Hey everybody the podcast is taking a break until the fall but don't despair we still

have content for you we're going to be releasing a podcast version of our successful YouTube video series with

Belinda Livesi, a designer who has her own studio and is trying to level up.

Over the course of eight episodes, we're going to be talking about a ton of topics

that are going to help you get your business where you want it to be. And while you're listening to those,

we'll be hard at work the next season of the future podcast.

Thanks for listening.

Melinda, what are we going to talk about today?

What do you want to know?

I want to know how to charge to diagnose a client's problem.

So give me more context or some information as to why you're even asking this question in the first place.

So per your suggestion on a video or a blog I watched, you mentioned the Win Without Pitching Manifesto.

Right.

So I read that and in it he describes how doctors and lawyers they'll charge their clients for a diagnosis.

Why don't we as creatives do the same thing?

But I don't know what that looks like.

I don't know what a diagnosis in the creative field looks like

and how do I charge for it and how do I quantify the value.

Let's look at those professions and see what they do

that we seem to put value on it.

When somebody comes out to estimate a broken refrigerator

or your car needs work, it's making a weird sound. They don't do that work for free.

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