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	<description>That’s just crazy talk</description>
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		<title>Designer, Developer… Ambassador?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We interrupt VeganMoFo to address a question I was sent regarding payment after completing a project without having a contract. What sucks most about this type of situation is that you can end up looking like the bad guy if you don’t resolve the matter in a diplomatic fashion. Especially when dealing with companies that do not understand or appreciate the cost of design services. Not only am I going to help you get your money, I’ll even tell you how you can win over potential clients that balk at your hourly rate! So I made a dumb mistake a few months ago. I took a job without a contract, only because it was a small project and referred to me by a guy I’ve been working with for a couple of years. I built a flash image map for [redacted]. 6 hours for &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/designer-developer-ambassador/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Bulletproof Design Contract</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The biggest mistake any designer can make is committing to work without a written agreement between oneself and the client. A verbal agreement provides little to no protection in a business transaction since physical proof of what terms were mutually agreed upon by all interested parties cannot be verified or upheld in court. The best protection for everyone is a written agreement that states the services which will be provided by the designer to the client in exchange for compensation and promotional use. Seems easy enough: a contract with outlined terms of the project and signatures from all vested parties. That couldn’t be more than 1-2 pages, right? Unfortunately, money makes some people turn into disease-ridden scourge of the earth – “bad apples” – who go out of their way to burn others for the sake of a dollar. Consequently, the actions of a &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/a-bulletproofed-design-contract/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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