DesignerWithGun
I've been a designer for nearly a decade. In this time, I've worked as a designer, run a company, been a freelancer, done sales, managed projects, and just about anything else that's related to design. I've done just about everything in the design world, everything from print to web and almost everthing in between. I started this blog as a platform for me to teach other designers about things that I've learned over the years.
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Posts by DesignerWithGun
Rule 2: Never Barter With A Used Car Salesman
Feb 13th
Now, I’ve done design work for all sorts of things, and have had some success from it. But, every once in a while, I’ll get some completely crazy person come to me and offer something with ZERO value. That’s what we have below. More >
Rule 1: Scratch Your Own Damn Back
Feb 9th
Rule 1: The First rule of Craigstlist is you don’t talk about Craigslist….oh wait, wrong list.
Rule 1: Favors…if someone is asking you to work for cheap, don’t do it. You’re setting a precedent that you are willing to do work for cheap, and it’s hard, almost impossible to get out of that pigeon hole. You wouldn’t go to a restaurant and tell the cook this. More >
How Do You Quote A Project?
Feb 4th
Over the years, I have experimented with a bunch of different quote types. I’ve done the detailed quote where I go through the entire project and outline exactly what I will do, I’ve done the super basic thing where I just hit the big things, and I’ve done the “I’ll do X for Y”. All of them seem to have their place, but I wanted to go over my 3 primary quoting techniques, and see what works for you.
Stop Whoring Yourself
Jan 28th
It’s tough out there! I know that. But the design community has recently been cannibalizing itself. We set the fair market price for design work, and we are somewhat responsible for “lowering” the standards for design.
There are a number of websites out there that have cause the design community to force us to become sharks. Websites like 99designs and elance make a mockery of good design.
If you’re not familiar with 99designs here is how it works. A client posts a project on the website. The client posts the needs for the project as well as their budget. Designers are able to posts their designs on the site, and the client chooses which logo or design they like best. The winning designer gets the money, and the rest don’t. More >
Establish a Professional Manner from the beginning
Jan 19th
There is no question that clients can be quite a challenge and managing them is as much a part of being a designer as coming up with a great concept. If there is a client that wants something “yesterday” a big red flag should go off in your head. My advice is to smile and say, “I’d love to work with you, but before I do anything, we need to have a strategy meeting. After the strategy meeting, I’ll work up a quote for you and we can talk about your concerns.”
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