Recent content by Bmap

Some solid advice, thanks. I'm generally quite good with sorting out a price up front and securing a 50% deposit (particularly with new clients) but I didn't this time and it's not the kind of project I'd done before, lots of laborious tables and forms replicated over 4 quarters. There was a...

Thanks Levi. It's something I've always struggled with and despite my numerous searches (on many separate occasions) it seems design costing is still a dark art. The trouble is all the other crap that goes along with it, revisions, phonecalls, emails, problem solving, dealing with printers...

There are many companies who give things away for free to gain exposure, particularly in the world of bloggers and the like. The distinction is; a few nights in a hotel, a free meal, some product samples, a free game (etc.) aren't/isn't the complete product. A piece of bespoke graphic design is...

Hi all, So I've got a great client, bit of business guru, doing ok financially but not rich and he's asked me to do an A5 planner/book. I always struggle with costing and the advice is ususally; note how long it takes and charge your hourly rate. Now that's all well and good but I've totted...

(quote function is very good) I went for the AOC, many great reviews, good gamut after calibration, same panel as the asus etc, etc. For once I made the right choice! In a previous life I was a music producer/engineer and when I upgraded my audio setup (at a cost of over £4k) everything...

Poor show GDF. I've ordered something now and will take my chances

Quiet forum? Over 130 views :( (Btw, I like the recent changes to the site)

Thanks for the transfer ;) Just standard graphic design stuff, website design, print, not so much photo retouching but pretty much everything else. I had a quick look on pcbuyit but they seem relatively pricy and it's not easy to search by screen size/resolution. The dell I looked at only...

A cheaper option that apparently uses the same panel as the Asus AOC Q2770PQU: Review

Hi all, I did look for a hardware forum and did a search for "monitor" but didn't find much. I'm coming from a Samsung 2343nw (tn panel) which was about £130 some years ago so it's definitely time to upgrade. Naturally I'm looking for an IPS 1440 panel at 27". I'm liking this Asus Asus...

I'm pretty similar to you, I aim for £30/h. Like you said if you have a bad month you cover the basic expenses and anything above that is a bonus. Thing is, from the few sites I've found brave enough to post their prices the three jobs above would come out between £350-500 which seems like a...

Thanks, yeah I hear you about asking for a budget but I find people aren't keen to show their hand in that regard. I guess what I'm asking for is help setting the compass. For example if you were to deliver the three jobs above to a client, how much would you think they'd be expecting to pay...

Hi everyone, I really struggle with pricing, I want to provide value for my clients but I also work hard on my projects and consequently spend a long time on things. I've done lots of reading regarding pricing and there's a few articles out there but it still seems like a bit of a dark...