Comments on: 5 Reasons You Must Work with a Graphic Design Contract http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/ Graphic Design Studio & Marketing Agency Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:55:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Miami Web Design http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Miami Web Design Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:40:04 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-1510 great tips for anyone looking to work with a graphic designer. Always have a legal contract for any project you do with clients. great tips for anyone looking to work with a graphic designer. Always have a legal contract for any project you do with clients.

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]]> By: Jay Hollywood http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Jay Hollywood Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:09:56 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-416 Great article Erik - it's essential to get a good contract under your belt when you start out as a freelancer or in your own business - It will definitely pay off in the long run. As you pointed out, not only will it protect you, it will help you to be taken seriously. If a client refuses to agree to your contract, you're better off without them - you'll probably save yourself a large headache and a lot of money. Great article Erik – it’s essential to get a good contract under your belt when you start out as a freelancer or in your own business – It will definitely pay off in the long run. As you pointed out, not only will it protect you, it will help you to be taken seriously.

If a client refuses to agree to your contract, you’re better off without them – you’ll probably save yourself a large headache and a lot of money.

]]> By: Operation Technology http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Operation Technology Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:48:05 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-415 Its always good to have a contract in place as you never know when issues will arise later on and you can fall back on the scope and documentation of your contract. Being in freelance, it helps avoid future complications. Its always good to have a contract in place as you never know when issues will arise later on and you can fall back on the scope and documentation of your contract. Being in freelance, it helps avoid future complications.

]]> By: JAD http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-414 JAD Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:18:55 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-414 As a freelance designer about to begin my career this has helped me avoid many potential pitfalls in the future. Thanks so much! As a freelance designer about to begin my career this has helped me avoid many potential pitfalls in the future. Thanks so much!

]]> By: Erik Ford http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Erik Ford Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:26:14 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-411 @Ariel, @Joni, Thanks for the additional resource links. They have been added to the post. @Ariel, @Joni,
Thanks for the additional resource links. They have been added to the post.

]]> By: Erik Ford http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Erik Ford Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:24:46 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-410 @Joni, Thanks for the AIGA link. It has been added to the post. @Joni,
Thanks for the AIGA link. It has been added to the post.

]]> By: Ariel http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Ariel Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:21:23 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-407 i started my company 8 months ago and have also learned from my mistakes. anyway i found this blog a couple weeks back and Andy Clarke gives his tips for writing a killer contract. He also has his contract readily available to download and modify for free. I used it this week for a large project and it really gives me a piece of mind. Here is the link to the article and contract. Enjoy! http://24ways.org/2008/contract-killer i started my company 8 months ago and have also learned from my mistakes. anyway i found this blog a couple weeks back and Andy Clarke gives his tips for writing a killer contract. He also has his contract readily available to download and modify for free. I used it this week for a large project and it really gives me a piece of mind. Here is the link to the article and contract. Enjoy! http://24ways.org/2008/contract-killer

]]> By: Joni Mueller http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Joni Mueller Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:26:05 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-405 Best starting point is AIGA contract, here: http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/standard-agreement Best starting point is AIGA contract, here:
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/standard-agreement

]]> By: Carlin Scuderi http://www.wearepixel8.com/blog/freelancing-tips/5-reasons-you-must-work-with-a-service-agreement-as-a-freelance-graphic-designer/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Carlin Scuderi Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:11:27 +0000 http://www.lucidmotives.com/blog/?p=303#comment-393 Thanks for this!! Thanks for this!!

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