When to charge by the hour

Years ago I had an agency client give me some advice about when to charge hourly vs a fixed bid:

Only give a fixed bid if the chance that the project spec will change while you’re working on it is low.

This piece of advice has helped me a lot over the years. If the project duration is short and the spec is constrained enough, a fixed quote fits. Seth Godin has similar advice but with 3x the examples in When to charge by the hour.

The (not so secret) secret to marketing a creative consultancy

There are thousands of marketing tactics out there that can be applied to your consultancy, but there’s one strategy that works again and again. It doesn’t matter if you’re just starting out or you’ve been doing this for decades. The (not so secret) secret to marketing a creative consultancy.

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Eric Davis (@edavis10)