Comments on: I Need a Logo Designed for Free Please, thanks Buddy. http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/ logos designed to work. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Want a cheap logo? Go and get some clip art then » lounge http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-19416 Want a cheap logo? Go and get some clip art then » lounge Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:32:45 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-19416 [...] moving on from my last post I Need a Logo Designed for Free”, [...] moving on from my last post I Need a Logo Designed for Free”,

]]> By: Maik Kaune http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-18838 Maik Kaune Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:40:26 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-18838 YOU SPEAK FROM MY (GERMAN) HEART!!! !!! !!! YOU SPEAK FROM MY (GERMAN) HEART!!! !!! !!!

]]> By: Maik Kaune http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-26659 Maik Kaune Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:40:00 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-26659 YOU SPEAK FROM MY (GERMAN) HEART!!! !!! !!! YOU SPEAK FROM MY (GERMAN) HEART!!! !!! !!!

]]> By: web promotion services http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-18652 web promotion services Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:02:48 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-18652 Very good article, definitely the answer is no, if you say yes people will keep thinking that this is just pushing a buttom and get results. Very good article, definitely the answer is no, if you say yes people will keep thinking that this is just pushing a buttom and get results.

]]> By: web promotion services http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-26658 web promotion services Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:02:00 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-26658 Very good article, definitely the answer is no, if you say yes people will keep thinking that this is just pushing a buttom and get results. Very good article, definitely the answer is no, if you say yes people will keep thinking that this is just pushing a buttom and get results.

]]> By: JWG http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-18477 JWG Sun, 24 May 2009 16:32:12 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-18477 Nice post! I too was getting a lot of the $75 logo requests. I then added a quote form to my website and all the low requests have stopped, completely. It really boils down to marketing yourself to the right clientele. Once you have figured out who you want as a client, it really isn't that difficult. Again, thanks for the great post! Nice post! I too was getting a lot of the $75 logo requests. I then added a quote form to my website and all the low requests have stopped, completely. It really boils down to marketing yourself to the right clientele. Once you have figured out who you want as a client, it really isn’t that difficult. Again, thanks for the great post!

]]> By: JWG http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-26657 JWG Sun, 24 May 2009 16:32:00 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-26657 Nice post! I too was getting a lot of the $75 logo requests. I then added a quote form to my website and all the low requests have stopped, completely. It really boils down to marketing yourself to the right clientele. Once you have figured out who you want as a client, it really isn't that difficult. Again, thanks for the great post! Nice post! I too was getting a lot of the $75 logo requests. I then added a quote form to my website and all the low requests have stopped, completely. It really boils down to marketing yourself to the right clientele. Once you have figured out who you want as a client, it really isn’t that difficult. Again, thanks for the great post!

]]> By: Royal Design Australia http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-18476 Royal Design Australia Sun, 24 May 2009 13:39:43 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-18476 We now have a page on our site listing our hourly rate. It has reduced the emails regarding x-company quoted me $75 dollars your quoting me $1750. We now have a page on our site listing our hourly rate. It has reduced the emails regarding x-company quoted me $75 dollars your quoting me $1750.

]]> By: Royal Design Australia http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-26656 Royal Design Australia Sun, 24 May 2009 13:39:00 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-26656 We now have a page on our site listing our hourly rate. It has reduced the emails regarding x-company quoted me $75 dollars your quoting me $1750. We now have a page on our site listing our hourly rate. It has reduced the emails regarding x-company quoted me $75 dollars your quoting me $1750.

]]> By: Graham Smith http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-18358 Graham Smith Wed, 20 May 2009 20:39:54 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-18358 Mike: All great points. When I talk about pricing, I don't literally mean individual price tags. As you mention, this would probably create more problems than solve. I just mean to have a ball park range, as I do on my quote form. Having a minimum figure on the quote form is useful to deter the $75 crowd. Also why I have price bands. It's then up to the client how much they want to invest and ultimately get out of the project. Mike: All great points. When I talk about pricing, I don’t literally mean individual price tags. As you mention, this would probably create more problems than solve.

I just mean to have a ball park range, as I do on my quote form. Having a minimum figure on the quote form is useful to deter the $75 crowd.

Also why I have price bands. It’s then up to the client how much they want to invest and ultimately get out of the project.

]]> By: ImJustCreative http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-26389 ImJustCreative Wed, 20 May 2009 20:39:00 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-26389 Mike: All great points. When I talk about pricing, I don't literally mean individual price tags. As you mention, this would probably create more problems than solve. I just mean to have a ball park range, as I do on my quote form. Having a minimum figure on the quote form is useful to deter the $75 crowd. Also why I have price bands. It's then up to the client how much they want to invest and ultimately get out of the project. Mike: All great points. When I talk about pricing, I don’t literally mean individual price tags. As you mention, this would probably create more problems than solve.

I just mean to have a ball park range, as I do on my quote form. Having a minimum figure on the quote form is useful to deter the $75 crowd.

