About Us
Design Studio that can do about anything you can dream up! Start from scratch... Design your business branding package. Install your business signs or logos on your storefront, or vehicle. Print all your advertising collateral. Supply apparel for your staff or company branded products. Help you design or freshen up your products. Create a retail environment either through displays, trade show booths or outdoor advertising. Set-up your social media presence with dynamic tracking metrics. Office or retail build-outs to complete your look and aesthetic. Including all the LED lighting, woodwork, welding and on-site installation. Yep, we do it all!
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How We Got Started
I started doing this, because I can't just sit and do one thing for an employer day in and day out. I get too bored, I have too many ideas, and too much energy. I need the variety in my work life to thoroughly enjoy what I do. I've self funded my entire operation and all my equipment is paid for. So you can be sure that I'm not looking to gouge you or make up for lacking operational funds by creating fake mark-up or charges that other places do... I really hate that aspect about certain businesses. So my aim is to not be like everyone else.
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I now know to say, "They probably aren't as good as I am. Not at that price, means they don't value their work, and they don't care about your business. Only the money."
Then obviously, if price is still on the table after that, then they aren't the clients I want to work for anyway.
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I now know to say, "They probably aren't as good as I am. Not at that price, means they don't value their work, and they don't care about your business. Only the money."
Then obviously, if price is still on the table after that, then they aren't the clients I want to work for anyway.
First off let me say this before the thread gets too long. As a business owner, you should NEVER consider sites like Fivrr or any kind of Bidding for Design. It undermines the legitimacy of real designers. Good designers will never "Design on Spec" and have a minimum they are willing to work for....
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First off let me say this before the thread gets too long. As a business owner, you should NEVER consider sites like Fivrr or any kind of Bidding for Design. It undermines the legitimacy of real designers. Good designers will never "Design on Spec" and have a minimum they are willing to work for. And that's completely fair. You want to support local businesses and entrepreneurs? Then don't bid out the work of professionals to the lowest bidder.
Let me explain it this way. Would you have a plumber come over and install a new toilet, wax seal, connection hose and fittings, clean up after himself... only for you to say, "Yeah... ya know what, we've decided we aren't going to use your toilet and are going in a different direction. But thanks for trying anyway."
The idea is absurd, as it should be when you professionally consult out real design work. And just because Janice in Accounting has Photoshop, also doesn't make her a real designer either. There's more that goes into a logo than just clicking a few buttons and modifying some clipart.
A real designer will research your company, your competitors and get a feel for the lay of the land and what would best convey your message and branding moving forward. While it's true, some designers will design you a logo for $300, and pass it on to you and keep it moving. But then there are other designers that will lay out full branding packages, from stationary, bus ads, billboards, vehicle wraps, websites... you name it. I wouldn't expect to pay less than $1500 for a starter branding package. Assuming the designer knows what they are doing, communicate well and also share your company's vision as their own.
But these are questions you need to ask ahead of time. Be very specific... if you see a designer's work and like his or her style, don't be afraid to ask, "Sooo... if we pay you a design deposit or your design fee and don't like what you gave us, then what? How many revisions can we get? At what point can we call it a clean break? If we aren't happy?"
I've never had that happen. In fact I pretty much nail it first round every time. But then again, I've been doing this for 27 years, and I take it upon myself to learn about the company that I CHOOSE to take on. I don't have to take every job that comes to me. If I'm not feeling it, in terms of their market potential, their strategy moving forward and willingness to be invested in their own growth, then why should I be burning the midnight oil caring about something they don't.
Remember, your logo sometimes IS YOUR BRAND. If you don't value your brand enough to not be willing to pay more than $5 or pit hungry, young designers against each other for a "chance" to get paid... then I'm sorry, your setting yourself up for mediocracty.
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In your own explanation, what is your idea of "higher-end clients?"
I hear this a lot, when businesses want to upscale because they seem to think that selling to an audience "with more money" will equate to more money for them for the work they perform. This is not necessarily the case. In my...
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In your own explanation, what is your idea of "higher-end clients?"
I hear this a lot, when businesses want to upscale because they seem to think that selling to an audience "with more money" will equate to more money for them for the work they perform. This is not necessarily the case. In my experience, the people who have the most money, didn't get there by spending a lot of it. They got there by being cheap (shrewd) and often on the backs of the well meaning.
I clicked on your profile, and I see you are into book publishing. So am I to guess, that you'd perhaps like to stay in the publishing field, but perhaps be pulling from the audience that might have a subscription to the Robb Report and Luxe?
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I don't know what business you are in, but it all comes down to "Engagement" and "Call To Action." Period.
If you are in the business of selling widgets, you want more people to buy widgets. Also, you'd like repeat widget purchases. Soooo... what you do is figure out how to get people back or...
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I don't know what business you are in, but it all comes down to "Engagement" and "Call To Action." Period.
If you are in the business of selling widgets, you want more people to buy widgets. Also, you'd like repeat widget purchases. Soooo... what you do is figure out how to get people back or draw new people in. Without all the variables of what is it you are trying to "market" it's hard to give you an exact answer. But if it means having a flash sale of widgets or a loss leader on cogs, so they get an incentive to even see that you have widgets... or buy two widgets and get a cog free... it's pretty much all the same tactic across all areas of commerce.
And print isn't dead, unless you are just mass mailing and hoping you get a 1% return on 100,000 mailers. Which is stupid to me. There are very effective ways to utilize print. You just have to narrow down your target market. To me, designing for print is similar to designing for digital. I think if all your collateral matches, it creates a cohesive branding image, and bolsters your position in the market place. Cheap crappy printing is just that. If you don't care about your widgets, then why should your customers care either?
Kleenex is a brand of tissue paper. Q-Tip is a brand of cotton swabs. The more you push and market your brand, the more ubiquitous it can become in the market place. And if you are real lucky it can become synonymous with that "thing" that people have come to know and recognize everything else in...
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Kleenex is a brand of tissue paper. Q-Tip is a brand of cotton swabs. The more you push and market your brand, the more ubiquitous it can become in the market place. And if you are real lucky it can become synonymous with that "thing" that people have come to know and recognize everything else in that category.
Just send them a scheduled invoice every month for "rent / retainer / royalty" to use your work. Tack on the 18% for being over due. When they get around to asking you about your bill... present them with the legal action alternative.
If they are going to be smarmy and use other's work without...
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Just send them a scheduled invoice every month for "rent / retainer / royalty" to use your work. Tack on the 18% for being over due. When they get around to asking you about your bill... present them with the legal action alternative.
If they are going to be smarmy and use other's work without credit, royalty or payment... then just play the game right back. They'll either pay or take down your content. And who knows, you might end up with unexpected lunch money to treat the office staff for in-perpetuity!