The rates outlined below are provided for your reference.
These are the minimum/base rates we use to provide estimates for projects. And while our rates are 'set,' we are keenly aware that every project has a budget. We can work with you to let you know what can be accomplished with the dollars you have available.
Please write or call to discuss your project. We look forward to speaking with you!
Rates*
Business/Corporate Communications:
$75/hour minimum (this includes business communications planning, writing, on-site consulting, meetings, phone consultations, employee communications activities, PowerPoint development, speech preparation and presentation coaching, focus groups and reporting, public relations and employee/corporate events.) 50% of rate charged for travel time plus full travel expenses. Rates slightly higher for large businesses/national corporations.
Web Site Creation:
$75/hour (includes Web site planning, layout/design, graphics, coding, research and writing, customer training, etc.)
Audio & Video Production:
Audio Editing and Creative Production: $75/hour;
Video Editing (including TV graphics and program design): $115/hour;
Field Audio/Location Sound for video production: $320 (per 8-hour day) plus mileage ($0.50/mile) and meals/expenses, $175 half-day (4 hours or less), $50 per hour over scheduled half or full day. Equipment rental extra.Field or Studio Video Production: Please call to discuss your project.
Voice Talent / Voiceover services (Eric Wylie):
Rates for voiceover services are based on frequency of use, market size, usage, client (non-profit vs. for-profit), etc. Please send your script via email or call to request a quote.$35 minimum charge for all 30-second (or less) commercial scripts; rates based upon market/audience size and script length. Please send an email to eric@wyliecc.com with the details of your commercial script for a quote.
Long-format Voiceover recording - Non-broadcast:
Prices listed are for Finished Minutes of Audio based on 135 words spoken per minute.
You can create your own estimate by using the Word Count function in Microsoft Word or other text editors to count the total words for the voiceover/narration. Divide that number by 135 for the estimated Finished Minutes of audio. Actual time count of audio files at the end of production will determine the final amount due.
These rates cover approved scripts, sent to be produced/recorded as one project. Projects in which scripts/sections are sent in pieces over time will be considered new projects and will be priced from the start of the rate scale below.
Rates include voice talent fee, studio & equipment time and editing to provide clean files ready to go for your project.*
1 - 30 minutes of finished audio = $50 per finished minute
($200 minimum all scripts)After the first 30 minutes, add $35 per finished minute
31 - 59 minutes finished audio
After the first 59 minutes, add $20.00 per finished minute
(60 to 179 min / 1 to 3 hours)After 179 minutes, add $18 per finished minute
(180 to 299 min / 3 to 5 hours)After 299 minutes, add $16 per finished minute
(300 min and over / 5+ hours)- - -
(* - Or, in lieu of using Eric's studio, these rates remain the same to cover travel and time spent at nearby studios.)
Please visit our specialty brand, the On Hold Web Store, for more information and special pricing for voice and audio applications for telephone systems, including on hold message production, custom voice prompts (IVRs and auto-attendants) and outgoing voicemail recordings.
NOTE for all rates: When contractors are required for specialized skills, charges for contractor time will be billed plus any time required by Wylie Creative Communications to administer and supervise the work of contractors.
All time-based rates/services have a 1/2 hour minimum, except for Long Format Audio and work performed through the On Hold Web Store.
* - Rates are subject to change at any time.
Terms of Service / Terms of Use
By submitting a script or requesting any service(s) from Wylie Creative Communications, LLC, the requestor (user) agrees to abide by the following Terms of Use:
Please Note: Overall, the goal in offering the services provided by Wylie Creative Communications, LLC is to provide expertise in the area of communications and make life a little easier for producers and business owners by providing quality work at an affordable price. To the best of the owner's ability, reasonable assistance will be granted to clients without unnecessary billing. However, "time is money," and clients will be billed for services rendered.