Also why I have price bands. It’s then up to the client how much they want to invest and ultimately get out of the project.

]]> By: Mike http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-18328 Mike Wed, 20 May 2009 11:36:48 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-18328 I wonder if including obvious pricing will educate the masses, or simply drive those who are price-shopping elsewhere. There will always be folks with $75 in their pockets who need a logo. At least they won't go barking up the wrong tree. Another question: Not everyone pays the same price for a logo. Meaning there may be more that goes into one logo than another. So if you put the price for logo A and logo B on your portfolio, couldn't it raise a stink from client A if client A paid more for their logo than client B? Maybe instead of including pricing for specific pieces, posting a range? I don't know. I'm just thinking out loud here. I wonder if including obvious pricing will educate the masses, or simply drive those who are price-shopping elsewhere. There will always be folks with $75 in their pockets who need a logo. At least they won’t go barking up the wrong tree.

Another question: Not everyone pays the same price for a logo. Meaning there may be more that goes into one logo than another. So if you put the price for logo A and logo B on your portfolio, couldn’t it raise a stink from client A if client A paid more for their logo than client B? Maybe instead of including pricing for specific pieces, posting a range? I don’t know. I’m just thinking out loud here.

]]> By: Mike http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-26388 Mike Wed, 20 May 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-26388 I wonder if including obvious pricing will educate the masses, or simply drive those who are price-shopping elsewhere. There will always be folks with $75 in their pockets who need a logo. At least they won't go barking up the wrong tree. Another question: Not everyone pays the same price for a logo. Meaning there may be more that goes into one logo than another. So if you put the price for logo A and logo B on your portfolio, couldn't it raise a stink from client A if client A paid more for their logo than client B? Maybe instead of including pricing for specific pieces, posting a range? I don't know. I'm just thinking out loud here. I wonder if including obvious pricing will educate the masses, or simply drive those who are price-shopping elsewhere. There will always be folks with $75 in their pockets who need a logo. At least they won’t go barking up the wrong tree.

Another question: Not everyone pays the same price for a logo. Meaning there may be more that goes into one logo than another. So if you put the price for logo A and logo B on your portfolio, couldn’t it raise a stink from client A if client A paid more for their logo than client B? Maybe instead of including pricing for specific pieces, posting a range? I don’t know. I’m just thinking out loud here.

]]> By: squareart http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-18327 squareart Wed, 20 May 2009 10:51:41 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-18327 Read this post after just emailing a new 'client' who asked me to pitch(spec) a few concepts quickly together. Similar theme here I thought, so this is part of my response. ....firstly I wanted to say that I would not like to 'quickly throw something together' therefore not honouring the quality of my design and the processes needed to carry out good concept and design work. Secondly to point out that I support the design community in the policy of "no pitching / spec" (it lowers the standard of design and supports the idea of bad business practices and risk of free work or no pay.... I do however have more trouble saying no to friends who ask for that 'quick favour' - and if they are real friends I sometimes don't mind, all depending on the situation... of course. Read this post after just emailing a new ‘client’ who asked me to pitch(spec) a few concepts quickly together. Similar theme here I thought, so this is part of my response.

….firstly I wanted to say that I would not like to ‘quickly throw something together’ therefore not honouring the quality of my design and the processes needed to carry out good concept and design work.

Secondly to point out that I support the design community in the policy of “no pitching / spec” (it lowers the standard of design and supports the idea of bad business practices and risk of free work or no pay….

I do however have more trouble saying no to friends who ask for that ‘quick favour’ – and if they are real friends I sometimes don’t mind, all depending on the situation… of course.

]]> By: squareart http://imjustcreative.com/i-need-a-logo-designed-for-free-please-thanks-buddy/2009/04/14/#comment-26387 squareart Wed, 20 May 2009 10:51:00 +0000 http://imjustcreative.com/?p=1503#comment-26387 Read this post after just emailing a new 'client' who asked me to pitch(spec) a few concepts quickly together. Similar theme here I thought, so this is part of my response. ....firstly I wanted to say that I would not like to 'quickly throw something together' therefore not honouring the quality of my design and the processes needed to carry out good concept and design work. Secondly to point out that I support the design community in the policy of "no pitching / spec" (it lowers the standard of design and supports the idea of bad business practices and risk of free work or no pay.... I do however have more trouble saying no to friends who ask for that 'quick favour' - and if they are real friends I sometimes don't mind, all depending on the situation... of course. Read this post after just emailing a new ‘client’ who asked me to pitch(spec) a few concepts quickly together. Similar theme here I thought, so this is part of my response.

….firstly I wanted to say that I would not like to ‘quickly throw something together’ therefore not honouring the quality of my design and the processes needed to carry out good concept and design work.

Secondly to point out that I support the design community in the policy of “no pitching / spec” (it lowers the standard of design and supports the idea of bad business practices and risk of free work or no pay….

I do however have more trouble saying no to friends who ask for that ‘quick favour’ – and if they are real friends I sometimes don’t mind, all depending on the situation… of course.

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