[Sigia-l] site redesign sales proposals

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Ziya Oz
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>   
> >> I say that if a client is spending only 1/100 of the budget on the 
> >> most important part of a project, then something is wrong.
> > 
> > Yes, but that is how the cookie tends to crumble in most 
> cases. I for 
> > one am prepared to accept that, and other unfortunate 
> circumstances we 
> > deal with day-to-day.
> 
> I am not. :-) My space is not just design, but what usually 
> comes before it:
> the strategy and framing of the (business) problem. So when a 
> client requests that the strategy for his million dollar 
> project should or can be done in 3-4 days, I run in the 
> opposite direction. There might obviously be rare exceptions, 
> but this tells me that the client doesn't quite understand 
> the issues involved and likely I'd be walking into a hell hole.

In my defence, I am a junior designer usually without the ability to
swing things in that direction. I also like to think I have a high
hell-hole tolerance ;-)

Jonathan




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