Archive for June, 2009
Funny Video
A friend/colleague forwarded me this YouTube video this morning. I’m sure a professional from any industry can relate to this. Enjoy! Produced by Scofield Editorial, Inc.
Email for July
Each month I try to send out an email newsletter, although I know I’ve been slacking lately. Sometimes I try to make it educational and general enough for any designers or prospective clients that may be on my list. Other times I try to run a promo of some sort. I feel mixing it up [...]
I’m Embarrassed.
I’m feeling a little embarrassed. Actually, a lot. My long-awaited copy of Cathy Fishel’s Freelance Design in Practiceshowed up yesterday. For those of you who don’t know why I was so pumped to receive this book, it’s because one, it’s a great resource and two, I had been interviewed and was asked to submit samples [...]
Feature Article
I subscribe to the FunctionFox e-newlsetter and this week’s article was really good. Take a look: …………………………………………………………………….. Estimating Pitfalls By Creative Business Pricing and estimating are inextricably linked. All the benefits of valuing your firm’s activities properly will be lost if the process of estimating the effort involved in individual projects is incorrect. Listed below [...]
Book Release!
The long awaited Freelance Design in Practicehas very recently been released. I’m very excited about this book as Cathy Fisel, the author, was kind enough to interview me for the piece. I just ordered my copy this morning and I’m confident there’s lots of good advice in here from many different freelancers. Be sure to [...]
Scenario 9: I’m Just Going to Get Some Feedback via Facebook…
Social networking sites are certainly shaping the way we communicate with people around us. They’re great for networking and for locating other professionals. Only once have I been asked to provide Facebook-ready images that the client could post for their “friends” to approve. This was a new one. After rounds and rounds of revisions on [...]
Scenario 8: Can We Use This?
If you’re a designer, chances are at one time or another a client has come to you with a design or image they love. They’re sure it’s going to solve their design challenge and can’t imagine themselves using anything else. The problem? It belongs to someone else. Copyrights surround us daily, yet sometimes, clients can [...]
Scenario 7: Let’s Go A Different Direction
Say you’re pretty far into a project. You’ve asked for the client’s approval and have received it over and over along the way. You’re just about to wrap things up and then one day, out of the blue, the client tells you the project solution isn’t what they really wanted. I once ran into this [...]
Scenario 6: No Contracts Allowed
Sometimes contracts can be a nuisance. There’s usually a lot of legal jargon followed by confusion and questions. But by presenting a contract to your client at the beginning of your working relationship, you’re making sure everyone is on the same page and all possible issues are out in the open. My contract is quite [...]
Scenario 5: Similar Industries
Your client loves you to death; good. Your client gives you work regularly; also good. Your client isn’t crazy about your working with similar clients; not good. This one’s a sticky one. Have you heard when you’re job hunting as a designer you’re supposed to put together a portfolio of work samples that cater to [...]
