[consulting] Drupal themer needed for short gig

Farez Rahman farez at redkeydigital.com
Fri Aug 19 09:00:37 UTC 2011


Say it brother! Amen! LOL

Farez

> Since this list is full of consultants I thought I’d throw out some sales
> advice, based on the content of some responses to this little request.  If
> you don’t get the gig it could be because:  (a) your response was canned and
> not on point - you have that many leads that you can’t tailor an email to
> the specific sender?, (b) you were upselling a suite of Drupal services
> without addressing the specific request, (c) you set forth bold and
> aggressive payment requirements before you even got the job, or lastly (d)
> you ignored the request for some information on your rate or availability.
>
>
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> Oh and (e) your rate is $2/hr.  While an intriguing number, I can’t
> ethically pay less for a site theme update than I do the lawn guy.
>
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> Just some observations from a buyer, take it with a grain of salt.  Lots of
> competition out there.
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> Good selling,
>
> Andrew
>



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