May, 2018 • Wordstitch Editorial

When editorial project managers expect too much

By Hazel Bird | 22 May 2018 |

A man sitting at a desk and shouting into an old-fashioned dial telephone.

I recently received a thought-provoking comment from a fellow freelance editorial professional who has been working alongside me on a project I’ve been managing. The projects I manage are often very large (hundreds of thousands or even millions of words), and there are inevitably hiccups that arise and have to be resolved. So I found it interesting when the other editor commented that I am more understanding than some other editorial project managers about these kinds of hiccups.…

How to use bubble charts to get a snapshot of your clients’ value to your business

By Hazel Bird | 1 May 2018 |

Bubble chart snapshot example of how to visualise your clients’ value to your business

If you’re like me, you keep meticulous records of all of your projects, including hours worked, hourly rates, speed of work and so on. It’s easy to quickly rack up a lot of data, but data is no good if it’s not put to practical use. I do various ongoing and yearly analyses of my data, and one of those analyses involves creating a bubble chart to give me a snapshot of my clients’ value to me, both monetarily (the volume of work and how much I get paid for it) and in terms of how much I like working with each client.…