- Client/purchaser acknowledges that he or she has read and agrees to
the rates for services as posted at the Web site: www.wyliecc.com
- Voiceovers: Client/purchaser is submitting a script free from errors. Reasonable
accommodations will be made for typographical errors in
copy, but scripts needing to be re-recorded due to errors in
the script will be charged as if a new production is being
submitted (please double-check your script before sending it).
- Voicovers: Reasonable
accommodation will be made if certain styles of voice or
production elements are not to the client's liking. Again,
time is money, and if necessary details were not included in
the original instructions, additional charges may apply. For
larger jobs, partial payment may be requested before work
begins.
- Voiceovers: Rates quoted for broadcast and cablecast voice projects are for single markets only. If scripts are
to be used in multiple markets, client agrees to disclose this
fact to Wylie Creative Communications, LLC. Additional charges may apply
for productions used in multiple markets.
- In the unlikely event an agreement cannot be reached
between the client and Wylie Creative Communications, LLC, productions
deemed unacceptable for use by the client may not be
used in any form, including being broadcast or publicly
or privately used in any way. Client will be liable for all payments due to Wylie Creative Communications, LLC, for the Services rendered.
- Under the music license purchased by Wylie Creative Communications, LLC,
music cannot be resold as single elements. Music will only
be included in final, mixed productions.
- Client/purchaser understands that there is a direct relationship
between the success of the final production and the details
provided to Wylie Creative Communications, LLC to create that
production.
- Wylie Creative Communications, LLC reserves the right to use any
production, in whole or in part, as a demonstration piece for
Wylie Creative Communications, LLC, and use the name and/or logo or other identifying mark of the client company as part of a description of clients who have used our services. However, a production that contains
information proprietary to the client, such as information intended only for the internal use of the client company,
that they themselves would not make public, would not be
used in a demonstration. Additionally, Wylie Creative Communications, LLC
would not use information in a demo prior to public release of the
client's first use, but would do so after public release had been made.
- Client/purchaser agrees that it will not hold liable or take legal
action against Eric Wylie, Wylie Creative Communications, LLC, Eric Wylie Productions or
the On Hold Web Store for any
losses or injuries, no matter how remote, including but not limited to, lost income or projected lost income, all judgments, losses, payments, costs, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), damages, settlements, liabilities, fines, and penalties related to any
production, document or advice this business produces and provides to client under any circumstances, including whether or not said services have been paid for by the Client. Client is
responsible for all final approvals and agrees to review all
audio, Web content, writings, and any and all other Services of this business before broadcasting or otherwise distributing or making use of any work created by any company of Wylie Creative Communications, LLC.
- Most physical products sold on our Web sites come with manufacturer's warranties. Manufacturers are fully liable for all products sold through our sites. Eric Wylie, Wylie Creative Communications, LLC and the On Hold Web Store do not make any additional or implied warranties on items sold, nor will we be responsible for defects in materials and workmanship, even if those products result in damage or injury. You agree that you are purchasing these products 'as-is' with no additional warranties or assurances from Eric Wylie, Wylie Creative Communications, LLC or the On Hold Web Store.
- The name of this business is Wylie Creative Communications, LLC. The business has also filed with the Iowa Secretary of State the ficticious names of Eric Wylie Productions and On Hold Web Store. When referencing any of those three company names or Eric Wylie as an individual, this Terms of Service document is referring to the LLC entity. This limited liability company was formed and registered in the State of Iowa and is governed
by the laws of Iowa. Under Iowa law, Wylie Creative Communications, LLC is not required to collect Iowa Sales Tax for
the services provided. However, Iowa Sales Tax is collected
for physical items sold through the On Hold Web Store Web site to customers
providing an Iowa shipping address. Additionally, tax is collected for the sale of physical items (such as CDs and DVDs) when used as the delivery medium for productions created by Wylie Creative Communications, LLC.
- Client/purchaser understands that these terms will occasionally be
amended with or without notice.
- Wylie Creative Communications, LLC, and the On Hold Web Store reserve the right to refuse service to any client for any reason, including, but not limited to, the subject matter of the production and/or the intended use of the production.
