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Sarah Manton's website
Her layout is elegant and easy to read.
The paper and textiles are shown in the background - making it look like a desk space whilst still keeping it professional. The texture of the embossing of her title on the paper is a clever way of showing some of the designs she does. She also has a simple colour scheme and a couple of fonts to make her website easy to follow.
I need to look at what else I want to include on my website, including a gallery page to show off some of my work and an info page about me and my work. As well as this I want to look at my front cover design and see what I can do to make it look more attractive and professional.
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Key things Sarah mentioned:
Sell my work for more
- People will be happy to buy them
- Put your value into your work
Emphasise to your client why you do what you do and get them to trust you
- They chose you for a reason
Don't fall out with customers or clients
- You don't know if you will meet them or be influenced by their actions in the future
Talk about what you are passionate about
- Talk about my work rather than me
Do Not Procrastinate
- Doing work
- Sending emails
- Make a timetable and stick to it
- Have certain days/ hours to get specific things done.
ie. 5 hours of coursework on Monday plus lectures. 4 hours of pet portrait painting and work (Matalan) on Tuesday etc. etc.
with one hour a day to go through emails and plan for the upcoming days.
- Set small goals for a deadline rather than a last minute panic before the final deadline
- set deadline as a week earlier so I have time for unforeseen circumstances
Saying no is ok!
- Work out what projects I don't want to do so I know what to say yes to
- This may not come naturally but will be learnt over time
Contracts
- Get things in writing saying exactly what you are going to do
time
costs
if they want more it costs xyz...
- You can find free contract templates if you are freelancing
AOI template
- Make sure you have written down what you are going to do and make sure everyone agrees
- You can get a deposit so you know they are going to pay
Get involved in the bigger stuff so you can make the connections
- People will want you to work for them again next time - get them to pay
Relationships
- Friends, colleagues, family, customers, clients
- Connections will get you very far
When talking to the clients about brief write notes
- Small little things they say may help you to do what they want
- Take time just for them to talk about themselves/ their project
- reply to clients immediately
Even if it's just saying "I've heard from you and will get back to you soon".
Try to get repeat customers
- Interact with your clients and form a good relationship
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