Pricing, Cold Emails, and Budget
Timestamps:
12:33 How to price a site when the client doesn’t give you a budget
24:32 How to discuss budgets with clients
29:04 How to cold email potential clients that you want to work with
36:31 How to grow your client base
46:37 Puno’s advice on how freelance designers can prepare for a possible recession
54:38 How to communicate your design progress after onboarding a client
1:11:16 Do you pad your fees to cover taxes? (they’re quite high for freelancers!)
1:19:21 Do you ask for a client to cover the expense of a custom font?
1:19:40 How to ask clients to include designer credit on their website
1:25:18 Puno’s advice on purchasing fonts vs. free fonts: download fonts from any website to try them out!
1:29:19 How to ask for testimonials to be included on your website?
1:29:57 How to ask clients for permission to show their work when they are protective over it?
1:33:22 How to respond when your client doesn’t feel comfortable with your contract