just managed to land some freelance journalism work and my boss has said that I can invoice her weekly or monthly. I've never had to invoice someone before, though, so what's the accepted practise? If there's anyone who's done this sort of thing before it'd be a huge help.

Would it need to be printed, or can I just produce a generic page on the computer - with my name & details on, and a table for services provided and the cost of them - and attach it to an email, or is this too informal?

Thanks

Mike

I do freelance proofing and have a pretty informal arrangement - I invoice at the end of the job (I proof an entire magazine which prints quarterly - more as a "keep my hand in" than actual living money). I invoice as an email attachment, much as you described.
As to weekly or monthly, it depends on how much work you get - if not much, I'd invoice monthly.
But I'm in Australia and, as I said, it's a semi formal arrangement (they email the work to me), so email is totally acceptable in my case.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

Generic, with your details on MS Word sheet should be fine. I can send you a proof that I use for my business if you're interested.

Enjoy

 

[Seamus123]

Thanks for the reply. The job in question is writing a weekly television review column for my city's newspaper, and my boss has said that I can invoice weekly or monthly, whichever I prefer. I think I'll go weekly because then I can see money going into my account more often, which will make me feel better I guess

thanks for the reply.

 

[starrkers]

Thanks for the reply. The job in question is writing a weekly television review column for my city's newspaper, and my boss has said that I can invoice weekly or monthly, whichever I prefer. I think I'll go weekly because then I can see money going into my account more often, which will make me feel better I guess

thanks for the reply.

For a weekly column, I'd invoice weekly. When I worked on newspapers, the regular contributors were paid weekly, same as the employees. Any alteration from that was a bit of a hassle for the pay department.
Oh, and congrats on the gig, hope it morphs into something bigger and better for you.