Owning a creative business

Design Business Council > Owning a creative business

Oct

Soft skills make humans indispensable – especially in the creative industry where the ability to communicate with clarity is vital. Infact they’re the skills that differentiate a great leader from an OK one. Question is, are they learned skills or personality traits?

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Content clients want from designers

Oct

Positioning a creative business to attract (the right) new business is our most-requested activity. It’s an area we enjoy because it’s not complicated, but to be successful you must be forensic with the detail. That’s what makes it interesting…

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How and when to close your design studio

Sep

Any conversation about pricing eventually turns to talking about retainers — an agreement where a client purchases an agreed amount of a designer’s time each month. This article questions whether retainers only valid for transactional work?

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