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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.

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