Troy Dean: 101 Ways to Elevate Yourself and Demand Higher Fees

'101 Ways to Elevate Yourself and Demand Higher Fees' is aimed at helping web developers, particularly those using WordPress, add massive value to their clients without having to negotiate on price. It will literally give 101 ways to do this in your business, starting at the initial stage of incoming enquiry right through to site deployment and training.

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1. Higher Fees And Demand To Elevate Yourself 101 Ways A practical guide for WordPress developers
2. #1 Say “NO”
3. Qualify #2 wufoo.com
4. #3 Quality ?’s I s’pose a shag’s outta the question?
5. #4 Ask Why?
6. #5 Define Success
7. #6 $$$$
8. #7 Re-Brand Login
9. #8 Useful Dashboard
10. #9 Value Your Time
11. wordpress.org #10 Show Ease of Use
12. #11 No Cafés
13. #12 DM’s Only
14. #13 Tight Schedule
15. #14 Avoid Chit-Chat
16. #15 Dress Well
17. #16 No Plugin Talk
18. #17 Do Homework
19. #18 Claim SuperPowers
20. #19 Don’t Do Cards
21. #20 Record Meetings
22. #21 Email Summary
23. #22 Reiterate Success
24. #23 Don’t Bore Them
25. 37signals.com/rework #24 Read “ReWork”
26. bidsketch.com #25 Use Bidsketch
27. #26 Tighten Up
28. #27 Checkpoints
29. #28 Check Grammar
30. #29 Do NOT Call
31. Dear Dude, You rock. Yours, Dude. #30 Email Proof
32. #31 Keep Process
33. gantto.com #32 Keep Time Frames
34. #33 Do NOT Discount
35. #34 Keep ‘Em Informed
36. #35 Have An Opinion
37. smashingmagazine.com #36 Show Credibility
38. ted.com #37 Show TED Talks
39. kranzcom.com #38 Case Studies
40. #39 Window Closing
41. thelayoutlab.com #40 Make Product
42. gathercontent.com #41 Content First
43. easel.io #42 Design In Browser
44. solidifyapp.com #43 Clickable Prototypes
45. woothemes.com #44 Proof of Concept
46. #45 Show Deadlines
47. basecamp.com #46 Collaborate
48. #47 Refuse Friday Launch
49. #48 Client Champion
50. gravityforms.com #49 Use Premium Plugins
51. box.com #50 Document Processes
52. wpengine.com #51 Premium Hosting
53. #52 Check Environment phpinfo.php
54. #53 Best Practices
55. #54 Avoid Scope Creep
56. #55 Preview Early Lorem Ipsum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
57. advancedcustomfields.com #56 Use ACF
58. browserstack.com #57 Cross Browser
59. #58 Stick To The Proposal
60. #59 Celebrate
61. #60 Send Congrats Email
62. #61 Say “Thank You”
63. yoast.com #62 Use WP SEO by Yoast
64. #63 Verify with Google
65. #64 Give Them Host Details Your Host PH: 1800 HELP ME
66. #65 Eager for $$$?
67. #66 Install Analytics
68. managewp.com #67 Use ManageWP
69. #68 Tweak Caching for Speed
70. #69 Secure WordPress
71. #70 Check The Index site:domain.com.au
72. #71 Schedule BackUps
73. videousermanuals.com #72 Provide Video Tutorials
74. digg.com #73 Digg The Site
75. #74 Embed Welcome Video
76. #75 Link Tagger ?utm_source=ebooks
77. #76 Set Follow Up Reminders
78. #77 Get Feedback
79. amazon.com #78 Read “The Referral Engine”
80. #79 In Dash RSS Feed
81. #80 Add Clients To Your List
82. seomoz.org #81 SEOMoz Beginners Guide
83. #82 Suggest Split Testing
84. mashable.com #83 Beginners Guide To Social
85. grovo.com #84 Give Premium Grovo
86. #85 Give GA MC Video
87. visual.ly #86 Beautiful Analytics
88. myseotool.com #87 Branded SEO Reports
89. evernote.com #88 Send Them An Evernote
90. #89 Make It A Portfolio Piece
91. #90 Post Them A Book
92. pingdom.com #91 Use Pingdom
93. hubspot.com #92 Intro To HubSpot
94. #93 Continue Asking ???’s I s’pose a shag’s still outta the question?
95. eventbrite.com.au #94 Invite Them To An Event
96. #95 Nominate Them
97. #96 Send Useful Apps
98. #97 Say “NO”
99. #98 Broken Link Check
100. #99 Check Page Speed
101. #100 Remind Them Of Their Goals
102. #101 Refer THEM A Client
103. There’s More... But Wait!
104. Bonus Lose Your Hourly Rate
105. Bonus Free e-Book wpvum.com/ wcmel13