Free guides for freelancers

Practical, copy-ready guides and small tools. Free to use, no sign-up required.

• Freelance effective hourly rate calculator: what a fixed-price project really paid
• Freelance day rate calculator: work out your rate from real billable days
• Freelance late payment emails: a reminder sequence from day -3 to day 30 (+ late fee calculator)
• Freelance scope creep emails: what to say in 6 common situations (+ change order template and calculator)
• How to quote a freelance project (step by step, with a worked example and calculator)
• How to tell existing clients you're raising your rates (5 email templates + calculator)
• What Should a Freelance Rate Increase Email Say? (Template for a January 1 Raise)
• Which Overdue Invoice Email Template Should I Send? (4 Templates by Days Late)
• How Do You Run a Murder Mystery Dinner Party for 6? (Printable, One Round per Course)
• Where can I get a 2027 printable monthly calendar that's small enough to keep up with? (3 pages a mo