Comments on: Land Bigger Jobs: Appear “bigger” than you actually are

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:09:32 +0000

Excellent job..
dizi izle

By: in other words

in other words — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:08:02 +0000

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By: NINJA

NINJA — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:09:26 +0000

oh domo aregato , i was needed this informations to do may design works.
here, in brazil , the things are very complicated in this area!

G.B.Y
sorry for the grammatical errors.

By: NINJA

NINJA — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:09:00 +0000

oh domo aregato , i was needed this informations to do may design works.
here, in brazil , the things are very complicated in this area!

G.B.Y
sorry for the grammatical errors.

By: Frokem

Frokem — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:14:34 +0000

I have to agree with Jeff on the appearing bigger part about having friends act as your marketing team. I personally live in Kenya and I have friends in different parts of Africa as well as the UK sourcing out work for me.

In order to make it even more professional, I offer to provide my friends with business cards, e-mail address accounts and an opportunity to design any of the products in line with my work. Although it does not work like magic, it brings in work that you would not have had otherwise. It will also be a good idea to e-mail them with updates on new projects that you have completed and possibly share with them some of the new skills that you keep bagging.

To answer Barton Damer, I normally offer a % of between 10% and 15%. Sometimes I have no qualms offering a 20% commission depending on the final cost of the project. This usually acts as an encouragement to the sales team (my pals) and would either get them to be more active or just sit and wait for an opportunity.

All in all, this was a good read Jeff, keep em coming……

By: Frokem

Frokem — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:14:00 +0000

All in all, this was a good read Jeff, keep em coming……

By: Water

Water — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:42:00 +0000

Good stuff, I just wanted to add as a freelance designer, the skill of BEING ON TIME!. It may sound obvious, but because everyone is busy, deadlines may get pushed back nonchalantly. So delivering when you INITIALY say is one of the constantly looked over things but perhaps the most important. I found even if your designs aren’t up to par (like my own) people, especially clients with big money appreciate on time delivery more than anything.

By: Water

Water — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:42:00 +0000

By: barton damer

barton damer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:18:02 +0000

DANG! Jeff… i’m gonna send people your way from now on so i can get the 20-30% cut. i was thinking like… 10%

for real though, that seems pretty high considering all the overhead that would need to be covered if you are in business for your self. by the time you cover cost of office space, equipment, insurance, personnel… you probably barely profit 30% for doing all the work, no?

just curious, you would know way more about this than i do, i’ve just been freelancing and haven’t had to really cover a lot of those costs that i mentioned.

By: barton damer

barton damer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:18:00 +0000

DANG! Jeff… i’m gonna send people your way from now on so i can get the 20-30% cut. i was thinking like… 10%

just curious, you would know way more about this than i do, i’ve just been freelancing and haven’t had to really cover a lot of those costs that i mentioned.