Comments on: Your questions answered #3

By: Rob Cubbon

Rob Cubbon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:22:39 +0000

That’s great, David, I look forward to the next Q&A post!

Rob Cubbon’s last blog post…Designing title pages

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:29:52 +0000

You can ask as many questions as you like, Rob. No worries. I’ll add that second one to the ‘bank’ for future Q&A posts.

Ciao for now.

By: Rob Cubbon Design London

Rob Cubbon Design London — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:59:28 +0000

I’d seen a few minutes after I posted the comment that you’d answered it already. And it did not surprise me that you maybe spent 7 hours a week on the blog. In fact maybe a surprise it wasn’t more!

I can ask another one? That’s great! Again this may be one that you’ve touched on in several posts before but here goes: Both davidairey.com and logodesignlove.com have quite high PageRank and Subcription rates, did you employ any paid for link-building service to market these blogs or did you get these good results by hard work, ie good content, submitting to directories, contributing to other similar sites, etc.?

I’m doing fine, thanks, enjoying a great summer (to those outside the UK, that was a joke!) Hope you’re well.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:38:01 +0000

Rob,

I agree. My second name does help set me apart, though I do sometime become tired of spelling it over the phone. Especially when it takes two or three mentions. :)

Thanks for your question. I actually answered it in the first round of Q&A. Feel free to ask any others that come to mind, and I hope you’re keeping well.

By: Rob Cubbon

Rob Cubbon — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:55:34 +0000

I was interested to read all of your answers, David, in particular the answer to Giroin’s question about the naming issue. You are fairly lucky to have a name that’s not all that common and fairly short, making the logo creation easier!
I have a question. I hope you haven’t already answered it somewhere here. It is this: How much time every week do you spend on your blog? And, while I’m asking, how much time a week do you spend on LogoDesignLove?
I ask because your sites seem so professional and as though a lot of thought has gone into every aspect. It’s always struck me as though it could be very time consuming. I hope you don’t mind the question. :)

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:42:47 +0000

Hi Betsy,

You’re more than welcome, and thanks for adding your question for me to answer. It’s a good one.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:25:35 +0000

I just discovered your blog! Thanks for all the advice for us newbies to graphic design.

I was wondering if you could give a little more direction on cold-calling. Don’t some places just find it annoying? What’s the best way to go about it? Phone? E-mail? Just stop by? For a fairly reserved person like me, it’s a tough thing to figure out (and to just do!). Any advice would be appreciated!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:58:40 +0000

AzAkers,

You’re right. Much of the answer comes from actually realising what your time is worth, and as I’m sure you can appreciate, this changes from one person to the next, depending upon experience, and the type of client (pro-bono or discounted for example). Individual project requirements often vary quite considerably too (number of options or revisions / any extras that might come about).

By: AzAkers

AzAkers — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:12:12 +0000

I would pose a question, but looking back on several posts regarding the answer, I’m not sure you can get more specific about it…

Question:
How much should I charge for XYZ?

Where XYZ is a ‘business card design’, ‘logo design’ or whatever.

You’ve talked a bit about graphic design pricing, and a little about when to talk about money - but I’m still in the dark about how to appropriately price design work.

I’m trying to escape the ‘cheap’, spec work kind of model and at least explore more professional level design work. I’m guessing that part of that is realizing what your work is honestly worth in the marketplace, as well as what your time is worth to you.

Anyways, great Q &A as always - thanks for sharing!

AzAkers’s last blog post…How I Won My Free ShoeMoney T-Shirt

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:43:42 +0000

Good question, Jonathan. Thanks for asking.

Andrew,

You have a keen eye there. I’ve been meaning to change the orange bands. :) However, the slight difference seen at with the footer and bottom RSS hover might be nice to keep. Hmmm.

Melvin,

I worked through a few questions from the previous Q&A articles, but couldn’t see yours. Did you sign your comment with a different name? I also searched my email account, to no avail.

Tim,

Great of you to say so. Thanks very much.