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Beware of These Eight Clients by @morejanda // Eight clients that may put your business at risk.--THE TRADER: They can’t pay you actual money, but they have something just as valuable to offer...like a freezer full of buffalo meat.(Just make sure your employees are ok being paid in meat.)--THE VISIONARY: They don’t have money, yet. But “the money is on its way” because this idea is the business opportunity of the decade. They are kind enough to want YOU to be involved. It’s your lucky day!--THE ALLEGED CONNECTOR: Although their funds are tight, they try to impress and intimidate you with their allegedly packed address book filled with many important contacts. (Cheap clients usually have cheap friends.)--THE HURRY UP: They want to get started right away even though their funding is not officially available yet. It should only be another week or two and then the money will be here, for sure.--THE POSER: They talk a big game, walk a big walk, and drive a fancy car, but they don’t have real success to back up their grandiose vision statements. (No success today is often an indicator of no success tomorrow.)--THE FIRER: They fired their last three agencies. You might take the job because there is no way you will do as bad as the last agencies. (Just remember, the client is the only consistent element in the last three bad experiences.) --THE PROMISER: They ask for a deal today and promise that they will have a lot more work coming your way in the future. (Promises like this are as good as (gold) coal in this industry.)--THE DICTATOR: Since they are the paying for the work, they think they can dictate how it should be done. If you’re lucky, they may even come work over your shoulder for a day (just to make sure you are doing it right). --WHICH OF THESE HAVE YOU WORKED WITH?-------#design #graphicdesign #uxui #michaeljanda #burnyourportfolio #graphicdesign #agencylife #agencyadvice #designbusiness #marketingtips #freelancelife #freelancer #freelancehelp #майклджанда #visualdesign #bewareoftheseclients #badclients #riskyclient #clientanalysis #becareful #buyerbeware #badclient #riskyclients

Beware of These Eight Clients by @morejanda // Eight clients that may put your business at risk.--THE TRADER: They can’t pay you actual money, but they have something just as valuable to offer...like a freezer full of buffalo meat.(Just make sure your employees are ok being paid in meat.)--THE VISIONARY: They don’t have money, yet. But “the money is on its way” because this idea is the business opportunity of the decade. They are kind enough to want YOU to be involved. It’s your lucky day!--THE ALLEGED CONNECTOR: Although their funds are tight, they try to impress and intimidate you with their allegedly packed address book filled with many important contacts. (Cheap clients usually have cheap friends.)--THE HURRY UP: They want to get started right away even though their funding is not officially available yet. It should only be another week or two and then the money will be here, for sure.--THE POSER: They talk a big game, walk a big walk, and drive a fancy car, but they don’t have real success to back up their grandiose vision statements. (No success today is often an indicator of no success tomorrow.)--THE FIRER: They fired their last three agencies. You might take the job because there is no way you will do as bad as the last agencies. (Just remember, the client is the only consistent element in the last three bad experiences.) --THE PROMISER: They ask for a deal today and promise that they will have a lot more work coming your way in the future. (Promises like this are as good as (gold) coal in this industry.)--THE DICTATOR: Since they are the paying for the work, they think they can dictate how it should be done. If you’re lucky, they may even come work over your shoulder for a day (just to make sure you are doing it right). --WHICH OF THESE HAVE YOU WORKED WITH?-------#design #graphicdesign #uxui #michaeljanda #burnyourportfolio #graphicdesign #agencylife #agencyadvice #designbusiness #marketingtips #freelancelife #freelancer #freelancehelp #майклджанда #visualdesign #bewareoftheseclients #badclients #riskyclient #clientanalysis #becareful #buyerbeware #badclient #riskyclients

