http://mokokoma.co.za/asking-for-a-clients-budget-an-opportunity-to-milk-the-client-or-not/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:40:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://mokokoma.co.za/asking-for-a-clients-budget-an-opportunity-to-milk-the-client-or-not/#comment-4724 Shortest logo brief ever; just don't copy other logos! — by — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:39:36 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1659#comment-4724 [...] LOGO SHOULD ALSO VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION…” Is this move a result of a low budget? I don’t think so! First of all, the R25 000 ‘price giveaway’ is not wow but [...] http://mokokoma.co.za/asking-for-a-clients-budget-an-opportunity-to-milk-the-client-or-not/#comment-4721 A simple analogy on how much it cost to hire a graphic designer — by — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:38:16 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1659#comment-4721 [...] All it takes is some creativity! I wrote a post on this common scenario before, trying to justify why I prefer to know the maximum amount of money the prospect can afford to allocate to the project in question. And I thought that this extract explains that using a very simple and [...] http://mokokoma.co.za/asking-for-a-clients-budget-an-opportunity-to-milk-the-client-or-not/#comment-3164 Mokokoma Mokhonoana Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:48:27 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1659#comment-3164 gmk, I think clients should tell you what they'd <em>like to achieve</em> so you're able to 'propose' a design solution quoted based on a list of things you'll require to solve their design challenge. Figo Mago, Agreed, the need to educate clients is evident.
I think clients should tell you what they’d like to achieve so you’re able to ‘propose’ a design solution quoted based on a list of things you’ll require to solve their design challenge.

Figo Mago,

Agreed, the need to educate clients is evident.]]> http://mokokoma.co.za/asking-for-a-clients-budget-an-opportunity-to-milk-the-client-or-not/#comment-3162 Figo Mago Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1659#comment-3162 Once again I think this is - as you have noted many times - one area where a bit of client education is required. Perhaps using a real-world analogy can help clarify things for clients - let's take housing. There are shacks. There are mansions. You need to do some legwork for yourself first to determine which one you can afford before embarrassingly commisioning a renowned architect to design you a shack. With design services, it does not help either that web people who build and sell "digital shacks" are viewed in the same manner as "renowned digital architects". Throw in some naughty clients who know the deal but deliberately try to get much more for less, and you have an assortment of challenges to deal with. But yes, solution No1 is education of prospects.
Perhaps using a real-world analogy can help clarify things for clients – let’s take housing.

There are shacks. There are mansions. You need to do some legwork for yourself first to determine which one you can afford before embarrassingly commisioning a renowned architect to design you a shack.

With design services, it does not help either that web people who build and sell “digital shacks” are viewed in the same manner as “renowned digital architects”.

Throw in some naughty clients who know the deal but deliberately try to get much more for less, and you have an assortment of challenges to deal with.

But yes, solution No1 is education of prospects.]]> http://mokokoma.co.za/asking-for-a-clients-budget-an-opportunity-to-milk-the-client-or-not/#comment-3159 gmk Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:32:34 +0000 http://mokokoma.co.za/?p=1659#comment-3159 Agreed. And it is something i struggle with immensely - is getting an indication of budget ... along with a full list of requirements - so i can do a costing that is based on the requirements and if necessary broken into choosable segments if the quote is above the budget.