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Are we working from home forever?
23
Jul

So, we’re working all from home now but are designers working from home forever? If they are, here’s some things you should consider …

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching , Design business mentor , design career , working from home ,
Tags: Client relationships , design career , Design management , Design strategies , designers , designing , Empathy mapping , Professional development , project management , Studio management , working from home ,
What clients think
What clients want survey
14
Jul

Designers spend an inordinant amount of time trying to guess what clients want. We’ve written a survey to ask them what they want. It’s yours to share.

Posted in: creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching , Design business mentor , design career , Milton Glaser ,
Tags: Client relationships , design career , Design management , Design strategies , designers , designing , Empathy mapping , milton glaser , presentation skills , Professional development , project management , Studio management ,
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The future work from home studio
14
Jul

Is the WFM model here to stay? Maybe becaue humans love flexibility. We love the ability to choose when to work and when to play, and that’s exactly what remote working delivers.

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Tags: Client relationships , design career , Design management , Design strategies , designers , designing , Empathy mapping , milton glaser , presentation skills , Professional development , project management , Studio management ,
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Is a design career sustainable?
02
Jul

Designers spend a great deal of time trying to guess what their clients want. The insights from this recent UK report conducted by ‘Up to the Light’ are valuable to all Australian designers.

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Tags: Client relationships , design career , Design management , Design strategies , designers , designing , Empathy mapping , milton glaser , presentation skills , Professional development , project management , Studio management ,
What clients want
23
Jun

Designers spend a great deal of time trying to guess what their clients want. The insights from this recent UK report conducted by ‘Up to the Light’ are valuable to all Australian designers.

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Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , project management , Studio management ,
How to help clients make decisions
09
Jun

We design for different markets because everyone absorbs information differently. In the same way, what one client needs to make a decision may differ to another.

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Tags: Client relationships , customer experience , Design management , Design professional development , Design strategies , designers , Empathy mapping , presentation skills , Professional development , Studio management ,
Designers, clients and social media
26
May

When expectations are managed, designers can add value managing a client’s social media presence – but it’s not to be under-estimated or under-serviced. Much reputational harm can come from inactivity or the wrong activity.

Posted in: Business of design , creative business coach , design business coach , Design business coaching , Design business strategy , Design index , design value , mentoring for freelancers ,
Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , customer experience , design business , design business coach , design coach , design mentor , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , managing clients , new business development ,
It’s not a client’s job…
19
May

We all know it’s easier to get more work from existing clients than find new clients. Here are three great examples of creatives doing just that…

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Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , customer experience , design , design business , design business coach , design coach , design innovation , Design management , design mentor , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , designers , designers mental health , new business development ,
Stuff I wish I’d said…
28
Apr

Recently I was a guest on a Streamtime Webinar talking about DIY business healthchecks.
We discussed the reports you can pull from project management software to check valuable profits aren’t leaking.
This is the stuff I wish I had have said…

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Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , customer experience , design , design business , design coach , design innovation , Design management , design mentor , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , designers , designers mental health , new business development ,
A practical guide to surviving #2
24
Mar

So, this is our life now – working remotely and meeting virtually. So much seems to have changed but in reality most designers still have the same services to offer the same clients.

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Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , customer experience , design , design business , design coach , design innovation , Design management , design mentor , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , designers , designers mental health , new business development ,
A practical guide to surviving
23
Mar

It is unprecedented times and it’s easy to feel overawed by the scale of this pandemic. But the same way you eat an elephant – bite-by-bite, is the same way that design studio owners can survive.

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Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , customer experience , design , design business , design coach , design innovation , Design management , design mentor , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , designers , designers mental health , new business development ,
Designers impacting society
17
Mar

Everything a designer does has impact – our work has financial, social, environmental and value-based impacts on society. It’s up to individuals whether than impact is positive, or negative.

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Tags: Business of design , capability building , Client relationships , customer experience , design , design business , design coach , design innovation , Design management , design mentor , Design strategies , Design strategy , design studio management , designers , designers mental health , new business development ,
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