NEVER STOP LEARNING! Happy weekend everyone. Wishing everyone a productive week ahead. ——— Be humble enough to recognize what you don't know and prideful enough to learn it. @morejanda - - If you've been following me for awhile you will know that I am and extreme advocate of the importance of self-education. Constant learning is the only way to ensure future success, especially as a designer...where the world changes the way we do things almost on a yearly basis. - - The first step toward self-education is recognizing what knowledge you lack. Where is the industry going? How will it affect you? What will you need to know to ensure future success? This step requires some humility and honest self assessment. - - Once you've identified your knowledge gaps, you need to attack them with a voracious appetite. A little pride in yourself, a hunger to not be left behind, to soar forward, all but guarantees that you will stay current and succeed in your career. - - #designbooks #psychopricing #michaeljanda #майклджанда #burnyourportfolio #graphicdesign #designtips #designadvice #pricing #freelance #freelancertips #businessadvice #designbusiness #designeducation #creativeagency #agencyadvice #marketingagency #marketingtips #visualdesign #branding #brandidentity #brandmanagement #selfeducation #education #humility #success https://www.instagram.com/p/B0uSt6inVbP/?igshid=uh8tyl96gbid

Sharing because we learn a lot frpm @morejanda Focus Your Business Using a Niche Funnel by @morejanda - - A niche funnel is a tool used to visualize narrowing a target audience. The narrower your target audience, the easier it is to market your products and services. - - A creative business can niche using any of the following criteria: Service, Industry, Location, Budget, and Size - - Create a niche funnel by defining criteria for each category. - - The niche categories do not need to be in order. - - You do not need to niche all the way down the funnel. - - Be careful how deep you niche! Niching too deep can reduce your potential client pool to the point where it cannot sustain a business. - - It is ok to have multiple niches. Use landing pages to market to specific customers in each niche. - - Over time you may find one niche rise to the top. When this happens, you should consider abandoning the other niches. - - #designbooks #psychopricing #michaeljanda #майклджанда #burnyourportfolio #graphicdesign #designtips #designadvice #pricing #freelance #freelancertips #businessadvice #designbusiness #designeducation #creativeagency #agencyadvice #marketingagency #marketingtips #visualdesign #branding #brandidentity #brandmanagement #niche #findyourniche #niching #businessniche #nichefunnel https://www.instagram.com/p/B0XvFMVHdWp/?igshid=1nqzjaqq8uqns

Book suggestion by @morejanda. Read more books today to feed your brain 😁 ——— 50 Must Read Books from the @morejanda Community // A couple of weeks ago I asked my community “What is your number one self-help, business, or design book?” - - Thank you for your wonderful responses. My must read book list is much longer today than it was before this post. Without further ado, here are your responses. (Books that received multiple recommendations are flagged on the early slides.) - - 🤔 What would your career be like if you knew the content of all of these books? Start reading.💥 - - ➡️ How many have you read? Let us know in the comments. - - - - - P.S. Thank you, to those of you who threw several votes in for Burn Your Portfolio. I appreciate it so much. 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🤗 - - #designbooks #psychopricing #michaeljanda #майклджанда #burnyourportfolio #graphicdesign #designtips #designadvice #pricing #freelance #freelancertips #business-advice #designbusiness #designeducation #creativeagency #agencyadvice #marketingagency #marketingtips #visualdesign #branding #brandidentity #brandmanagement #businessmanagement #selfeducation #selfeducate #booklist #books #bookworm #bookaholic https://www.instagram.com/p/B0AH_L-nBKC/?igshid=1c917qymt2n54

Construction was finished and the walls were bare. RiSER's new 2012 office space needed to tell our story. After a decade of producing graphic design work for some of the worlds most recognized brands, content was not the challenge. The challenge was to create a co-branded series of posters that displayed our portfolio of work, branded for both the client and our agency, while at the same time matching our new office decor. I began my self-assigned task by researching concert and movie posters looking for a way to connect the diverse design elements together. The large band of black subtly mixed with RiSER's typography and colors seemed to do the trick and allowed the unique brand elements and key art from each property on the poster take center stage. Nearly 30 of these portfolio wall posters hang in our office, sufficient to highlight to our visitors some of the awesome work we have been privileged to create.

If you are in Jackson, Mississippi and are a designer, design student, or creative professional, I hope to see you there!

Check out this project on Behance.