Episode 015 - On Pricing Models and being Professional

Episode 015- On Pricing Models and being professional

Today’s Guest Mr. Emmanuel Enemaku is the Co-founder of Projaro, Product Designer – Civic Innovation Lab and a Co-Organizer for Usable UX Abuja (A Meetup for UI/UX Designers in Abuja). Mr. Emmanuel has been in the Creative Industry for well over 12 years. Coming from an era where placing a name on what He does was a challenge, he navigated those times to become the Creative Professional he is today. He shares with us his journey and tips for pricing models and being professional.

Expose yourself to creative people, creative blogs and creativity; feed your mind and before long you will start recreating what you are viewing.

There is no time limit or time stamp, whenever you have gotten to that point where you are giving value and receiving value, you are becoming a professional, whatever happens from this point determines whether you are a good professional or a bad one

 

My Take Away’s From Today’s Episode:

• If you have the passion, you will find ways and reasons to express yourself Creatively.
• Don’t allow anything stop you, do not wait till an opportune moment, or when you go to a school before you start doing and practicing. Pick up some
• You want to be creative, good; expose yourself to meetups, conferences, workshops, classes you owe yourself that exposure
• Don’t fold your hands and expect knowledge to fall on you
• Don’t get to a point where you plateau or get satisfied, your satisfaction should be the satisfaction of the person you are working for or the person you are working with.
• Push yourself and hone your Creative muscles, till a point where it becomes second nature
• You are a professional the moment you start giving value and receiving value. Calling yourself a professional helps you take a vantage point and you
• Fail quickly, so you can excel faster.
• Be professional, always sign contracts, let your contract state the deliverables and timelines.
• Keep your promises as low as possible, don’t over promise

 

Demystifying the Myths

People think that there is a standard price when it comes to Creatives and Creative Professionals; the fact is we did not all get to this point the same way, we did not go to the same Creative school, we do not have the same living costs and we might not even be using the same tools; There could be a range of prices but there is no standard price. Locations could affect pricing but there is no standard price.

 

I usually have a daily rate I use to pay myself plus profit this makes up my pricing. There are no standards, you need to understand your own pain points, your running costs and be professional as possible with your pricing models.

There is someone out there that can always pay you no matter what you charge.

What you charge for a job, depends on the value of the client and how much value your solution will bring the client.

 

Run away from people who will discourage you, expose yourself to things that keep your creative juices running.

 

I am looking forward to hearing from you, send in your comments via email:  [email protected], remember to subscribe on iTunes and any other podcasting app you use, just search for thecreativeschronicles on your podcasting app and subscribe, thank You!

 

Do have an Amazing Weekend

 

SHOWNOTES:

Contact Mr. Emmanuel Enemaku [email protected]

Twitter - @emmienemaks