Comments on: 5 Ways to Add Value to Your Work as a Web Designer

By: techsmash

techsmash — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:48:37 +0000

ya its a time consuming

By: shenoyjoseph

shenoyjoseph — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:26:03 +0000

i thinks these make a alot of time to create it

By: Windows 8

Windows 8 — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:12:13 +0000

Not forgetting the “little things” is high up on my list – adding little touches makes an excellent design stand out from just a good one… and not surprisingly, the extra money you can gain from this is well worth the effort!

By: Mike B

Mike B — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:48:47 +0000

This is a great article, it takes a lot of nerve and some time to get established in the design world (as well as some killer work of course) and turning down projects or not undercutting yourself in the bidding process is a tough thing to resist when your bank account is nearing empty. You make a lot of good points here, stick it out and put effort into building relationships and the quality work you REALLY want to do will follow.

By: Pedro Da Silva

Pedro Da Silva — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:14:09 +0000

Thanks for this post.

For the last 10 years, I’ve been a generalist. Not that being a generalist is a bad thing, just that I now sell my time for a smaller set of design services that generate more income. As a poly-skilled person, all the skills that I have gained are valuable as I am able to provide them to a smaller group of quality clients.

Over the last few months however I have started concentrating on a specific demographic instead of chasing tight, web-illiterate clients who are looking for a “nickle & dime” web guy.

In regards to pricing, I’ve pushed my prices up by 100% to avoid my time being wasted by people and businesses that don’t appreciate the time and skills required to execute a good job.

By: JLyles

JLyles — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:43:00 +0000

Wonderful. I’m definitely taking notes. Consider the survey at A List Apart to find out what many web professional earn and how long they’ve generally been in the industry. This advice is great for beginners, but it’s timely information for experienced entrepreneurs as well, and it comes at the right time. Thanks.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:34:55 +0000

Great tips, but I think No. 2 conflicts with No. 4 a bit. I find it easy to become overwhelmed when reading tips like these. It makes me want to halt the way I’m working, and do a 180. Then later I’ll read something else telling me I should do things another way, or even the way I was doing them before :P But all this is good to know, none the less.

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:17:30 +0000

Heath,

Sadly no, most of them were unrecorded, but I did publish a few of them as part of a course.

I don’t want to spam the comments, but you can check it out at feartofuel.com

By: Heath Waller

Heath Waller — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:45:16 +0000

Sorry to post again – but you mention: “I recently had the opportunity to interview several of the top designers in my field…”. Do you have these posted somewhere? I’d be very interested in reading them.
Thanks!

By: Parth Patel

Parth Patel — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:07:54 +0000

This is great read! Number 1 is very true!