freelance work issues
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its also a matter of market value. which depends on what jobs you have on the table. if you have another job in the horizon, then tell your prospective client that you charge 2500 instead of the 1500 you did... if they start flinching about the price... or say dumb shit like, "well.. my son makes websites, he could do it for way less... he has a program called frontpage or something"
explain what quality is to them. if their son does it, its going to look like a dithered-gif-fucked-up-kerning-n... if they have a cheeper option.. they may go for it, but warn them that what they are going for could end them up with a really horrible design.which then leads me to how good you are... if you suck, then you cant command such a high price. one of the best judges of that, is if your personal site is interesting.
one of my past clients saw my site, and liked it so much he wanted a site like mine, (flashy, clean, simple) i was able to command a higher price, because my site was slick.
ON PAPER! - you must mke contracts because clients WILL fuck you.
And if you want to start making good money, you need need need to network. business cards, talking it up, whatever...you have to be really good at networking. it is my greatest skill...
ive done probably 10 websites so far, one for Warner Bros. one for Tribute Mag, and Schlumberger.
ive met with eric natske (talked about job offers) , josh davis, and kevin towes all through networking. i pushed networking to the max when i talked to josh davis about coming to my high school to give a quick FLOW presentation, at Flash In the Can... (im 18 years old) you have to drive yourself man... keep you goal in mind whatever it is, working at a cool design firm, creating your own studio, or just doing freelance... it all depends on your goal and drive as a person....
anyway... cheers, and good luck with everthything...