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How clients buy services

The data

Rocket Science

Relationship Advice

Routine Work

The five criteria

Pricing Rocket Science

Pricing Relationship Advice

Pricing Routine Work

The key question for this chapter is: ‘What are the criteria that clients use when choosing a service firm for a project or for a panel appointment?’ Once you have a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you will have a better approach towards pricing your services.

My thinking in this area has been shaped by a research project in 2006 which built upon models that I developed when completing my MBA dissertation. By undertaking this research I had hoped to improve my firm’s win rate on proposals for work. The better I understood the way that clients made ...

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