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HOW Singles: 'Til Death Do They Part
In a business where client turnover is the norm, Charles Anderson Design has been designing for the French Paper Co. for nearly 25 years and counting. Do you have what it takes to forge such a successful client relationship?
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Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Dealing with clients and managing their expectations along the way can often be the most frustrating part of design projects. Seasoned experts share advice for setting expectations with your clients, dealing with difficult situations, balancing creative control with client needs, and creating an experience that will make them recommend you for future design jobs. Dig in below and learn how to curate healthier relationships with clients from the start.
Creative Bliss Day 14: Taming The Nightmare Client—You
HOW will be providing 30 creativity exercises for graphic, web design inspiration. No. 14: You yearn for creative freedom and control. So why is it such a nightmare when designing for yourself? Wrangle the worst critic of them all — you.
How to Get New Clients: 4 Tips
Design business expert David C. Baker offers 4 strategies for how to get new clients. Start with these essentials and you’ll be finding new clients in no time!
How to Reject Rejection When Pitching New Biz
Actor-turned-writer/PR pro and blogger, Rob Biesenbach, with tips on pitching new business — a big challenge for creative freelancers. Continue reading →
Categories: Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Tags: client relations, freelancing, self promotion, self-promotion
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Crowdsourcing Design: Pro or Con?
Is crowdsourcing an unfair business practice, or an unstoppable movement that’s not to be feared? Two design-industry experts weigh both sides of the argument.
What negotiating pickles have you encountered?
Sarah Durham of Big Duck is looking for your “negotiating pickles” and success strategies for her CFC session, The Nuts and Bolts of Pricing and Negotiating.” Continue reading →
Categories: Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Tags: client relations, pricing
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Enthusiastic prospects = clients?
Have you been burned by an excited prospect who you just couldn’t close the deal on? If so, share your story for an article in progress. Continue reading →
Categories: Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Tags: client relations, marketing
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Should you post prices on your web site?
Should you have a page of prices on your web site? The debate rages on…. Continue reading →
Categories: Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Tags: client relations, pricing
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When They Don’t See the Value
CFC Speaker, Jonathan Cleveland of Cleveland Design, shares his strategies for dealing with clients who don’t see the value of his services. Continue reading →
Categories: Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Tags: client relations, pricing
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6 Tips for Generating Business Through LinkedIn
You may have established a LinkedIn profile, but you’re likely not taking full advantage of it. Learn how designers can maximize this social networking tool’s potential to find new client prospects.
Categories: Articles, Design Business & The Industry of Design, Design Business Clients: Communication & Management, Design Business: Industry Issues & Advice, Freelance Design Work & How to Freelance, HOW Magazine, March 2012 HOW Magazine, Self Promotion for Graphic Design & Designers
Tags: clients, freelance, LinkedIn, marketing, self-promotion
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Mastering the Power of “No” in Client Relationships
Caring is good, but it also can be dangerous when you don’t know where to draw a line in a client relationship. Business expert David C. Baker divulges tips for when to say “no” in order to run your design business more effectively.
Categories: Design Business & The Industry of Design, Design Business Clients: Communication & Management, Design Business: Industry Issues & Advice, Design Firm Owners, Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, Featured
Tags: business tips, client relationships, mind your own business, profit
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