Pricing Strategies

In this video, I walk through an example of how I could charge between 300% - 800% higher than the initial price the client wanted to pay. You can do the same in your business.

Recently I discovered the reason why Netflix went through the trouble of creating their own custom font. Turns out they paid $1,000,000 for it.

When offering a strategy session to a client what are the deliverables that the client can use after the discovery session that will impact their business for years to come?

Brand Strategist Melinda Livsey shares her origin story of how she went from design order taker to brand expert. Now she gets paid to think.

In this episode of traffic talk, we look to answer a question about how to answer clients when they say your quote is too high.

For this episode of traffic talk someone asks when is the best time to begin discussing pricing rates. They have been asked to come up with a mockup with an existing client and are not sure [...]

This episode of Freelance Jumpstart I cover the main takeaway I learned from visiting agencies and museums while in Los Angeles, CA

In this episode we answer a question value based pricing: the key to value based pricing is anchoring the price to what the client save or the profits the client is going to make.

UI expert and designer Jane Portman joins us to discuss productized consulting and how freelancers can implements this successfully in their business.

The best way to grow your freelance business is to take the pressure off landing full scale projects with clients. Create a product spectrum that will allow you to diversify and make passive income.

The freelance landscape has become crowded, but there’s still a chance to be successful if you know how to stand out from the rest. How do you freelance in 2018?

Why is it that some Freelancers get to work with clients who are willing to pay them five figures for their work and other freelancers get paid $300 or so for the same type of work. Running your [...]

Why is it that some Freelancers get to work with clients who are willing to pay them five figures for their work and other freelancers get paid $300 or so for the same type of work. Running your [...]

This week for freelance jumpstart this episode is a little different. I had the opportunity and the privilege to speak at a conference this past weekend. The conference was WordCamp NOLA which [...]

I’ve was burned by clients in the past. I’ve had those times to where I worked with a client and delivered on what we agreed on, however, they were late on a payment. I don’t [...]

To answer the question “should you work for free?” the answers are “no”, “maybe” and “it depends on a couple of factors.” You may have heard the [...]

To put it simply raising your rates is something that you should just do. The increase of your rate should be built into your business and every so often you should evaluate if you’re [...]

For the last couple of episodes, we’ve been in a series about value-based pricing, which is a pricing strategy that focuses on pricing based on the value you provide rather than a flat fee [...]

In the previous episode, we looked at the beginnings of value based pricing which involves uncovering the potential value of a project. This can be accomplished by asking the potential client [...]

If you haven’t noticed for the last couple of episodes we’ve been a series of pricing strategies. This week we dive deeper into my new favorite type of pricing, value based pricing. Amongst all [...]

One early morning I received a phone call. It was my friend Obinna and he was frantic: My website has been hacked! To check out his claims I went directly to his website and searched his website [...]

The following is based on a true story because it is a true story. I once gave a client the opportunity to choose what they wanted to pay. I quoted the client a $250 flat fee for a web project or [...]

Have you ever been asked the question “What do you charge?” This question is either easily answered by the confident freelancer but if you don’t yet know what your rates are [...]

How should you begin to set your pricing for your services? Should you take a guess and figure it out later? I know I’ve struggled in my career as a freelancer is trying to figure out what is the [...]