Russell
Member
Howdy all, quick question mainly for those of you running your own agencies, or who deal with client contracts/ negotiation.
Just a bit of background I’ve got 4-5 clients who I’ve worked with between 12-36 months on a freelance basis. I’ve good ongoing relationships and they all provide several jobs every month. As I’m looking to expand and move over to a Ltd company, for long-term stability I’d like to move towards a retainer agreement for these clients.
My question is basically how do you sell this to your clients? From my point of view it gives me a bit more control over assessing workloads, schedule and financial planning, but from their point of view, what’s in it for them?
Obviously some of these points are of benefit to the client as well, but do you offer any incentives (financial or otherwise) for the client to take you on a retainer?
Just a bit of background I’ve got 4-5 clients who I’ve worked with between 12-36 months on a freelance basis. I’ve good ongoing relationships and they all provide several jobs every month. As I’m looking to expand and move over to a Ltd company, for long-term stability I’d like to move towards a retainer agreement for these clients.
My question is basically how do you sell this to your clients? From my point of view it gives me a bit more control over assessing workloads, schedule and financial planning, but from their point of view, what’s in it for them?
Obviously some of these points are of benefit to the client as well, but do you offer any incentives (financial or otherwise) for the client to take you on a retainer?