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Anatomy of a Design Proposal
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Anatomy of a Design Proposal

by Michael Janda
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced
84 pages
1h 52m
English
Peachpit Press
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The Fixed-Bid Pricing Dartboard

Trying to determine how to price your work fairly can be a daunting task. In my experience, most clients prefer working with fixed-bid pricing; they take comfort in knowing exactly what they are going to get for exactly what price. On the designer side, there is comfort in knowing exactly what you are going to charge for the scope of work.

Fixed-bid pricing presents several challenges, not the least of which is the fact that you have to base your price on something. When I first started freelancing, that something was often hours. I decided to charge around $60 per hour for my time, and then I would ballpark my hours and send an estimate to my client. The problem with this pricing technique was that I am a very ...

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ISBN: 9780133830101