How To Deal with Non-Paying Clients
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At some point you will come face to face with the worst type of client. The client who despite numerous attempts on your behalf, is refusing to pay outstanding fees on a project.
As a business you will at some point have to go after a non-paying client, and as such should be prepared for the [...]
When Your Client Wants To Become The Designer
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Every now and then you receive a client who gets involved in your end of the deal, and is questioning / making firm suggestions about directions to take. This could be due to their eagerness, misunderstanding of professional boundaries or personality; but it needs to be addressed when they begin to intrude too much upon [...]
Your Quote is too high! – Charging/Negotiating for design work
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It is inevitable and if it hasn’t happened to yourself yet, it is not far round the corner especially in the economic times were in. Quite often, a potential client will challenge you on your pricing. i.e your rate per hour, total price etc
The first time it happened to us, we were hit with this [...]
What is the best 22″ 24″ 28″ 30″ graphic design photography monitor
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Whilst searching the web for a comprehensive resource to help me to decide what monitor to buy, I came across this great thread on the AnandTech Forums:
Best Monitor for Purpose
The thread is segmented into different purposes you may require monitors for. Here is the section related to Design:
Freelance Contracts
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Hi all,
While surfing forums and the like found a great free contract resource , over at WDF.
This is a contract that I came up with several years ago, with the help of a lawyer [personal friend]. I didn’t want anything too technical or full of legal speak. Just wanted something simple, straightforward, that made sense [...]
Do you need a design degree to freelance?
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How essential is a design degree to a designer?
Having gone through the process of formal education in graphic design and illustration (and paid the accompanying expenses) Many designers have often had to ask themselves the question: ‘was it worth it?’
The simple fact is that, with the evolution of the internet to a level where intellectual [...]
Free Business Plan, Projected Balances and Expenses Templates
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When we first began, a friend sent over some very nice business plan, asset, balance sheet, started up expenses etc type templates. You can use, edit these at your own discretion. Unfortunately, I do not know and cannot ascertain who created them, so am unable to give credit, where its due as these templates are life-savers. [...]
10 Resources to Help You Decide What To Charge for Design Work
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As website designers , we know all to well how difficult it can be to competitively price your work; we compiled the following list of resources to help us in our endeavors.
1) Design Talkboard: ‘How much to charge for Graphic Design’
in reality, freelance designers will need to research carefully and develop a pricing structure most [...]
30-Second Sepia Effect Photoshop Tutorial
To quickly create a simple sepia effect in Photoshop, do the following:
10 Great Free SEO Tools and Resources
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Great basic to intermediate SEO Tools
Hi all. In my efforts to search engine optimise websites for myself and various clients i’ve compiled a little list of free SEO analysing tools that I use. Hope you find them useful.
1) SEOmoz | SEO Cheat Sheet
This wonderful PDF courtesy of Danny Dover contains every little SEO tactic you [...]
Competing Against The Agency – The Freelancer’s Epic Battle
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As a ‘noob’ to the freelance design industry in what I would consider a truly professional manner; I was somewhat naive as to how hard it would be to find clients. After the initial shock, I found myself confronted with one monumental competitor that seemed like Goliath; leaving me feeling like David (without his slingshot).. [...]
Nov 13, 2009 | Categories: Commentary, Freelancing, Marketing, Popular | Tags: Business, Commentary, Freelancing, Marketing | 17 Comments »