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The Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

By: Theo Stephen Williams

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The Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

By: Theo Stephen Williams

This helpful guide provides startup and experienced design business owners with dozens of useful, creative methods for achieving profitability. Updated throughout with additional material on time management, expanded coverage of Web and multimedia pricing, and numerous new interviews with leading designers, this third edition is an invaluable industry guide focusing on these crucial aspects of running a graphic design business. Coverage includes how to set rates, deal with competitors' pricing, use different pricing methods, prepare estimates, draft proposals, establish and manage budgets, negotiate, and position the brand of the firm. Graphic designers will find the clearly written, practical advice indispensable to professional success.

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Simon and Schuster

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1581157665

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9781581157666

The Interior Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

By: Theo Stephen Williams

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The Interior Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

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This second edition is updated throughout and includes additional material on time management and numerous interviews with leading designers. Empowered by the step-by-step guidance in this book, interior designers will be able to establish prices and budgets that make their clients happy and their businesses profitable. Written by a designer and veteran expert on pricing, estimating, and budgeting systems, the book provides practical guidelines on how to value the cost of designing commercial or residential interiors, from the designer's creative input to the pricing of decorating products and procedures. The book shows how to determine a profitable and fair hourly rate, balance the client's budget with his or her wishes and needs, negotiate prices with suppliers and contractors, write realistic estimates and clear proposals, manage budgets for projects of all sizes and types, and position the firm's brand in relation to its practices. Interviews with experienced interior designers, case studies, and sidebars highlight professional pitfalls and how to master them, from daily crisis management and self-organization to finding the perfect office manager.

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Simon and Schuster

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158115769X

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9781581157697

Streetwise Guide To Freelance Design And Illustration

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Streetwise Guide To Freelance Design And Illustration

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A how to on setting up your own studio, promoting yourself, managing your time, negotiating a fair price, and getting clients and keeping them.

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North Light Books

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0891348018

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9780891348016

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The Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

The Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

The Interior Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

The Interior Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating, and Budgeting

Streetwise Guide To Freelance Design And Illustration

Streetwise Guide To Freelance Design And Illustration

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