Friday, July 31, 2009
10 Red Flags that Predict a Deadbeat Client...
Don't sell yourself short! Your time and expertise are valuable. Therefore, you should ALWAYS charge an appropriate fee to ensure a reasonable profit margin. If you undercut yourself, you are undercutting us all. And, in the end... no one wins. If you can bring value to the table, charge appropriately. If you are a pretender, then these prospects are all yours:
1) Jr. Designer needed
2) Looking for an entry level developer
3) Looking For An Intern For Web Design
4) Looking for a partner
5) Looking for someone that is looking to build their web portfolio
6) Looking for someone who is interested in teaming up
7) Looking for someone willing to work on this project for percentage of company
8) There will be more projects later
9) Any designers want to do a trade?
10) Payment based on results/conversion. You will be compensated well for our success.
And, the Bonus Round:
11) This website will be getting thousands of hits... your exposure will be huge!
If any of these are part of the deal... walk. Don't even bother to explain why. Just walk.
1) Jr. Designer needed
2) Looking for an entry level developer
3) Looking For An Intern For Web Design
4) Looking for a partner
5) Looking for someone that is looking to build their web portfolio
6) Looking for someone who is interested in teaming up
7) Looking for someone willing to work on this project for percentage of company
8) There will be more projects later
9) Any designers want to do a trade?
10) Payment based on results/conversion. You will be compensated well for our success.
And, the Bonus Round:
11) This website will be getting thousands of hits... your exposure will be huge!
If any of these are part of the deal... walk. Don't even bother to explain why. Just walk.
posted by Mike Haynes at
7:07 PM
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2 Comments:
Sounds about right to me, lol. I've dealt w/ a lot of those. Great post. ;-)
You are right, taking deals like these lead to a lower value of our time and knowledge.. but in times like these where passing on these jobs lead to 16 year olds with too much time taking our possible job and experience while we end up working on a retail store or answering phone calls, it is hard to deny these opportunities even if they are insulting.
Web development is no longer about who has the college diploma, it is about who has enough time to research the "how to"s.. unless you are talking about real programmers, those who create extreme custom back ends from scratch (If you find one of these, let me know.. I have a project I want to talk about)
Don't get the wrong idea, I am a Jr designer myself.. but I'd like to know your opinion on how to solve this.. if I personally have had to work on call centers because I have passed on deals like these.
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