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« on: November 20, 2009, 02:19:41 PM » |
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hi all i am trying to get everything into order and i want to look at my proposals and i wondered if you have any tips on what should be in a proposal or even if you use them or not?
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MattC
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 07:43:13 AM » |
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I think the down on one knee approach is quite common. I'm not able to talk from experience though.
Mr Anderson managed to convince Sarah so ask him how he did it.
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sarahA
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 07:15:12 PM » |
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I took no convincing  And as the thread is in the business related forum I'm guessing Slee means business proposals, quotes, contracts etc. perhaps? Ts and Cs even? But yeah, Lee, you may need to pad your original question out a bit!  |
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MattC
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2009, 07:38:38 PM » |
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I took no convincing And as the thread is in the business related forum I'm guessing Slee means business proposals, quotes, contracts etc. perhaps? Ts and Cs even? But yeah, Lee, you may need to pad your original question out a bit! Sorry Sarah, I knew Lee meant business as I noticed he'd posted in 'Anything Business Related' but as soon as I saw proposals I thought of you and Dave. |
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SLEE
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2009, 10:00:58 PM » |
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hehe sorry all up to my usual tricks and not giving enough info. no marriage proposals here sorry.
right what i meant was...
i need to create a standard proposal to give to my clients for work. i also want to look at my current contract and i wondered if any of you had any tips of what should be in a proposal and in the contracts.
is that better?
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sarahA
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2009, 10:37:01 PM » |
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Sorry Sarah, I knew Lee meant business as I noticed he'd posted in 'Anything Business Related' but as soon as I saw proposals I thought of you and Dave. For a moment you almost had him married off! Why have you no experience? I thought you were married? Lee - just make sure you cover any possibilities. Think back to issues that have cropped up eg. a client delaying work and causing a knock on effect for you. A client moving the goal posts once you've started work etc. if you host and use an off the shelf script mention that the script will need to be kept up to date with security releases etc. your contract will continually change. I use other people's experiences and client problems to give me more ideas for ours! |
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SLEE
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« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 05:01:49 PM » |
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thanks sarah im not ready for marriage yet!
what about writing the proposal?
i've updated my contract with a few new bits im just trying to get some of the wording right but should be fine. I had to change it as im doing an ecommerce site and i wanted to make sure it had everything in it i needed.
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« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2009, 09:56:57 PM » |
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thanks sarah im not ready for marriage yet!
what about writing the proposal?
i've updated my contract with a few new bits im just trying to get some of the wording right but should be fine. I had to change it as im doing an ecommerce site and i wanted to make sure it had everything in it i needed.
Basically make sure you list exactly what they're getting for their money, so there's no haggling halfway through, and you're not responsble for the site content or anything that goes wrong after the job is signed off. |
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sarahA
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« Reply #9 on: November 22, 2009, 10:03:22 PM » |
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the proposal as in how to structure the quote? Have you still got that one I did last year for that cake site? That's how I do mine (although the ts and cs have updated a bit since). Oh and also what net-curtains said  |
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MattC
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« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2009, 11:03:14 AM » |
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Sorry Sarah, I knew Lee meant business as I noticed he'd posted in 'Anything Business Related' but as soon as I saw proposals I thought of you and Dave. I thought you were married? Not yet, been living in sin for 10 years. |
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2009, 05:13:31 PM » |
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thanks all i think ive got everything sorted for now. took me a while to write it all but ill see how it goes.
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