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What do you use and why?
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What do you use and why?
A client asks for one more option, then another room, then a new presentation. None of the requests feels large on its own, but together they change the project. At what point do you pause the work, and how do you introduce an additional fee without damaging the relationship?
The client has ambitious references and a fixed budget that cannot support the level of finish they expect. What is your most effective way to make that gap visible early, before the studio spends days designing something that cannot be delivered?
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