Colorado benefits from skiing, drawing tourists from around the world in a way that Washington does not. Also, Colorado isn't surrounded by states with a lot of medical marijuana, and it's closer to the Midwest, South and Northeast. All of this has driven prices down in Washington for farmers like Lauerman. In the early days, we were able to get, like, $1,700 to $2,200 a pound, wholesale. Now it's like $700, $800 a pound, he said.
Keep in mind, these rates are based on agencies that are members of the 4A's, which are typically larger agencies. In contrast, the rates in smaller markets are typically more in the $100-$200 per hour range. Also, smaller projects typically go to the younger team members who bill at a proportionately lower rate.
1 Divide your hourly rate by the number of pages you complete per hour. 2  If it takes you 4 hours to write one page of compelling marketing copy (factoring in the research and client consultation), you would divide your $75 hourly rate by .25 pages per hour and get a rate of $300 per page of marketing copy. Then convert that into hours. 2  If it takes you 60 minutes to write a 500 word blog post (500 words per hour), and your hourly rate is calculated to be $75 per hour, you just divide that $75 by 500 words you can write in an hour and you get a per word rate of $.15 per word.