This kind of thing makes me cringe…
I popped into LinkedIn today and immediately came across a colleague’s post where she was sharing some client praise. Her client wrote:
“I’ve had 10 times more response from your social media design than I have from the one a graphic designer did for me and charged me 3 x the price.”
From the apparent value this client got, this colleague should have charged 3 x what she did. 😉
This is what I mean about people using our industry as cheap substitutes.
It’s so insulting for clients to rave about how little they paid, particularly when they know good and well what properly professional fees cost.
What this client said was the equivalent of shouting to everyone:
Hey, everybody, we’ve got a sucker over here! She practically gave away something that’s making me money and growing my business that I would have paid anyone else 3 times more for.
I have no doubt this colleague will eventually realize the value of her talents and start charging a more commensurate rate for the value that clients receive from her work… particularly if she keeps hearing “praise” like this.
With devaluing clients like that, who needs to earn a living from their work? 😉