Business of design
It’s a candidate’s market at the moment. Many studios/agencies are finding it difficult to find mid-senior designers but we know there’s a ready supply of graduates. Is hiring a junior a viable option? Consider this…
We spend a lot of time talking about value add pricing but how much thought goes into getting more from our client $ within the studio.
Clients are willing to make referrals. Using a value chain approach you can seek out potential clients within your clients’ business. This is a smart referral approach
Even if a client doesn’t have the budget, or the timeline is prohibitive, there’s a better response to a request than saying no. This article is discusses alternative responses…
The What clients want survey will research if COVID changed client/designer relationships.
A deeper understanding of the client/designer relationship will be come from asking designers what they think clients want.
We can all lack motivation. Now, more than ever, designers spend many hours working remotely. This article shares how to keep yourself motivated.
Analysing your clients and the type of work they want is a critical success factor. There are 5 steps in measuring design for client benefit,
To grow a design business we need more hands … that means hiring either employees or sub contractors. Both need to managed and managing other creatives is hard.
Each year Australian uni’s, colleges and private providers graduate literally hundreds of designers. They’re skilled at designing within a learning framework but have little exposure to the design industry. Does it matter?
Imagine being a client who has birthed and nurtured an idea only to lose control of how it looks and feels by handing it over to a designer.
You finally get a face-to-face meeting with a client you’ve been stalking. You don’t want to blow it. What should you do; say; pitch?
Many designers aren’t taught how to run a meeting efficiently and effectively and that’s a problem when you need to demonstrate confident management of a project. This article might help.