Prepare price quotes you and your clients can live with

This week’s Management Tip

Thriving designers always make sure that for every job they quote, they are making a profit.

However, there is a flip side of that coin: they also make sure that the client feels that they are getting their money’s worth.

There’s a fine line between keeping a client happy and making sure that you can put food on the table!

Pricing your design jobs so that it’s a win-win situation for you and your client:

1. How many hours will the job take?
2. Do factor in some phone or email time with the client.
3. Create a detailed proposal of all the steps you need to take to get the job done.
4. List “everything” the client is getting.

C O N C L U S I O N :

Almost every client I have is willing to pay as long as they feel that you are justified in asking what you are for the design job (and they are are not broke, of course). By giving them a run-down of what the job entails will help a long way with that.

Many clients have no clue what we really do. They think that designs come out of the thin air. It helps when you give them a bulleted list of everything that is involved in getting the layout done! It also helps justify why you are charging what you are charging.

Related posts:

1. Know what your time is worth, but should you share it with your clients?
2. Determine how much your time is worth
3. Should you give out prices by the item?
4. Set up processes for your design business
5. Secrets to getting paid on time