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Mar 13, 2007View in Crawl 4
That's where the consultation comes in... some clients can be idiots, but if you talk with them for a while you can generally get a grasp of what they want.
That's how it works. The process gets permutated if a friend refers you to the client. For the sake of brevity, let's just say that you need to add a step: 13) Try to salvage your friendship.
@ jonbonMy post seems "negative" because it is. Because it cuts through the BS, because it leaves out all the "positive selling in a blog" BS of the author.It IS better to not trust the client first. Let them build your trust with commitment and timely payment. Are you a freelance designer or developer? For how long?Your listed methodology follows the same basic fundamental mistakes that most amateurs make.For instance how are you going to provide a legit proposal that is going to maximize and optimize your client's marketing goals and give them the best bang for their investment if you are providing proposals before you do any company research or market analysis?The biggest mistake to the designer and the client's success rate is not charging for the "needs assessment" process and guessing what the client can spend. If I could post only one rule of thumb to surviving and actually making a living, is - Mirror your client. If they are late, lazy and cheap, you be just as late, lazy and cheap.
chris4buffyMar 13, 2007
Wow that's amazing...1. Ask client what they want2. Draw it3. Make itWho would have thought of that?! Hardly detailed and not 'fully functional'.
3zero3Mar 13, 2007
Isn't this stuff terribly obvious and high-level? I don't get why this is so dugg.
mithMar 13, 2007Submitter
That's where the consultation comes in... some clients can be idiots, but if you talk with them for a while you can generally get a grasp of what they want.
tomaroccoMar 13, 2007
That's how it works. The process gets permutated if a friend refers you to the client. For the sake of brevity, let's just say that you need to add a step: 13) Try to salvage your friendship.
noah45Mar 13, 2007
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Closed AccountMar 13, 2007
@ jonbonMy post seems "negative" because it is. Because it cuts through the BS, because it leaves out all the "positive selling in a blog" BS of the author.It IS better to not trust the client first. Let them build your trust with commitment and timely payment. Are you a freelance designer or developer? For how long?Your listed methodology follows the same basic fundamental mistakes that most amateurs make.For instance how are you going to provide a legit proposal that is going to maximize and optimize your client's marketing goals and give them the best bang for their investment if you are providing proposals before you do any company research or market analysis?The biggest mistake to the designer and the client's success rate is not charging for the "needs assessment" process and guessing what the client can spend. If I could post only one rule of thumb to surviving and actually making a living, is - Mirror your client. If they are late, lazy and cheap, you be just as late, lazy and cheap.
Closed AccountMar 13, 2007
oh this one is easy:step 1: suck d**k
hellorajMar 14, 2007
Here's a better article: <a class="user" href="http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/design_process/">http://www.stopdesign.com/articles/design_process/</a>
theadvinciMay 27, 2008
Good list crackmonkey.