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The Revision Policy You Set at Onboarding That Eliminates 'One More Tweak' Forever

DEV Community·Lisa Sakura·25 days ago
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The Revision Policy You Set at Onboarding That Eliminates 'One More Tweak' Forever Three rounds in on a logo project. The client sends back: "Love it, just one small thing." That small thing turns into a new direction. Round four becomes round seven. The $2,000 project is now underwater, your designer is demoralized, and you're drafting a passive-aggressive email you'll delete before sending. Every agency has lived this. Most try to fix it after the damage starts — awkward mid-project conversations about "scope" that make the client feel nickel-and-dimed. The fix isn't better mid-project conversations. It's what you say in the first 48 hours after they sign. Why Revision Hell Is an Onboarding Problem, Not a Project Problem When revisions spiral, agencies blame the client. "They don't know what they want." Maybe. But usually the real cause is simpler: nobody told them how feedback works here. Clients aren't difficult on purpose. They've just never been given a framework for how to give feedback effectively.…

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