A $12 invoice mistake at a Columbus meetup got me my first retainer client

Uma Patel · 2026-10-26T20:40:03.889341+00:00

I was at a small agency meetup in Columbus last week and a guy next to me said he prices by the outcome, not the hours, and it clicked right there. I redid my whole pitch the next morning and closed a $1,800 a month retainer by Friday, so what's the weirdest place a pricing idea has hit you?

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