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When Is The Deadline?

Each medium takes a certain minimum amount of time to produce. In addition to the production time, you should consider the time required from the client side. How much time will it take for you to review each submitted stage?

Make a serious effort to estimate the need for approvals and the time required thereby. Unanticipated approval time and the unpredicted changes requested by such approval processes are the number one cause of overage charges that can push your budget significantly above and beyond the original bid.

Here is a guideline for normal production times for each of the media covered by this website, not including time spent by the client.

PowerPoint Presentation: 2-3 days
Translation (6-12 pages): 2-3 days
Animation (10 second logo): 4-10 days
Satellite Media Tour: 4 days - 2 weeks
Small Meeting (100-200 attendees): 2-3 weeks
Video Production (7-10 minutes): 3-4 weeks
CD-ROM (including video elements): 1-2 months
Website (including Flash/Shockwave): 1-3 months
Print Brochure (12 pages w/photos): 2-3 months
Large Meeting (1,000 - 3,000 attendees): 2-3 months

Obviously, the above list is just a guideline. You can offer to pay rush to move a project faster, but be aware, that even though it may cost a lot more, a rush job is just that, it rarely compares with the quality of end product or the harmonious relationship between vendor and client that is generated by a well-timed production.

Conversely, if the project is delayed far beyond these guidelines, either by the client or the vendor, it is a sign that something may be seriously wrong. Clients who suspend a project midstream, risk damaging the end result. The vendor's team goes on to other jobs (some not to return) and it is difficult to remotivate a project once interrupted. Vendors who fail to deliver on time, risk even more - the project, legal action and reputation.

What Is The Message?

Who Is The Audience?

When Is The Deadline

What Is The Budget?

And here are two more topics to consider when choosing your media:

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