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Indie business tips: Client-proposal best practices

Our group of Phoenix-area indies — the Arizona Communicators & Creatives Tribe (azICCT, pronounced “AZ Iced Tea”) — meet twice a month to connect and support one another. Today, we gathered in Peoria, AZ, and shared these business tips:

• CLIENT PROPOSALS – Best Practices

1. Prequalify each client with a letter or document stating what you expect (before you even get together for a fact-gathering meeting). Include:
• A certain budget per month
• The required length of a contract
• The ownership of media names
• Access to a high-resolution photo
• Whatever else is important to your success together


Indie pro’s best business tips

*** Posted by Ann N. Videan, APR, videanunlimited.com ***
azICCT indie pros, Oct. 2010 ©Ann Videan

azICCT indie pros, L to R: Lindsay from City of Peoria, Stuart Robinson, Andy Ptacek, Sherry Butler, Mariane Maffeo, Ann N. Videan, Charlotte Risch Shaff, Mike Shaldjian, Peter Faur, Christine Marek, Laird Brown - Oct. 2010 ©Ann Videan

Hi, fellow independents, I run the Arizona Communicators & Creatives Tribe (azICCT, pronounced “AZ Iced Tea”) in Phoenix. We’re a group of indies who meet twice a month to connect and support one another.