This week, I’ve written my first guest post, Freelancing—Dream or Reality? for the new blog Freelance & Create. My post covers the differences between my youthful vision of freelancing and the reality today. As a companion read, I highly recommend reading Manda’s full post, 10 reasons Freelance Designers Get Screwed. Below is an excerpt. I [...]

Really? I don’t think so. In fact, I’m seriously considering raising my rate. Why? Because I’m Worth It. Every. Single. Penny. When you hire me, you hire: a project manager a creative director a researcher a content editor a writer an art director a buyer a site planner a designer a programer/devleoper and more My [...]

Based on my last post, you know that the logo process wasn’t going well for Eye Styles. Though I shared 11 of the other logo company’s options, there were actually 14 pages of comps, each with 3 options, for a total of 42 logo comps. WOW! Too bad volume doesn’t equal value. Cheap Logo Suppliers [...]

What is the value of a logo? To the business owner who sees $99 logo services all over the internet? Or the ‘undiscovered’ design student entering contests? What about the experienced professional designer? Short answer? HA! There isn’t. The “value” of a logo depends on whom you ask. And since this is my blog, I’m [...]

I’ve just completed a job through oDesk. And if you’re unfamiliar with me, check out this earlier post. I can get pretty passionate about some topics! ;-) Anyway, thought I’d share my evaluation of oDesk. When you close out a project, they let you give them feedback. Note that this is my feedback of oDesk–not [...]

OK. I’ll admit it…I’m an oDesk junkie. Signed as a provider last year. Couldn’t help myself from browsing daily—even though I’m seriously overqualified/overpriced/over experienced/or just over oDesk standards. Silly me! Set my pricing by industry standbys like experience, GAG, AIGA, competitor research, and the old “gotta pay my bills, add profit margin to expenses, divide [...]