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Nick Harrison | Designable: Advice
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Creative Director at Partners and Harrison. I love this quote, and I try to keep it in mind every time I’m creating something for a client:. It’s not creative unless it sells. David Ogilvy. Other bits of advice:. Save about 30-35% of every freelance check for taxes. I recommend that you make a new bank account solely for paying taxes. Drop the 30-35% into that account every time you get paid, and never touch it. Then you can use that account when tax season rolls around.
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Business Start-Up Mistakes to Avoid | Designable: Business
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Business Start-Up Mistakes to Avoid. The biggest way to protect yourself from liability is to fully and legally register your business, and comply with whatever terms and laws pertain to your business structure of choice. This article breaks down a few basic mistakes to avoid when starting a business, though it doesn’t say which business entity is preferable over the others. Selecting the Wrong Business Entity. Here are some examples of common mistakes made when choosing a business structure:. A freelanc...
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Trudy Abadie | Designable: Advice
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Advice to young freelance designers:.
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client | Designable: Clients
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Four Ways to Handle Client Changes. Via Graphic Design Blender. Clients can be fickle, and clients can be know-it-alls. Many people think that art is “easy,” and though you probably don’t want to be working for these kinds of clients in the first place, sometimes you have no choice. As a last resort, you can always back out of the job, or choose not to take credit for it. Read on for a more detailed analysis! 1 Explain your solution and educate the client. In this case, you’ll need to take your input a b...
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Christine DiChiara | Designable: Advice
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Marketing Coordinator/Graphic Designer at CareGivers America. Don’t take anything at face value. Research who you are going to be working for/with because you want to build a professional relationship with them. Learning as much about your client as possible makes you look interested in them and in their company. You also need to know what the company is and what it does so that you can design the project! Put yourself out there! Try to market your services to your community! Instant client just by follo...
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Billing Clients for Miscellaneous Work | Designable: Finance
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Billing Clients for Miscellaneous Work. Via Graphic Design Blender. A lot of freelance designers run into this problem when it comes time to bill their clients, clients don’t want to see that you’re charging them to run to pick up ink and toner or that you factored in an electricity budget into their invoice. But those costs, and the time required to do them is real, so how do you get around? These two kinds of billable hours essentially told my boss what expenses he could pass along to the client direct...
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Invoice Like A Pro | Designable: Finance
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Invoice Like A Pro. Invoicing. A lot people don’t consider invoicing until late in the game, but when you’re dealing with your own company and your own finances, keeping track of money becomes crucial. If you’re anything like me, papers and details sometimes get lost in the shuffle, so having a clear, organized system (whatever that means for you) becomes necessary. Their Details and Yours. You’ll also need your company name, your name, address, telephone number and email address. If they have any qu...
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license | Designable: Finance
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On Flat Rates & Rights Management. Jessica Hische is a well known letterer, illustrator, and typographer living and working between San Francisco and Brooklyn. She has been incredibly successful, and as a freelancer who has most definitely made it, raises some really good points on how to price your work to clients, as well as licensing and legal fees that you might not think about. It is extremely important to define your terms as a designer, from how many and what. It almost never means that you’re pai...
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rates | Designable: Finance
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On Flat Rates & Rights Management. Jessica Hische is a well known letterer, illustrator, and typographer living and working between San Francisco and Brooklyn. She has been incredibly successful, and as a freelancer who has most definitely made it, raises some really good points on how to price your work to clients, as well as licensing and legal fees that you might not think about. It is extremely important to define your terms as a designer, from how many and what. It almost never means that you’re pai...
