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What should I do if my client wants to know the price immediately?

This is a questions posted to Cyan, from FreelanceSwitch.com, and it’s indeed something really common. You have a possible client, and the very first thing that he comes up with is the “M-Questions”. And you find yourself riddled  by the questions, because you don’t even know the answer, when you’re supposed to.

[ More ] September 29th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

In design: less is more!

In Blog Vecindad Gráfica I found this little image, from Paul Arden, where it states that a simple layout sells more than a complicated one.

[ More ] September 29th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles |

How much should I charge for a design?

I think this is a very hard question for every designer. Simply because there is no standard pricing for this, everyone will charge what they think is just fair. Sometimes even, there is a certain moment in the development process when we think that the design was too extend to complete and the downpayment to [...]

[ More ] September 27th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

The right size for a web page?

Whenever I have to post, I give my articles a little personal twist to make them a little bit more user-friendly. This article is originally from TejedoresDelWeb.com, and I just found it so well written that I only had to copy/paste it to my site, simply because it’s just great the way it is.
The right [...]

[ More ] September 27th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Tutorial |

The 10 most important features from Flash CS3

Freddie, from Cristalab.com, is proving us today with a very useful article called: The 10 most important features from Flash CS3. It’s really worth reading, providing us a very good review of every one of them.
Like for example:

The brand new “Adobe” interface from Flash
The new and improved flash video import
A simple way of changing [...]

[ More ] September 26th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Flash |

101 Essential resources for freelance designers

As we know, Internet is as vast as we can even imagine. Internet can provide many tools if we know where to find them, this will improve our designs enormously. Thinking about freelanceswitch.com, you can see how they brought the 101 Essential resources for freelance designers. They have from receipts up to how to organize [...]

[ More ] September 26th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance, Resources |

Lorem ipsum

I’m pretty sure that as a designer, whether graphic or web, in a certain moment you have use the text Lorem ipsum to fill the gaps of text in your design. You have most likely done this before to let your client be focused and centered in the design, so he/she doesn’t lose the idea [...]

[ More ] September 26th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Curiosities, Resources |

Where am I, in my house or in my office?

One of the greatest advantages that comes with been a freelance designer is the simple fact that you can stay home and work. Saying good-bye to the traffic jams, you won’t have to wake up 2 hours before your shift, you could even take a nap along with many other commodities you could have by [...]

[ More ] September 26th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

The 5 most important considerations when designing a web page

In the blog: Blog All in the Head, you’ll be able to find the original
These are my considerations:
Who is the target audience?
You need to know the market where you web site is going to be addressed. It’s not the same to design a very professional looking web site just for fun, thought it’s possible.
What is [...]

[ More ] September 25th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Tutorial |

Speak the language of your clients

I think this post works for everyone in any type of business, Not only graphic design. It’s really important for you to be able to communicate with your client, not only verbally but in a way that your client what you mean and the idea behind your words. There are many times, when a professional, [...]

[ More ] September 25th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

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