Comments on: The Do’s and Don’ts of D-I-Y Design http://www.smbmarketingguide.com/creating-marketing-materials/the-dos-and-donts-of-d-i-y-design/?nucrss=1 DIY Brand Strategies to Help Grow Your Business Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:03:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Inside Small Business » Blog Archive » DIY Marketing: Stay Focused on Your Goal http://www.smbmarketingguide.com/creating-marketing-materials/the-dos-and-donts-of-d-i-y-design/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Inside Small Business » Blog Archive » DIY Marketing: Stay Focused on Your Goal Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:58:16 +0000 http://www.smbmarketingguide.com/?p=308#comment-570 [...] Do’s and Don’ts of DIY design — Chanpory Rith of LifeClever encourages you to DIY … and offers some helpful Do’s and Don’ts. [...] [...] Do’s and Don’ts of DIY design — Chanpory Rith of LifeClever encourages you to DIY … and offers some helpful Do’s and Don’ts. [...]

]]> By: Collin Burton http://www.smbmarketingguide.com/creating-marketing-materials/the-dos-and-donts-of-d-i-y-design/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Collin Burton Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:54:59 +0000 http://www.smbmarketingguide.com/?p=308#comment-229 One thing to note about getting a designer to agree to taking a job for a fixed fee; you'll want to keep your revisions to a minimum, or risk incurring revision fees depending on what's in the contract you both sign in advance. It can really add up if you are indecisive with a project. If I'm being paid hourly to work on something and the client keeps requesting layout changes, it's easier to roll with it knowing he'll be paying for the time that's used – depending, of course, how near to deadline we are. If it's a fixed fee job, and we are already approaching the end of the time I've alloted for the project when he decides to go in a different direction, that's when I'll pull out the contract. Also, depending on the experience of a designer, expect to pay a third to half of the fixed fee before any work is started, another third upon receipt of proofs (if he's doing thirds), and the final third (or half) before you receive the final product. One thing to note about getting a designer to agree to taking a job for a fixed fee; you’ll want to keep your revisions to a minimum, or risk incurring revision fees depending on what’s in the contract you both sign in advance. It can really add up if you are indecisive with a project.

If I’m being paid hourly to work on something and the client keeps requesting layout changes, it’s easier to roll with it knowing he’ll be paying for the time that’s used – depending, of course, how near to deadline we are. If it’s a fixed fee job, and we are already approaching the end of the time I’ve alloted for the project when he decides to go in a different direction, that’s when I’ll pull out the contract.

Also, depending on the experience of a designer, expect to pay a third to half of the fixed fee before any work is started, another third upon receipt of proofs (if he’s doing thirds), and the final third (or half) before you receive the final product.

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]]> By: James http://www.smbmarketingguide.com/creating-marketing-materials/the-dos-and-donts-of-d-i-y-design/comment-page-1/#comment-82 James Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:37:07 +0000 http://www.smbmarketingguide.com/?p=308#comment-82 Good article, Chanpory. And if anyone is looking for a template for a creative brief, we've got one here you can download and use (as PDF, Word document or Text document: http://adhack.com/ads/ad-brief Good article, Chanpory. And if anyone is looking for a template for a creative brief, we’ve got one here you can download and use (as PDF, Word document or Text document:

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