{"id":17146,"date":"2017-09-20T11:30:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/?p=17146"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:30:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:30:53","slug":"business-web-design-free-ebook-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartinternet.uk\/blog\/business-web-design-free-ebook-download\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business of Web Design &#8211; Free ebook to download"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s one of the trickiest decisions any agency or freelancer has to make &#8211; what should you charge for your services?<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t want to undersell yourself, but you also don&#8217;t want to charge too much and scare away the clients. 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