someone asked me for a
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Call him (if its been about a week or so) - "i just wanted to get your thoughts and wondered if you had any questions regarding my/oue proposal" - kinda deal.
If he brings up the money (and remember 9/10 proposal requests are for those who know nothing about what deign work costs and just needed the info) kindly remind him that:
(a) he would be spending 2/3 times more with some agency in a major city, you produce the same level of work if not better (and I know you work is by the way...) for less since you have lower overheads.
(b) Websites are expensive and usually run from $5 to $15 thou at the low end, tell him your price is $3g is very competitive for the work you PRODUCE, you can give him a site for $500 bucks if he wants be you know he wont be happy and be looking for yet another redesign in 6 months. Remind him that you reason he likes your work is because YOU SPENT TIME ON IT! No matter how good or quick we are at design, good well-designed work takes time.
(c) Websites are a one-off cost that yields returns long after the the site has beenn built. When your client has had his 10,000 very impressed new potential client visit his site, that only cost him 3cents, not a bad ROI.
Don't worry brother, your aim is right on - you didn't aim too high at all.
No I'm gonna have some tea, and email my cheap-ass clients :-P