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Design Business Council > Designers and stress
Email/call/text/slack… how do clients contact you?
29
Jun

We have made ourselves so accessible to clients — they can call/text/email/slack to contact us anywhere, anytime. It’s hard to manage.

Posted in: Business of design , design business coach ,
Tags: Aircall , Business of design , capability building , client management , dealing with emergencies , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Designers and stress , designers mental health , Dialpad , Justcall , Studio management , Zoom call ,
Profiting from referrals
22
Jun

‘Spotters fees’, ‘kick-backs’ and ‘hidden consultancy fees’ – they’re all secret commissions and they’re illegal under the Crimes Act.

Posted in: Business of design ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , dealing with emergencies , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Designers and stress , designers mental health , hidden commission , profiting from referrals , secret commission , Studio management ,
Your lack of preparation does not constitute my emergency
10
Jun

It’s easy for designers to be overwhelmed by their workload but thinking like an emergency department of a hospital can help.

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Tags: Business of design , capability building , dealing with emergencies , Design management , Design strategies , Design strategy , Designers and stress , designers mental health , Studio management ,

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