Sometimes it can be a little confusing and difficult to figure out what your hourly rate should be. Should you base your’s off of everyone else? Obviously NOT, this is not only would this be unfair to both you and your clients, but you could totally screw yourself in the end. We found a pretty cool Freelance Calculator over at Freelanceswitch.com that provides you with an easy solution to finding that perfect number. All you do is fill out a few simple form fields (estimate’s if need be) and it will spit out what you should charge your clients, while keeping everything balanced out at the bank.

Check it out at The Simple Calculator

Finding freelance gig’s can be a difficult task sometimes, especially when anyone that knows the basics of browsing the web can easily “claim” they are a professional web designer. These website’s might not land you the 3k+ contracts (normally don’t), but they sure do come in handy when business is slow and your looking for small things to pass some time.