From the course: Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements
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Talking money: Other issues
From the course: Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements
Talking money: Other issues
Some designers hesitate to charge for revisions, because they feel they may have caused those revisions, and it might be true. An evaluation will reveal the cause of the revision in a design project. If it was poor performance on your part then you should not charge it back to the client, but I think this is a rare occurrence. Sometimes designers do mess up and are in default of their own agreement. Sometimes, try as you might, you just don't nail that creative. If you haven't done it right or maybe you've made an error, you just need to communicate that to your client. If you're wrong, you need to make it right, you need to do some revisions and additional work on your own dollar. You shouldn't pass along any revision costs to the client. Mistakes happen, but they can both have financial and creative implications. By including so much clarity about money, process, and your working relationship in a formal agreement, it helps ensure that many of these tricky things that hang up both…
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Talking money: General tips2m 31s
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Talking money: Revisions2m 27s
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Talking money: Other issues2m 8s
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Outlining your design fees2m 47s
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Estimate worksheet1m 19s
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Ways to price your work2m 47s
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Estimated expenses2m 59s
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Incorporating estimates from suppliers and subcontractors1m 59s
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Amending contracts with change orders2m 30s
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