I follow the same basic rule. No charge on the initial consult, but hourly after that. It helps force the client to prepare and think through why they really want.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 5, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Phillip Vector <[email protected]> wrote: > > I charge per hour. If you want to have a meeting for that time, I > charge for it. Talk away. :) > > Now, the initial meeting, I tend not to charge for. But those I like > to keep short and focused. > > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Paul Alkema <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> I have a question; when you guys do consulting or freelance programming, do >> you charge for meetings? Or do you absorb meeting time into your fees? >> >> Thanks, >> Paul >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

