{"id":4716,"date":"2014-07-03T15:07:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T15:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markstephensarchitects.com\/?p=4716"},"modified":"2014-07-03T15:07:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T15:07:24","slug":"why-i-dont-give-free-consultations-jimconnolly-mentioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markstephensarchitects.com\/why-i-dont-give-free-consultations-jimconnolly-mentioned\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I don't give free consultations… @JimConnolly mentioned"},"content":{"rendered":"
I was reading THIS POST<\/a> recently by Jim Connolly<\/a> on why ‘Offering free consultations can be an expensive mistake’<\/em> and I urge all architects (and any professional for that matter) to implement the advice immediately. The good news is that this has been the policy I adopted over a year ago and have never looked back.<\/p>\n In addition to the post by Jim I’ll add the following:<\/p>\n \u2022 By charging for every consultation you show that you value your time and in turn people will value what you do and your time better.<\/p>\n \u2022 There’s no such thing as a simple ‘chat’<\/em> about the project. If you want a chat, you can buy me a pint down the pub but these chats are work and work should be paid for. No matter what anyone says, every single ‘simple chat’<\/em> has involved professional advice that has taken years of training and experience – why give this away for free.<\/p>\n \u2022 There are lot of ‘tire-kickers’<\/em> out there. By charging for consultations you sort the wheat from the chafe.<\/p>\n I would be more than happy for every architect in Ireland (the world!) to adopt this method, let’s value our time and create a level playing field for all design professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was reading THIS POST recently by Jim Connolly on why ‘Offering free consultations can be an expensive mistake’ and I urge all architects …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,15,17,34,38,39],"tags":[217,226,416,427,488,633,760],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n