Rates

My standard hourly fee for advice, training or maintenance is $50 per hour.

But I rarely charge on an hourly basis. Instead, I prefer to offer various monthly packages or a flat fee to keep costs down for you.

Hire Silly Robot to provide more than one service or product per month and I’ll throw in a discount.

But if you’re curious, here are a few popular packages:

Set you up with a WordPress theme (free or premium, you choose). Basically, a premium theme will cost you more.
Customize your theme with plug-ins for social networking, stats, spam protection, etc.
Customize your theme colours, background, header, footer, etc based on your needs and preferences.
Copy some content over from your previous site (if applicable).
One-hour training session on how to maintain your blog (any additional training will be charged at $50/hour)
Assistance with getting a hosting provider and domain (if needed).

That’ll cost ya: $750 CAD or more

Research and add fans and followers to your fan page on Facebook as well as on Twitter.
Act on your behalf to represent you, your brand, your products and/or services, online.
Initiate and participate in conversations with your fans and followers as well as on blogs, message boards and forums as necessary to maintain and optimize your online presence and participation.
Daily updates of your accounts.
End of month report detailing all activities in social media and online.
Changing, updating and deleting info as necessary on your fan page and twitter account.
Monitoring your brand online.

That’ll cost ya: $500 CAD per month or more

a one-time evaluation of your website by a highly experienced QA Analyst
full website testing in Firefox, IE and Safari (browser versions will be determined later)
full website testing on a smartphone (Blackberry or iPhone)
site-wide check for broken links, spelling mistakes, missing components, web forms
site-wide usability evaluation (Is it user-friendly? Can I find what I’m looking for?)
user experience testing (5 to 10 users from the public will try out your site during a one-hour session)
full user experience report with recommendations
full bug report including detailed errors and examples
full report finalized with recommendations for improvement

That’ll cost ya: $2000 CAD or more