Should editors offer free discovery calls?

The Editing Podcast

25-06-2024 • 8 mins

Should editors offer free discovery calls? Our three-step discovery process will help you deliver the process effectively.

Listen to find out more about

  • What a discovery call is
  • Benefits of discovery calls
  • Time and money considerations
  • Managing unqualified leads
  • Scope creep
  • Emotional labour
  • Three-step discovery process: Web page, email, call

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Music credit

'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

  • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
  • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/