Skip to main content

I charge $0 per hour

How much do you charge per hour?
I don't have an hourly rate. I estimate a flat project rate.

You don't charge per hour?
No. If I were a line worker at Ford and my one job was to attach a tire to a car moving by, it would be logical that being paid by an hourly rate would be the most fair thing for both Ford and myself. 

At any give time during the day and throughout our project, I'll be performing a multitude of different tasks that require specialized skill sets. I'd have to take the time to track and charge differing rates for those tasks to be fairly compensated for the work. 

How does a flat project rate benefit me?
To make it much easier on you, your budget, myself and my book keeper, I charge a flat project rate that's fair to both my business and your budget.

I don't trade or sell my time for money. My time is worth more than any budget could afford. Instead, I sell what design can do for your business. I sell results.

The question you must answer is, "How much is it worth to me, for the people I do business with to respond positively to whatever it is I want to say to them?" How much is a new client or customer worth to you? What is their perception of your business worth to you?

So, how do you come up with your flat project rate?
We estimate project cost based on similar projects that we’ve done in the past. Doing this gives us solid data to back up our estimates and is a good predictor on how to budget for the project.

Your investment in the success of your business is tailored to overcome your specific communication challenge. The estimate is dependent on the scope and scale of our project and based off the cost of previously completed projects that are similar to the scope and scale of our project.

Posted via email from Eye Say • The Web Log

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Voice of Type

Whenever we say something to somebody, what we say can be interpreted in two ways by the person we’re talking to: They can hear the words we say that make up the message and, they can hear how we say those words. The way we say something can be just as important as the words we use to say it. The words of the message we audibly project can be completely altered by what it sounds like to the receiver. The same is true of visual language. The type we use to shape the characters of the words we say has a huge effect on the visual message that’s received by the viewer. In the first example it’s confusing. The second example illustrates the voice of the type used by using familiar type to drastically alter it’s perception. Which would you take more seriously? For your message to be it’s most effective, please keep in mind the implied meaning of the type choose you use to create the messages you put out into the world.  So, why does the type we use do that? We live in a visual culture. I...
Post a Comment
Read more

Invitation to view Eye Say Design's Picasa Web Album - PLRKHRD 0001

You are invited to view Eye Say Design's photo album: PLRKHRD 0001 PLRKHRD 0001 Apr 13, 2010 by Eye Say Design http://post.ly/aCxY View Album Play slideshow Message from Eye Say Design: Update :) If you are having problems viewing this email, copy and paste the following into your browser: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=eyesaydesign&target=ALBUM&id=5459759396252193297&authkey=Gv1sRgCNbazqfglImznQE&feat=email To share your photos or receive notification when your friends share photos, get your own free Picasa Web Albums account . Posted via email from Eye Say • The Web Log
Post a Comment
Read more

This is how Donovan Beery made the leap.

This is how Donovan Beery made the leap to full time independent work for his own firm.  If you don't already know Donovan, then it's my privilege to introduce you to him here today. Get to know him here: http://eleven19.com/ http://36point.com/ Before Going Independent: • What did you do for a job? Before starting Eleven19, I was the web designer for Union Pacific Railroad. I did that for over two and a half years before following the head of the Web team over to one of their subsidiaries, where I did both print and web design for. Since I was working in-house jobs, where freelancing was not considered a conflict of interest, I started doing some small freelancing projects at night and on the weekends. • What convinced you to make such a drastic change in your life and career? At the time I didn't see this change as being as drastic as it probably is. I had been at a technology company during the end of the dot com boom, so the place was changing rapidly. The first few mon...
Post a Comment
Read more