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Shopify seems to be not enough popular...

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This is an inevitable part of being a freelance designer/coder, though there are tools out there that can make your life a lot easier, for example Project Bubble which I use on a daily basis for time-tracking, project management, invoicing and quoting for smaller projects. I can't advocate this one enough, it's brilliant.
 
Another system I use regularly is BidSketch. I use this service to draft proposals/quotations for larger projects and it makes it very easy to do, as well as presenting your finished proposal in a very professional manner.

I have run into this problem with some clients. You have to ask yourself if it's worth your time. I would agree kree8or that with some clients it's a necessary evil but now I typically work on retainer agreements if the client needs this kind of support. The bottom-line is that your clients will treat you the way you want to be treated. You draw your lines and let your client know where they are.
 
If they are truly professionals then they will understand if you're not willing to do management tasks for free. But if that's part of the services you provide you should include it in your fee. It's also a good way to build value for your clients. You can list some of the management tasks you do for them that others designers do not do.
 
If you can save clients, time, money, and work then they are often willing to pay more. The thing is you can't just randomly tack on additional fees without upsetting existing clients. You have to draw your line before you invite them in the door.
 
Or you risk losing that client forever.
 
The interesting thing I have learned is that sometimes retainer agreements lead to a lot less work for you when the client doesn't feel that they are paying for a specific good or service so much as they are paying you to be available.
 
I find myself getting on the phone and consulting with clients much more often.
 
It's a nice change of pace and in the end it's much more profitable for my clients because they aren't afraid to get my professional opinion on whatever marketing ideas they have.
 
I feel a lot closer to my clients when I'm on a monthly retainer.
 
It's like being a partner in their business.

Yeah , all this is a necessary evil I'm afraid, but what I do (rightly or wrongly) is if I get the gig, I whack a couple of hours onto the quote at my hourly rate to cover the time spent preparing and researching for the quote.

^^^^ this

Forget about CAPTCHAs, they're crap. Try Akismet.

okay, under the Access section there is Secure Shell Access (SSH). Click that and it will show a Host Name. The FTP User will be under FTP Account. You may need to create one but there should be a default one.

Here you go, use this website. It's very easy. Once you've activated your account, just plop the javascript code anywhere on the page you want the feed to appear:
 
https://www.rssinclude.com/

This code works for Blogger, but I'm not sure about Wordpress. Maybe someone knows of something similar:
 
<object data=http://yourwebsite.blogspot.co.uk/feeds/posts/default width="600" height="400">
<embed src=http://yourwebsite.blogspot.co.uk/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss width="600" height="400"> </embed>
Error: Embedded data could not be displayed.
</object>

In the stylesheet these tags are set to print only, they do not display on the page:
 

/* =Print Style -------------------------------------------------------------- */ #site-title, #site-description { float: none; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0; padding: 0; } #site-title { font-size: 13pt; }
 
and the code on the page:
 

<h1 id="site-title"> <span> <a href="http://www.aandjelectronics.co.uk/" title="A and J Electronics.co.uk" rel="home">A and J Electronics.co.uk</a> </span> </h1> <div id="site-description">Electrical/Electronic repairs, parts, servicing & fitting East Sussex</div>
 
When you print the page the contents of these tags prints NOT the banner graphic.
 
Hope this helps
 
Colin

I might need some clarification on this one.
 
Have you setup a print stylesheet?
 
It's worth pointing out that a print stylesheet should be created to avoid people having to print large graphics out. At the most a small logo should be present otherwise I have to fork out the cost of ink printing your branding.

Remove the tags from your theme files.
 
Usually:
 

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_meta

It will depend on your themes structure where you go to remove it. Looks like you're using TwentyTen?

Will be either in loop.php, single.php or main index. Well should be..

Just look in all of them, search across the files?

If you using TwentyTen open up the loop.php and take out the following lines
 
"Posted on October 25, 2011 by admin"
 


<?php twentyten_posted_on(); ?>
 
"Posted in Uncategorized"
 


<?php printf( __( '<span class="%1$s">Posted in</span> %2$s', 'twentyten' ), 'entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links', get_the_category_list( ', ' ) ); ?>
 
"1 Comment"
 


<span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyten' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyten' ) ); ?></span>
 
That should get rid of the bits you don't want
you might have to do the same in loop-single.php and loop-page.php

Branded note pads to match the pens, stickers the list is endless

Tad low but if your happy with that go with it

Then link sell. They need pens don't they....

Without knowing the quality of your work, i'd say those seem a tad low.

Pricing is way off if you ask me personally, why dont you add a quote for printing also with a 10% margin added.

Some pedantic a******* might step into this thread and tell you that 'brought' is the past tense of 'bring' and isn't being used correctly in this sentence.
 
Won't be me though.
 
Nope.
 
As for your actual issue
 
I'll agree with everyone else. Little low but not terrifyingly so.

Without seeing the brief and spec it's difficult to tell but my first thought is the Business Card design cost seemed a little on the high side whilst the brochure design cost seemed quite low.
 
Good Luck

Sounds fine, perhaps a bit cheap but that's your choice.
 
I usually add in the stock images to the quote, Stock imagery for print use - £xx. It might be worth giving them a call or sending them an email to explain the need for high resolution photos. From my experience the client often gets confused when they are asked to pay for an image they have previously bought, giving the client a good understanding first can prevent confusion later on.
 
As Pandadoodle mentioned, what about the cost of printing, sending the goods to the client ect, this also has to be considered in your quote.