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Should You Post Prices on Your Website?
Should freelancers post prices on their web site? It depends. Here’s advice about when to do it and when not to. Continue reading →
Meeting with a Prospective Client: After
Part 2 of how to handle a meeting with a prospect from designer, Lidia Varesco Racoma. Today’s focus is best practices for follow up. Continue reading →
Categories: Self Promotion for Graphic Design & Designers
Tags: client relations, marketing, networking
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Meeting with a Prospective Client: Before (& After)
Designer, Lidia Varesco Racoma, shares her tips for making the most out of a meeting with a new prospect. Continue reading →
Categories: Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Tags: client relations, networking
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Q4 goal setting to end 2012 with a bang
It’s Q4 — fourth quarter — a perfect time to work on your business. Today’s post by Ilise Benun offers questions to ask yourself and examples of trackable goals. Continue reading →
Do you eat like a "starving artist?"
Food writer, Bryn Mooth, shares tips for what to eat to fuel your brain for creativity. Continue reading →
Ever doubt the “realness” of your business?
When I moved back to the USA in July, I had some reverse culture-shock. Suddenly money and titles and hours worked became a lot more important. I was jolted back into the headspace, and the priorities, from before I left. And I started to doubt myself. I started to doubt this “business” I’d created. Continue reading →
Cutting Ties with Four Legacies
Now that your design business is up and running, it’s time to cut loose ties with the past in order to really thrive. These decisions are tough, but business consultant David C. Baker has helped many firms do the same in order to grow.
Categories: Design Business & The Industry of Design, Design Firm Owners, Featured
Tags: design business
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Stolen logo? What would you do?
A logo created by a designer is very similar to another but she knows she didn’t steal it. Should they scrap it? Can the client be forbidden from using it if it hasn’t been trademarked? What would you do? Continue reading →
Do you check your client’s references?
Pam Saxon, Nashville designer, shares how she almost got burned by not checking on a too-good-to-be-true new client. Continue reading →
Categories: Design Business Clients: Communication & Management
Tags: client relations, freelancing
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Business Bootcamp @ HOW Interactive SF
Whether you’re in-house or on your own, this new “business bootcamp” will help you position your interactive services to attract the right clients and create proposals that are profitable. Continue reading →
