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		<title>Learn From My Mistakes™: So You Want To Be A Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend and former coworker of mine is venturing into business for himself: a “have IA – will travel” enterprise, if you will. He’s enjoyed my past entries about freelance and has mentioned (more than once) that we should talk more over drinks sometime – code for “I want to pick your brain” – as he ventures into sole proprietorship. Since my upkeep in this blog has been less than exemplary, I thought his search for knowledge would be as good a time as any to post what (and what not) to do in business. I should preface this entry by stating a) I’ve learned these lessons first-hand and b) you shouldn’t take what I say as gospel truth. Obviously, mileage will vary depending on how you choose to work. Without further adieu! Have a business plan for your company. When I told people &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/learn-from-my-mistakes-so-you-want-to-be-a-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ms Miriam Aarons: Patron Saint of Freelance Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charging by the hour tells your clients that you mean business. Time is money and you’re keeping the meter running with every meeting and phone conference. No matter how many times I set limits on design iterations or halted work when clients didn’t respond in a timely manner, I learned (the hard way) that flat-fee bids gave clients license to extend projects well beyond reasonable deadlines. Yes, I had client work, but I wasn’t making any money on my projects and found it harder to line up future work with project milestones that slipped often. I took a look at how I managed my projects. Communication with clients was always good and I provided changes to the work in a timely basis. I couldn’t figure out why so many of my projects were taking forever to complete. Cue Miriam Aarons. I hope (and pray to Sweet &#8230; <a href="http://www.jhames.com/hearsay/advice/ms-miriam-aarons-patron-saint-of-freelance-design/">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>
		<dc:creator>Jhames</dc:creator>
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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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