Comments on: 7 Things to Ask Your Clients for Besides Money

By: Stephan Czepanik

Stephan Czepanik — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:49:00 +0000

Nice to read and as I am new I will profit lots!

By: Matthew Cummins

Matthew Cummins — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:34:21 +0000

Designer Don I definitely have to agree with your point about horrendous sites! If someone finds the site to be horrible they are very unlikely to click the link back to you anyway, and if they do they will see your own site is much nicer and things can go from there. On the other hand beauty is in the eye of the beholder (or is it beer holder?) and what you see as horrible may be just what someone is looking for, and either way you get the “link juice” of the extra link. The only downside of someone who knows you seeing work you aren’t totally proud of is well and truly outweighed by the benefits.

By: Rosti The Snowman

Rosti The Snowman — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:43:20 +0000

Great Post,

As I’m new to the industry the information will help me out alot.

By: designerdon

designerdon — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:25:22 +0000

Good post. Money is a major part, but time in the game is invaluable. I won’t ride the bandwagon over Andrew but humility + professionalism should add to customer education thus maximizing their experience with a REAL designer. Your know how + business practices should transcend any link + flow from the client, however those links help. I’ve gone to plenty of horrendous sites that link back to a designer’s site that was marvelous.
This was a useful perspective. Thanks.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:07:10 +0000

I network with about 4 groups a month and I plan on offering finders fees.
Thanks for the great tips

By: Gio

Gio — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:17:23 +0000

verry usefull information, thank you for sharing.

By: Michal Wurm

Michal Wurm — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:07:24 +0000

I guess this one is really obvious but some designers still fail to do it: Always ask a client to sign your contract together with your terms and conditions. If you have good T&C it will save you a lot of hassle in the future.

By: Mark Carter

Mark Carter — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:32:13 +0000

This is a great summary of useful promotional tips from your projects … many thanks for sharing them.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:15:40 +0000

Regarding #7, I’ve struggled with deciding whether or not to pay for referrals (to both clients and people I network with). One one hand, I think it does give incentive, as you mentioned. On the other, I worry that it will cheapen my brand and that the good work and service I provide should be enough to make them want to refer me.

By: Hamza

Hamza — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:37:30 +0000

Thanks, the information is really useful.