• Say hi and whatnot
• Tell me about your business
  • What do you do & for whom?
  • What makes you special / different / why should someone hire you over a competitor?
• What are your broad business goals?
  • And how do you plan to reach them?
• What’s your current website situation?
  • What are your challenges with it?
  • What do you like about it?
• What are the big user behavior goals for the new site?
• Where do you stand on “bang for your buck” vs. “as epic as possible?”
• Make a list of all noteworthy pages, features, etc.
• Explain process & how i work
  • Process
    • Strategy
    • Design
    • Building
    • Testing & Finalizing
    • Launch
    • Training
  • Billing schedule
    • Deposit
    • Monthly payments for time worked
  • Live overlap blocks
    • Explain & see if they’re interested
    • Determine if this person is a key decision maker who can make executive decisions about design, layout, etc.
• Pricing
  • Give rough price range estimate for everything they’re looking for
  • If they think it’s too spendy, make a list together of scope we can cut if necessary
  • Talk about ongoing pricing for hosting, maintenance, plugins, etc.
• Deadline
  • Determine overall deadline
  • Establish sub deadlines for different tasks
    • Photos
    • Text content
    • Design revision completion
• Closing
  • Ask if they have any more questions
  • Ask if they want to work with me
  • Let em know next step to work with me is pay deposit and sign contract
  • Tell em I’ll send em an email with deposit link & contract