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Resourceful Designer: Strategies for running a graphic design business

Wouldn"t it be nice if you could spend more time designing and less time worrying about your design business? Resourceful Designer offers tips, tricks and resources for freelancers in order to help streamline your graphic design and web design business so you can get back to what you do best… Designing! Let me know what topics you would like me to cover by emailing feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com

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19:08

Being A Freelance Graphic Designer Could Hurt Your...

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2016/01/06

Being A Freelance Graphic Designer Could Hurt Your Business Do you call yourself a freelance graphic designer? Freelance web designer? Or freelance web developer? If you do I suggest you stop right now. I could be hurting your business. Let me share an email conversation (names withheld) I had with a potential client before the holidays... Mark, As you may or may not know, (graphic designer's name) is undergoing surgery in January and will be off for 3 months. I would like to know if you are

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35:50

20 Questions Your Design Clients Should Be Asking You...

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2015/12/24

20 Questions Your Design Clients Should Be Asking You Choosing a graphic designer can seem like a scary task for some design clients. Some are approaching you with a clear vision of what they want, hoping you can deliver on their vision. While others are contacting you because they don't have any idea of what they want. Regardless of why they're reaching out to you, the graphic designer, they need to make sure that you're not only someone with design skills, but someone they can trust with the

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51:17

50 Questions To Ask Before Every New Design Project -...

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2015/12/17

50 Questions To Ask Before Every New Design Project What makes you stand out as a graphic designer amongst the many "contest" sites that are springing up, is your ability to converse in detail and ask questions of your clients before every new design project. By asking questions you not only show that you are a professional, you also inspire confidence in your client. Questions put them at ease and let them know that you are viewing their design project seriously. By putting your clients at ease and

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31:33

Moving Your Graphic Design Business - RD014

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2015/12/09

Moving Your Graphic Design Business Life is unpredictable. At some point in your career you may find yourself moving your graphic design business for one reason or another. Moving across town isn't that bad. You're still local and can continue meeting face to face with your clients if you need to. But what if you end up moving your graphic design business across the country? I've never had to move my own graphic design business, so on this episode of Resourceful Designer I invited special guest Wes

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25:40

Graphic Design Gift Ideas For Your Office - RD013

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2015/12/03

Graphic Design Gift Ideas For Your Office It’s that time of year again, when everyone is touched by the festive spirit. I can’t help think back to when I was a young lad and I would write out long lists of gifts I would like to find under the tree. Now that I’m much older I no longer write out lists, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a secret wish list of graphic design gift ideas I wouldn’t mind unwrapping. In honour of the season I posted a question to various graphic design groups on Facebook

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28:53

6 Ways To Boost Your Creativity - RD012

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2015/11/25

6 Ways To Boost Your Creativity. Are you looking for ways to boost your creativity? If you're anything like me you sometimes suffer from a lack of creativity. Sometimes it's just a slump and sometimes it's a full on block. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to boost your creativity during these times? Unfortunately there is no magical on/off switch or throttle we can use to increase our creative output. There are however, ways you can help boost your creativity. In today's podcast I share six

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40:45

Pricing Strategies For Your Graphic Design...

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2015/11/19

Pricing Strategies For Your Graphic Design Business. One of the hardest things to figure out when starting your graphic design business is what pricing strategies to use. There are so many options to consider; your location, your skill level, your reputation, your competition and many more. Hopefully after todays episode of Resourceful Designer you'll have a better understanding of the various pricing strategies you can use to run your business. Here are the 5 Pricing Strategies Discussed 1) Hourly

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17:31

How To Deal With Design Clients Who Have Tunnel...

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2015/11/11

How To Deal With Design Clients Who Have Tunnel Vision It's happened to all graphic designers. A client asks you to create some wonderful design but when you're given the information you realize that your client is designing this piece for their own needs and not the needs of their clients. I call this tunnel vision. When the client isn't looking beyond themselves. Tunnel Vision can also occur when a client has a design idea in their head, and wants you to create it exactly how they picture it. They

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36:26

12 Ways To Earn Extra Income As A Graphic Designer-RD009

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2015/11/04

12 Ways To Earn Extra Income As A Graphic Designer. No matter how good a graphic designer you are there will be times when work is slow and you find yourself with some extra time on your hands. These times are perfect opportunities to put your design skills to work and earn extra income. Methods to earn extra income discussed in this episode Become a print broker Become a media host Create designs to sell on merchandise Create and sell website themes. Sell your design leftovers. Create and sell

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28:47

Just In Time Learning And Your Ongoing Design...

