{"id":"sales-retainer-tiers-table-hours-rate","audience":"consultants","category":"sales-work","technique":"format","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Price three retainer tiers from hours and rate in a table","free":false,"task":"Make a markdown table with columns Tier | Hours per month | Rate | Monthly fee and three rows (Light, Standard, Plus). Monthly fee = hours x rate, then apply the discount rule from the notes (only Plus gets a discount). Write fees like $1,600. After the table add one line starting \"Annual for Plus:\" showing the monthly fee x 12. No bold, under 80 words, nothing else.","materialLabel":"Retainer pricing rules (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Consultant: Dalia Imran (marketing operations). Retainer rules:\n\n- Hourly rate for retainers: $200 per hour (2026). Ad hoc work is $240 per hour (not for retainers).\n- Tiers: Light = 4 hours per month; Standard = 8 hours per month; Plus = 16 hours per month.\n- Discount: Plus tier only gets 10% off the monthly fee for a 6-month minimum commitment. Light and Standard have no discount.\n- Unused hours do not roll over.\n- Payment: monthly in advance.\n\nOld rates (2025): $180 per hour. Retired.\nNote: do not offer discounts to Light or Standard.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Using the old or ad hoc rate","why":"The AI uses $180 or $240.","fix":"Add: \"Use the 2026 retainer rate of $200.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Discounting every tier","why":"The AI applies 10% to all.","fix":"Add: \"Only Plus gets the 10%.\"","checks":["r1","r2"]},{"title":"Missing the annual line","why":"The AI omits the annual total.","fix":"Add: \"Add Annual for Plus: monthly fee x 12.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Bold and extras","why":"The AI bolds and adds notes.","fix":"Add: \"No bold; nothing else.\"","checks":["r0","plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Names the columns","patterns":["tier","hours per month","rate","monthly fee"]},{"label":"Gives the formula","patterns":["hours x rate","hours times"]},{"label":"Restricts the discount","patterns":["only plus","10%"]},{"label":"Adds the annual line","patterns":["annual for plus"]},{"label":"Table only","patterns":["no bold","nothing else"]}],"hint":"Name the columns, give the formula and the discount rule and ask for the Annual line.","rubricLabels":["Is a table with columns Tier, Hours per month, Rate and Monthly fee with exactly three rows for Light, Standard and Plus","Monthly fees are Light $800 (4 x 200), Standard $1,600 (8 x 200) and Plus $2,880 (16 x 200 = 3,200 less 10%)","The line after the table starts with Annual for Plus: and shows 2,880 x 12 = $34,560, with no bold and no discount on Light or Standard"]}