Re: FN-FORUM Promotional opportunities for freelancers

date posted 28th October 2001 12:24

Shame... I missed the original url for this one... sounds like a laugh,
judging from the responses of my esteemed peers and colleagues.

Kif


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From: "Hutch" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 11:45 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Promotional opportunities for freelancers


> > I think the problem could be is the group is (LARGELY)
> > all designers and do not see the WHOLE picture as I try
> > to.
>
> Even if they are (only) designers, what makes you think they can't see
> the 'WHOLE' picture? Personally I am doing and always have done pretty
> well out of the new media market. I have large clients (Penguin books
> for instance) and small clients (the house I rented in Newquay last
> year). You think that happens because I stare fixedly at Photoshop day
> in and day out? As to your little checklist:
>
> > 1. Do you need more work? or are you all rich and busy
> Clearly not as much as you do
>
> > 2. Do you object to paying for adverts?
> Not at all, when they're well targetted, when I have an idea that my
> target audience will be reached and when the benefits are so obvious I
> don't have to have them rammed down my throat
>
> >3. How do you get business now?
> Recommendations, networking lists like this one, business organisations,
> yellow pages and search engine responses
>
> >4. What are the downsides to your present methods
> Ermm, none
>
> >5. What is/are you ideal work creating methods (forgetting the cash
> with order, out of the blue deals)
> Eh, speak-a-de-engleesh ?
>
> >6. Have you seen any ideas that "might work"
> Yea - just the other day I saw this bloke advertising haemorrhoid cream
> for dogs. I thought 'you know - that might just work'
>
> >7. If you paid on results, how could that be controlled?
> > or should it just rely on you sending a intro fee
> > when you get paid (someone, someday might!!!)
> Well - when I hand over money to my web hosting company I'm paying for,
> and getting, clearly manifested returns.
>
> The fact is that your web site is very poorly designed and certainly not
> a good advert, in itself, for potential clients. In fact, with its nasty
> animated gifs, banner text, manky background and cheesy adverts it
> serves as a great example of how not to do the very thing you claim to
> be selling on behalf of your honoured subscribers - web design.
>
> As to your hits - I have holding pages that pull in more traffic, so I
> wish you'd stop boasting about that.
>
> Personally I'd rather spend £25 a month on Sky, although admittedly your
> site afforded me more laughs than the Paramount Comedy Channel
>
> Hutch
>
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