The Business Side of Creativity
The Business Side of Creativity

Author: Cameron S. Foote

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780393730937

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Every year the market for creative services expands -- but the competition is increasing even faster. Today, your success hinges not on talent alone, but on a thorough understanding of the business side of creativity. Now fully revised and updated, The Business Side of Creativity is the most comprehensive business companion available to freelance graphic designers, art directors, illustrators, copywriters, and agency or design-shop principals. Cameron S. Foote, successful entrepreneur and editor of the Creative Business newsletter, guides you step-by-step through the process of being successfully self-employed -- from getting launched as a freelancer to running a multiperson shop to retiring comforably. The appendices include sample business forms and documents to help put the information into practice. How should you organize? What should you charge? What marketing techniques yield the best returns? When are you ready to expand? What are the most effective strategies for managing employees? How can you build salable equity? The Business Side of Creativity delves into these questions and hundreds more -- and gives you practical, real-world answers. Book jacket.

Creative Strategy and the Business of Design
Creative Strategy and the Business of Design

Author: Douglas Davis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1440341613

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The Business Skills Every Creative Needs! Remaining relevant as a creative professional takes more than creativity--you need to understand the language of business. The problem is that design school doesn't teach the strategic language that is now essential to getting your job done. Creative Strategy and the Business of Design fills that void and teaches left-brain business skills to right-brain creative thinkers. Inside, you'll learn about the business objectives and marketing decisions that drive your creative work. The curtain's been pulled away as marketing-speak and business jargon are translated into tools to help you: Understand client requests from a business perspective Build a strategic framework to inspire visual concepts Increase your relevance in an evolving industry Redesign your portfolio to showcase strategic thinking Win new accounts and grow existing relationships You already have the creativity; now it's time to gain the business insight. Once you understand what the people across the table are thinking, you'll be able to think how they think to do what we do.

Work for Money, Design for Love
Work for Money, Design for Love

Author: David Airey

Publisher: New Riders

Published: 2012-10-26

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0133052753

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Unlike other dry business books, this refreshing, straightforward guide from Logo Design Love author and international designer David Airey answers the questions all designers have when first starting out on their own. In fact, the book was inspired by the many questions David receives every day from the more than 600,000 designers who visit his three blogs (Logo Design Love, Identity Designed, and DavidAirey.com) each month. How do I find new clients? How much should I charge for my design work? When should I say no to a client? How do I handle difficult clients? What should I be sure to include in my contracts? David’s readers–a passionate and vocal group–regularly ask him these questions and many more on how to launch and run their own design careers. With this book, David finally answers their pressing questions with anecdotes, case studies, and sound advice garnered from his own experience as well as those of such well-known designers as Ivan Chermayeff, Jerry Kuyper, Maggie Macnab, Eric Karjaluoto, and Von Glitschka. Designers just starting out on their own will find this book invaluable in succeeding in today’s hyper-networked, global economy.

Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer
Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer

Author: Michael Fleishman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-01-13

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1581159323

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Technology has sent shockwaves of change through the world of commercial art. Digital illustration and design, online portfolio sites, and the proliferation of stock art have radically changed the way that illustrators and graphic designers work. What has not changed, however, is the wealth of illustrators and graphic designers hoping to turn their talent into freelance success. More than ever, artists face questions such as how to get started, how to sell their work, how to promote themselves, and what to do once they are working. For those embarking on freelance careers in illustration or graphic design, the answers have arrived. A twenty-five year veteran in the field, Michael Fleishman, has detailed every business aspect of commercial art in Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer.

Running a Web Design Business from Home
Running a Web Design Business from Home

Author: Rob Cubbon

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2014-02-27

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781494366285

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A complete and authoritative guide to setting up a home business designing and developing websites. Available in both Kindle & paperback versions. You can run your own web design business from home - all you need is a computer and an internet connection. Working for a design company? Freelancing? Under-utilised, unappreciated or uninspired? This could be the book for you. Would you like to build websites for clients directly instead of going through middlemen? Would you like to work when you'd like, on what you'd like, and with whom you'd like? This could be the book for you. This book explains how to set up your business from home - the hardware and software you'll need. How to get clients - long term, quality clients that will recommend you and give you ongoing work. How to run web design projects. And how to diversify your business going forward. This is not a "get rich quick" book. You are encouraged to start in your spare time and slowly but surely build up your long-term professional contacts and online authority. This will provide you with a solid base for whatever you want to achieve with your online business in the future.

Inside the Business of Graphic Design
Inside the Business of Graphic Design

Author: Catharine Fishel

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2002-09-01

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1621531171

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Inside the Business of Graphic Design casts a precise and realistic light on the risks, requirements, and rewards of running a creative and successful design business. Six sections discuss the entire cycle of business ownership, including goal setting, finding the right management style, cooperating with employees, triggering growth, rethinking one's business in the face of major changes, and even whether to stay with the business or move on. Whether you dream of setting up a small studio, or whether you've been on your own for years, this provocative guide is an important source of success strategies for every graphics professional.

The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business (Updated Edition)
The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business (Updated Edition)

Author: Cameron S. Foote

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2010-02-15

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0393733297

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The go-to guide for graphic designers who want to run their own shop and improve their bottom line. First published in 2001, The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business set long-needed standards as the first comprehensive management manual for the graphic design industry. Now brought up-to-date, it describes current, best-practice procedures for firms of all sizes operating in an industry that is both fast-evolving and increasingly competitive.