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Course N°143Freelancing

Win the Brief: Freelance Proposals That Close

with Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Turn discovery calls into proposals clients say yes to. Scope, tier and price your work so premium projects close faster and never bleed margin after signature.

17 lessons17 videos4h 44mIntermediateLifetime access

What you’ll walk away with

Skills, not certificates of attendance

01Qualify or disqualify a lead inside a 15-minute call
02Write a proposal that opens with the client's own words
03Build three-tier options that raise average project value
04Defend your price without discounting or adding free scope
05Run a follow-up sequence that revives stalled decisions

Curriculum

4 chapters · 17 lessons

4h 44m total
01The Discovery Call That Writes the Proposal
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  1. 1The five-question filter: qualify before you quoteVideo
    14:20
  2. 2Diagnose the business problem, not the deliverableVideo
    18:45
  3. 3Anchor budget before you write a single lineVideo
    16:10
  4. 4Capture their exact language for the proposalVideo
    12:35
02Structure: The Document That Does the Selling
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  1. 1One-page decision doc vs the twelve-page deckVideo
    15:50
  2. 2Open with their problem, close with their outcomeVideo
    13:05
  3. 3Phased scope: what's in, what's out, what's laterVideo
    21:30
  4. 4Three options, one recommendation: tiering that lifts valueVideo
    19:40
  5. 5Risk reversal that costs you nothingVideo
    17:15
03Pricing and the Money Conversation
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  1. 1Value math clients actually acceptVideo
    22:10
  2. 2Breaking the hourly habit: fixed and phase feesVideo
    18:00
  3. 3"Can you do it cheaper?" without cutting priceVideo
    16:25
  4. 4Deposits, milestones and late-fee clauses that holdVideo
    14:50
04Close, Follow Up, Expand
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  1. 1Walk them through it live, never email and prayVideo
    20:05
  2. 2Objection scripts: timing, budget, internal buy-inVideo
    17:40
  3. 3The seven-day sequence that revives dead dealsVideo
    13:25
  4. 4From signed proposal to scope control and phase twoVideo
    19:15

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Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Incipio Studio is the academy's in-house curriculum team. Studio courses distill proven playbooks, frameworks, and operator interviews into structured, do-this-next lessons, researched and produced by Incipio Academy.

I rebuilt my proposal template over a weekend and closed a project at nearly double my usual rate the following week. Same skills, different document.

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17 lessons, 4h 44m
17 videos
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