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2015/10/28

Just In Time Learning And Your Ongoing Design Education! We work in a profession that is constantly changing. If we don't keep up with our ongoing design education we can quickly fall behind and become obsolete. In this episode of Resourceful Designer I talk about the concept of Just In Time Learning. Just In Time Learning is something I first heard about a couple of years ago and it drastically changed the way I look at courses, tutorials, guides and everything else involved in my ongoing design

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55:38

Considerations When Starting A Graphic Design...

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2015/10/21

Considerations When Starting A Graphic Design Business. Starting a graphic design business is a big step in your design career and not one to take lightly. There are many things to consider before jumping in with both feet. In this episode of Resourceful Designer I go over several topics that you may want to consider before, during and after you've started your graphic design business. Things to Consider... Before Starting A Graphic Design Business Do you want to work in a specific niche of graphic

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34:46

8 Myths About Starting A Home Based Design...

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2015/10/14

8 Myths About Starting A Home Based Design Business. If doesn't matter if you're a graphic designer or a web designer, it's all the same when it comes to starting a home based design business. To some, the thought of starting their own home based design business can seem quite daunting. In this episode of Resourceful Designer I cover 8 myths that often holds people back from taking the leap in their entrepreneurial journey. The 8 Myths You need a lot of clients to make your home based design

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21:53

Don't Compromise Your Principles For Your Design...

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2015/10/07

Don't Compromise Your Principles For Your Design Business. We've all experienced it. That little voice in our head telling us that what our client is asking us to do may not be a good idea. In this episode of Resourceful Designer I talk about how compromising your principles, either moral, ethical, or design can affect your graphic design or web design business. Subjects covered When a client asks you to do something against your moral principles. When a client asks you to do something you are not

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30:09

Superhero Syndrome and Your Design Business - RD004

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2015/10/01

Superhero Syndrome and Your Design Business. Wouldn't it be cool if we had super powers? The ability to fly, teleport or turn invisible. Unfortunately none of these are possible. However, some entrepreneurs, creatives in particular are often affected with something called Superhero Syndrome. It's when we want to wear all the hats in our business which could lead to burn out. Symptoms of Superhero Syndrome include Trying to save money by doing everything yourself If something needs doing and you

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36:40

Dealing With Photographers-Brett Gilmour Interview -...

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2015/10/01

Dealing With Photographers Interview with Brett Gilmour In this episode of Resourceful Designer I'm joined by award winning photographer Brett Gilmour as we discuss things to help designers when dealing with photographers. Brett specializes in location photography of architecture, people and places. His images have been featured in advertising campaigns and magazines around the world and he’s been honoured with three Gold Nugget Awards for Arcitectural Photography, the highest honour in North

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15:30

Do Your Design Clients Know What You Do? - RD002

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2015/09/30

Do Your Design Clients Know What You Do? As graphic designers and/or web designers you're always looking for ways to find new clients. After all, they are your bread and butter. Without design clients you're out of a job. But finding new clients can be a challenge. I wrote a blog post that may help titled 10 Proven Ways To Attract Design Clients that goes over simple ways that I myself have used to get new clients. But should all your focus be on attracting new design clients or on attracting new

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14:12

Introduction to the Resourceful Designer podcast - RD001

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2015/09/30

Welcome to the very first episode of the Resourceful Designer podcast. I'm Mark Des Cotes, graphic designer, web designer and host of this podcast. I'm super excited that you decided to take the time to listen to my show. The fact that you are tells me a couple of things about you. 1) you're either a graphic designer or web designer (or perhaps both) and 2) you're passionate about your design business. Why else would you press play on a podcast about running a graphic/web design business? I think

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