Laurens Bonnema - SE06 / EP03

Another episode of the Sketchnote Army Podcast from the International Sketchnote Camp 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. This time Mike is joined by Laurens Bonnema, an agile management consultant from Daudref in the Netherlands. Laurens shares a preview of his talk from the International Sketchnote camp. Learn to charge what you’re worth!

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RUNNING ORDER

• Intro


• Who is Laurens?


• Learning the hard way


• Setting a day rate that was still too low


• Double your rate and a ludicrous amount


• The sport of sales


• Value based pricing


• Clients who ask more, delivering more


• Referring poor fit clients


• You are not an expense, you provide value”


• Questions when assessing clients


• Culture and pricing


• 3 tips


• Tools


• Outro

THREE TIPS

• Stop quoting a price


• don’t ask for a budget


• demand a conversation regarding client fit and value

TOOLS

• Leuchttrum 1917 notebooks - https://www.leuchtturm1917.us/notebooks/


• Pigma Micron (0.3 and 1mm) - https://www.pigmamicron.com


• Neuland fine ones (brand colour) - https://eu.neuland.com/markers-more/neuland-markers/neuland-fineone-fineliner-0.8-mm-single-colours.html


• iPad Pro - https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-pro


• Concepts - https://concepts.app/en/


• Adobe Illustrator - https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html


• Workvisual - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/workvisual-app/id988018129?mt=8

LINKS

• Laurens’ website - https://bonnema.ink


• Laurens’ Twitter - https://twitter.com/laurensbonnema


• Agile management - https://www.apm.org.uk/resources/find-a-resource/agile-project-management/


• Xebia Training - https://training.xebia.com/trainers/laurens-bonnema


• Chris Drucker of YOUprener - https://www.chrisducker.com


• Value based pricing - https://seanwes.com/price-with-confidence/


• Sean McCabe - https://seanwes.com


• Calculated Industries 8120 Plug Mark Drywall Electrical Box Cutout Locator - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G35J0SS/


• Scarcity Mindset - https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/science-choice/201504/the-scarcity-mindset


• Haggling - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bargaining

CREDITS

• Producer: Jon Schiedermayer


• Show Notes: Chris Wilson

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• Season 1 - https://soundcloud.com/sketchnote-army-podcast/sets/sketchnote-army-podcast-se1


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