Is it seriously this hard to sell wordpress/drupal solutions? I work at a small company (Maltese based) - we do this every day. We never really bring up the technology itself - it's all about the customization and the effort required to develop a custom theme and integrate any plugins (some may be custom) required.
Perhaps we've been lucky with our clients but nobody has said that Wordpress is free, ergo I should be charged way less. We do not charge anything for the CMS itself - we charge for the implementation.
Also agree that talking to clients and puzzling out what he really needs is extremely important. Often, what a client says can be way different than what he means - and that can bite you hard. I've learnt to constantly ask for clarification if the client is being vague.
About SEO - Damn if I hate all the SEO "gurus" cropping up trying to peddle snake oil or some dodgy techniques that should, in theory, shoot them up the rankings, but in reality, does absolutely nothing.
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Is it seriously this hard to sell wordpress/drupal solutions? I work at a small company (Maltese based) - we do this every day. We never really bring up the technology itself - it's all about the customization and the effort required to develop a custom theme and integrate any plugins (some may be custom) required.
Perhaps we've been lucky with our clients but nobody has said that Wordpress is free, ergo I should be charged way less. We do not charge anything for the CMS itself - we charge for the implementation.
Also agree that talking to clients and puzzling out what he really needs is extremely important. Often, what a client says can be way different than what he means - and that can bite you hard. I've learnt to constantly ask for clarification if the client is being vague.
About SEO - Damn if I hate all the SEO "gurus" cropping up trying to peddle snake oil or some dodgy techniques that should, in theory, shoot them up the rankings, but in reality, does absolutely nothing.