Recent content by JFDesign

Ugh what a complete nightmare! You just can’t live like that, can you? Most studios I work with are reliable but there are occasional places that I have to pester to get invoices paid. 3 months is the longest I’ve waited and that was not fun. It‘s worrying especially if you know they’ve...

That’s a great insight, Paul, thanks for your replies. I personally love working in studios. I consider myself fairly introverted and enjoy my own company up to a point but I love working as part of a team and get quite depressed when I work from home for long spells. I imagine it would be...

Hi. I'm looking for some 'lifestyle' advice rather than business advice please. I've been freelance for 8 years and really enjoy it - the earning potential, as much time off as I like, the variety etc. Currently it's about 70/30 split between freelancing at agencies and working for clients from...

"don't assume they're all cheap bastards." That made me laugh :LOL: Admittedly I work with a lot of startups and very small businesses, so that's possibly where the issue lies. I've seen some designers out there who provide Wix web design as a service. That's something I'm considering...

Hi there, I appreciate your input. I'm not debating there's a lot of demand for websites, I'm questioning whether you can charge for the amount of time you really spend on them? From initial briefing, design, amends, development, testing and further amends, adding in client's content...

Thanks for your reply, Paul. You make some very good points. It could well be that I focus too much on designing an immaculate site, when infact I could dedicate much less time and it would still do the job for the client. The idea of just installing the theme is interesting and one I hadn't...

Hi I'm a self employed graphic designer, with 15 years experience. I work for my own clients and also freelance at design agencies. For my own clients I do a lot of logos, infographics, print design, emails, powerpoint... but I really struggle to win website jobs. The feedback is always that...

Thanks Paul, I'll give your suggestions a try!

Hi guys, I've designed a HTML email signature for my client. The client's logo is on the left, contact info on the right. The signature displays fine across all email clients including iPhone – apart from on my client's iPhone in Inbox view. In his iPhone Inbox view, beneath the subject line...