How to Negotiate a Contract Like a Cartoonist
Want to learn how to improve your negotiation skills?
Watch other people negotiate.
āBut Katie, that sounds boring! And possibly worse than suffering through the last episode of Lost.ā
Perhaps. But not when Penny Arcade does it!
Strip Search,Ā Penny Arcadeās reality show, pits 12 cartoonists against one another to battle it out for a chance to win $15K and a year embedded at the Penny Arcade studio.
Last Fridayās challenge? Contract negotiations.
I couldnāt pass up the opportunity to use the episode to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly of negotiating contracts on your own.
Strip Search and Katie Laneās contract negotiating tipsā two of my favorite things, together at last!!
Every time I do a panel on freelancing, I always recommend Katieās website, Work Made For Hire, to everyone looking to represent themselves as a self-employed person.
I’ve been reading this blog for the last three days ever since it came across my dash (thanks, Erika!) and it’s amazing.Ā Everyone should read it.