A couple of days ago our friend Andreu, SOSNewbie reader, sent me an email with a serie of questions; it’s not the first time that that someone asks them, so i thought in writing this post. 1.- Do i need a degree to work as a designer? The answer is… depends… on what you want [...]
Continue reading...22 August 2009
There’s not an easy answer, I think both of them have their advantages and disadvantages. The choice should be based in lots of external factors, our economical resources for example; and internal, like our own personality. If you choose well you can reach the maximum level, if you don’t, you can come to a standstill, [...]
Continue reading...19 August 2009
My friends of Gomediazine asked a very interesting question in their blog, this is a question I’ve been turning it over in my mind for some years. Someone asked whether is good or not for a freelance designer to show your price list in public. Pros of displaying your prices: The clients can make a [...]
Continue reading...3 March 2009
If you are dedicated to graphic design or any other online business, you probably already know what Paypal is, the most important online bank, and the most used all over the net. Also, you surely know that Paypal charges 4% of any payment you receive, while sending money is free. Paypal works perfectly, but it´s [...]
Continue reading...7 November 2008
Click the image to visit the article I wrote for Freelance Switch as guest writer These days altruism is not very common. We’re so stressed with our work that there’s little free time left, and we want to spend it on anything else. But moreover, sharing what you know is risky. Someone could steal your [...]
Continue reading...14 May 2008
You have a lot of talent, quality designs saved in your hard disk, you are good, nice and cheap, but you do not have clients. Something is going wrong. It is time to rethink your marketing strategy. Here I leave you some suggestions for your first professional portfolio. First of all, you have to publish [...]
Continue reading...1 March 2008
I have recieved many comments about this topic, even recieved emails blaming me of degrading the design industry… “your work is great, WHY ARE YOUR SERVICES SO CHEAP?” But, do i really charge that cheap? I earn about a 400-500% of the salary of an employed graphic designer in any company of my city, and [...]
Continue reading...17 January 2008
2007, a year full of emotions in the professional and personal. I didn’t have much luck in the first part of the year, i lost a client that guaranteed me about 6.000US$ per month; and also one of my designers abandoned me… luckily, in the 6 remaining months i recovered my clients and even exceeded [...]
Continue reading...2 November 2007
Creativity: "… capacity to create, produce new and valuable things, it’s the capacity of a brain to get to new conclusions and solve problems in an original way." I’ve seen this topic from the point of view of a designer in thousands of blogs, but almost always they forget something, the psicological point of view. [...]
Continue reading...2 September 2007
Lately we have been discovering a lot of websites that steal designs from SOSFactory, they are mainly websites dedicated to porn or warez, and as they are illegal activities it looks like it’ll be hard to make them remove our designs. In this post we’ll try to make stealing difficult for bad boys. But don’t [...]
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5 September 2009
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