So you have a client contact list as long as your arm. All ready for that day when you get around to sending them something to try and get more work. STOP.
You don’t need contacts. You need clients …
The Business of Design week gives you the opportunity to spend time working ON your business with Australia’s leading design business mentors.
Research is clear, loneliness and burnout are linked. There is much a small design team can do to help a designer that is feeling lonely. The first step is recognition.
Creative Victoria is seeking submissions to help shape the creative industries strategy 2020-2024.
It’s important that Victorian graphic designers submit.
Presenting in front of a client is no longer common place.
Everyone is busy.
Everyone is impatient.
Everyone is tuned to immediate gratification.
I understand the leap of faith needed to make changes. It’s not to be underestimated how easier it would be in the short term to continue business as usual. But long term value of change is often immeasurable.
Business maturity is a method of examining a businesses capabilities. This idea derived from a U.S. Defence Department model to assess the capability of businesses supplying to the U.S. Government.
Getting the right mix of mental health, working hours and productivity in a design studio is a difficult balancing act for many business owners.
If you find work is a trudge perhaps it’s time to shake things up. Consider working different hours or in a different place.
Last year I started a passion project with two professionals that I didn’t really know that well. The Clear Communication Awards have just opened and it’s time to take stock to remind myself what I’ve learnt along the way…
Business maturity is a method of examining a businesses capabilities. This idea derived from a U.S. Defence Department model to assess the capability of businesses supplying to the U.S. Government.
It’s hard to explain design because it means different things to different people. And it’s hard to explain where design can be used. We think we’ve found a solution in our research. Read more about our Design Maturity Index…