It happens to even the best design firms; you send out a proposal, you have a face-to-face meeting, and then you receive the email. Thank you for your proposal and your time to discuss our project with us, but we have decided to go with another firm” Depending on how much time and effort you [...]

Earlier today, my company received an inquiry on our contact form from a 14 yr old simply asking for some feedback on three designs that he has created. I am always more than happy to spend time helping others , especially younger designers just starting out and I am impressed by this 14 yr old [...]

This is what I hope will be the first of many posts on this topic, "When Clients Get Funny". Yesterday, my company Brian Joseph Studios received an inquiry from our contact form, and in the "Tell us a little about your project" field, the potential client wrote: " The usual – totally waste my competition; [...]

Back in October, I asked you guys for some answers and thoughts on the topic of "What Clients Need To Know When Hiring A Web Design Company ". You can read the comments made here The article in the business magazine (Gulf Shore Business) has now been published and you can read it here Only [...]

**update – submitted this article to Just Creative Design’s Group Writing Project for charity along with a monetary donation over at Just Creative Design’s fund raising page ** Static design visuals: all web designers use them as a way to present the designs to a client. I personally upload a jpg of the visual to [...]

Some designers make a great career out of freelancing, some struggle to ever pay the bills solely from freelancing income. If you are already a successful freelancer, you will probably see that you are not guilty of most of the points made below. If you are hoping to be a full-time freelancer, or are currently [...]

Last week, I was asked to speak as a guest on "Inside Digital Design ", a radio show and podcast. The topic of the show last week was "Social Networking" and I spoke a little about what social networking has done for me and my career. The recording here is a little jumpy but other [...]

I was recently interviewed by a graphic design student from a near-by University and a few of her questions made me think more about my career as an owner of a creative design and development studio . It also made me think about how it was to start out in the design industry…the things I [...]

About a week ago, I began to feel overwhelmed with the amount of work we were receiving from both current clients and new clients, and Microsoft Project Pro 2007 just wasn’t cutting it for me anymore when trying to organize it all. So, I went on the hunt for a better project management system, and [...]

Well, two days ago we had a third meeting with the Greater Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce, and Brian Joseph Studios is now in charge of the overall management of the Chamber’s website, fmbchamber.com. We are also about to start a major re-design project for the website with a lot of really cool tools [...]