The cost of doing business

Malini DevadasBlog

It costs money to run a business. Of course, we want to keep these costs to a minimum, as the more we spend the less profit we have. However, avoiding all spending can cost us in other ways. The most common way new business owners try to save money is to do all the admin work themselves. I do think … Read More

The simplest way to increase your income

Malini DevadasBlog

There are a number of ways to increase your income.  One way to earn more money is to work more hours. But this is not possible if you’re already working at capacity. And most of us cannot do more than 5–6 hours of editing in a day, even if we are available to work for 8 hours every day. Editing … Read More

Improving your money mindset

Malini DevadasBlog

If you’ve had a look around my website you might have noticed that I talk a lot about mindset, particularly money mindset. What do I mean by that? Well, your mindset is really just your attitude to things. By that logic, then, your money mindset is your attitude towards money. Why does it matter? Because the way you think about … Read More

Should you charge clients for a sample edit?

Malini DevadasBlog

There is a lot of debate in the editing world about whether one should charge clients for a sample edit. My view is that there is no ‘right answer’, only an answer that is ‘right for you’. It really depends on whether you look at the time spent on the edit as a marketing expense (admin time) or as paid … Read More

What the client will pay

Malini DevadasBlog

I used to try to second-guess what a client will pay, and because I’m quite careful with my own money, I ended up projecting my own view onto my clients and assumed that they wouldn’t want to spend significant sums of money on editing. The reality is that most of the time we have no idea what a client can … Read More

Are you running a business or a charity?

Malini DevadasBlog

The purpose of a business is to make money. I know that a lot of people don’t like to think about money. In fact, there is an idea held by some editors that we should focus on being ‘kind’ and ‘helpful’ to our clients rather than being ‘greedy’ by focusing on money. However, to my mind, these two things are … Read More