…The look of this blog has changed. One thing led to another, and now it looks like this. I shouldn’t complain because it’s free, but the templates that are offered on Blogger aren’t so great…functional, but not great. And I don’t have time now to create something more original.
Related to that, I’m swamped with work at the moment. The jobs are out there and it doesn’t take more than a few before you have as much as you can handle.
Not sure if I mentioned this before, but in 2006 (which was a good year for me) I only had about six different clients. Of course, they gave me multiple projects. But the point is, it doesn’t take a lot of clients to fill your schedule.
This year, if the jobs aren’t coming from existing clients, they’re coming from referrals from those existing clients like the one I got about a week ago: “Hi, my name is ______. You don’t know me, but _______ gave me your name.” Ya gotta love when that happens.
Changing subjects…
Being someone who loves to read, I love lists like this. If I didn’t already have a stack of new books waiting on my shelf, I’d probably start picking up a few of the titles on their list.
When I have more time, I’ll tell you about a good book I just read dealing with design and creativity. Actually, I found two books, but one was much better than the other.
Changing subjects once again…
Never underestimate the value of being easy to work with. This is another topic I’ll probably address in more detail at a later date. For now, let me just say that how easy you are to work with is probably equal (give or take) to your design abilities when it comes to a client making a choice on a designer.
I know of a couple of recent cases where some good designers got scratched off the clients’ “call back” list because they were a pain to deal with. So keep that in mind when a project isn’t going as smoothly as you’d like…do your best to ride it out and keep a high standard in your conduct.
