What happens when you submit a bid and the client disappears? How can you prevent the client from going silent after sending your proposal or bid? This is a reboot and recalibration of your mindset. Is there a better way to work with clients at arriving at a solution? Let's discuss how design thinking can change the way you work. Annotations -- 00:37 What to do when a client disappears after giving them a quote? 05:51 Do not set too large of a projected budget range 08:15 Say what you think - articulate what you are feeling 12:18 We are not in the proposal building business - we are in the design creative business 12:55 Use Terms and analogies that people can use - what ballpark are we in? 13:24 How to assess what the companies worth so that you can charge appropriately 15:22 What marketing and business objectives do your design services serve? 18:43 Q: What is the lifetime value of a customer? 21:44 Finding the real solution to their problems 25:11 Elicit valuable responses from your client and determine their goals, and prioritize them based on what's feasible. 28:10 Double Funnel System vs facilitation (Translating abstract concepts into visual objectives) 37:36 Q: How do you showcase the value of strategy? 40:28 Q: Once you've finished with a client project, how do you get more work? 44:00 Q: What portfolio tips do you have for interviews? 46:12 Use Photoshop and mockups to present your designs in context 47:47 Q: Should you present design work in your portfolio, that clients love, but you do not? 50:45 Q: How do you help clients figure out what they want for their brand? 54:50 Ease them In: When someone tries to push something on you, how does it make you feel? 56:36 Q: Would the look of a logo matter in pricing? Ex: the simpler, the cheaper? 58:20 Q: How do you make logo and web design proposals that do not seem overpriced? — 🚀 Futur Accelerator The step-by-step blueprint and coaching program designed to get your creative business off the ground: https://thefutur.com/accelerator 🥇 Futur Pro The professional creative community designed to grow your personal brand, your business, and your network: https://thefutur.com/pro ✍️ Other Courses, Templates, and Tools: https://thefutur.com/shop 🎙 The Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast Recommended books, tools, music, resources, typefaces & more: https://thefutur.com/recommendations Music by Epidemic Sound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/thefutur Shorts Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@thefutur/shorts We love getting your letters. Send them here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 — Credits: Executive Producer– Chris Do Host– Chris Do Director– Aaron Szekely Cinematography– Aaron Szekely, Mark Contreras Editor– Aaron Szekely Futur Theme Music – Adam Sanborne http://www.adamsanborne.com Annotations– Isaiah Nwukor Typefaces: Futura, Din Futur theme song— Adam Sanborne === *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you.