Yeah all too familiar with that. If you go to my site you'll see "Muse Services" that is basically me doing the design for them and giving up any rights to it. Say for a member of an agency who is behind on a project... it happens. It would happen to us in Art School too, get behind on one while too wrapped up in another. Only now my friends' jobs are on the line, etc. So I don't mind helping complete a project and we do it through this service.. I offer full non-disclosure agreements on that and retain no rights to the work. Just friends lending a helping hand.
My tatctic on the bid is that I generate one document.. the bid is the contract. I present to the potential client a document with all the details on it and have them sign and return it with a check if they want my services. It eliminates an entire process and assumes they want the job ahead of time, then as far as sales go.. all I really am selling is a position on my schedule.
Thats my tactic.. and I'm stickin to it.. HA !!
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