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Sounds good. You do need to be aware of a few pitfalls. Quoting days and day rates has often meant that clients can negotiate toward the price they want to pay - which can make it hard for you to make any money.
For example, a client wants a logo - medium size start up business with global market. They have money but not loads of it. You quote £1000 for a logo/brand piece of work - probably reasonable for the client. They say - what's your day rate - you say £200 - they say see what you can do with the logo for 1 day. You end up giving them their corporate branding for next to nothing.
Talking from experience here. You need to be aware of day rates and time to do work but also not be too transparent and don't under estimate how long those phone calls/emails/face to face meetings take.
As a small business we're constantly battling this proposal, rate, costs, project budget issue.
I'd add a day or two project management to your estimate!!