August 4, 2008, 9:24 am

Pricing services for marketing and advertising

Corie, San Jose, Calif.
I'm starting a sole-proprietor business, and I need advice on how to charge for my marketing and advertising services. I don't want to overcharge or undercharge for my services. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

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AFrom Rebekah Donaldson

I wrote up some info about our own B2B marketing agency's pricing and published it — if you want our info here is a link:

B2B marketing services pricing – an elephant in the room

Posted By Rebekah Donaldson : September 3, 2009 4:12 pm
AFrom Alana Lee,New York City

Hello Corie,San Lose and Calif I think you should find out what the other companies similar to your are charging then compeer it to what you offer then tailor it to fit the needs of your company. Do a pro's and con sheet to see if 1. your charging enough per costumer to cover city an state tax , presentation of you business, graphic design and interior design. Try not to get too big of a place but definitely get a building in the best area posable. The biggest and most expensive thing you should charge for is YOUR KNOW, exactly what you spent all those years in school for so now is time to get it back . The best peaces of advice I have for you is never take on more clients than you can handle you should rub elbows with a much larger company in your field so if your over book you send them to the best in town, ok the second best . They'll see that your much cheaper that the biggest company but offer the same products and level of skill, most of all the client will see you as a confident unselfish person . Sorry to go on and on but I believe that everyone of us can be wealthy .MY name is Alana Lee Smith and I live in NYC .

P.S Use word of mouth and place and add in the neighborhood paper use all venues my space ,face book you know ! where every where people hang out Good luck Corie,San Jose and Calif. I could have saved you from reading the above passage and just said this lol =0)!

Posted By Alana Lee,New York City : September 18, 2008 12:24 pm
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