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Don’t advertise with a price list, rate card, or service packages. Your clients have unique businesses with custom problems, you should solve them with custom solutions.
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When a client asks you for a rate card or price list you can simply respond, “Thanks for asking. We don’t have a price list. Every client’s business faces unique challenges. We take time to understand your custom needs and then provide you with a custom approach and price specifically tailored to help your business. When can we have a discovery meeting to discuss the needs of your business?”
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In the discovery meeting, take time to uncover their needs. Next, prepare a proposal. Walk your client through your proposal. Explain the work you will do and how you will solve their business problems through your creative solution. Show them examples of how you have successfully done this in the past. Then, after they are sitting back in their chair thinking to themselves, “I like this solution,” you present your price. With this approach you will close more sales at higher prices than selling based a price list.
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