Why the business card is far from obsolete
Being a web type I’ve often thought that if someone needs to find me and I’ve done my job correctly they’ll be able to get in touch by visiting my website, which if they don’t know the address can be found with a quick Google search. Easy! People I meet can learn about my work through the quick and popular method of the 30-second-lift-speech (which I must admit I still need to work on) and thats all I need when face to face with a potential client.
Why would the business card be obsolete?
Reading and listening to the opinions of fellow freelancers I heard enough reasoning to make me believe this was really the way forward for a handful of reasons!
Read More »The importance of a deposit
My first real article here is one for freelancers although if your a curious client feel free to read on. This is my advice to start up (and some established) freelancers regarding deposits and should provide information and insight into their importance.
It is fairly well established that freelance web designers love what they do, but most likely hate dealing with the money side of business. It seems to be the way with a lot of creative and media industry freelance types. I’ve known many photographers, sound engineers and designers that when pushed for a price on services will often seem awkward and out of their depth, which of course then makes it very hard for those people to then ask for some of that money up front. It is pretty essential to do this though for a lot of reasons as will become apparent as you read through my three key rules of getting a deposit.