How to Get Paid 100% Up-Front with Jonathan Stark | #147

Marketing for Creatives

Ep #147: Have you ever wondered how to get paid even before you start work?

In this episode, Jonathan Stark shares how to get paid 100% up-front.

We’ll get into the details on how to ask about getting paid 100% up-front, how to overcome the common obstacles like if a client says, 'it’s expensive’ and how to get this deal.

Jonathan is a former software developer who is now on a mission to rid the world of hourly billing. He is the author of Hourly Billing Is Nuts, the host of Ditching Hourly, and writes a daily newsletter on pricing for independent professionals.

You will learn:

• Jonathan worked in a company where he was getting paid hourly which he didn’t like so he started his software developing company and started asking to get paid100% up-front.
• How to set the price to be comfortable to ask for 100% payment up-front.
• What to do with a fear of rejection when you raise your price and ask to get paid 100% up-front
• For getting paid 100% upfront you need to have brand awareness and have clients trust you
• What to do to have a better chance for clients to pay the whole payment up-front
• Don’t work with clients that you don’t like
• How to deal with the client’s objectives when you sell
• What to do when people say it’s too expensive

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