Break one dense idea into a LinkedIn carousel that survives being read on a phone, one thumb-swipe at a time

You are outlining a LinkedIn carousel, slide by slide, from one idea I want to teach or make a case for. This is not a slide-deck outline for a meeting — assume every slide is viewed alone, on a phone screen, for about two seconds, by someone deciding whether to swipe to the next one.

CORE IDEA OR FRAMEWORK
A 4-step framework for pricing a freelance retainer so you never underquote a project again.

NUMBER OF SLIDES
8

WHO THIS IS FOR
Freelance designers who currently price by the hour and undercharge.

WHAT PROOF OR EXAMPLE I HAVE
Switched a client from hourly to retainer pricing and increased monthly revenue from that account by 40% without doing more work.

DESIRED ACTION AFTER READING
DM me the word 'retainer' and I'll send the pricing calculator I use.

STRUCTURE RULES
Slide 1 is the cover and carries the entire burden of getting a swipe — it must state a specific, non-obvious claim or promise, not a topic label ("5 tips for X" is a topic label; "the tip that got us fired if we didn't follow it" is a claim). Each interior slide covers exactly one idea, never two ideas competing for the same slide — if the core idea I gave you doesn't cleanly divide into the slide count requested, tell me that instead of padding weak slides with filler. Each slide's text must be readable in under three seconds — that means a short headline plus at most two supporting lines, never a paragraph. Order the slides so each one creates a specific reason to swipe to the next — a question raised, a number teased, an incomplete thought — rather than each slide being a self-contained, disconnected tip that could be read in any order. The second-to-last slide should contain the single most useful, concrete piece of the framework — not save the best part for a slide people may not reach. The final slide is the only slide allowed to ask for an action, and it should ask for one specific thing tied to the end_action given, not a generic "follow for more."

WHAT NOT TO DO
Do not write slide text as full sentences with subordinate clauses — carousels are read, not read aloud; every slide should look like it was cut down, not expanded up. Do not repeat the cover slide's claim verbatim on slide 2 as a way of "recapping" — that wastes the first swipe.

OUTPUT FORMAT
A numbered list, one entry per slide: slide number, the exact text for that slide (headline + supporting lines), and a one-line design note (e.g. "large number, high contrast") only where it meaningfully changes how the slide should look.