In my last post I talked about the advice I was given by my lecturer for the Graphic Design job that I would be having later that day. I was given a lot of good advice, but what I would consider the best advice was that if my going-rate was say... €250, tell them that your going rate is €500 and say, "but since you're a new customer/small business, I'll give you 50% off". That eliminates the possibility of negotiation to lower the price, it gives me my maximum payment, it puts me in a good light to the client, makes it look like I'm helping them and of course, people love discounts and makes them more agreeable. Now obviously it's a very manipulative strategy but when you desperately need a job like I did, that advice is fairly agreeable. Now it's not like it's a bad thing. I'd be charging €250 anyway and it's not like I would charge €500. It's just very sneaky.
I though the best thing to do would be to write down where all the money was going, such as Research = €65, Concepts = €80, etc. In the end I came to a more agreeable sum for a student like myself. It worked out well and I got the job.
As for the Group Project I joined Emma Nicholl and Jessica Browne. We would start working on the project over Easter.
No comments:
Post a Comment