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Originally Posted by riven_kalki
I totally agree that client-designer rapport is essential in the whole thing. And your point (touche btw) leads me into asking: so its given that a businessman worth his salt will check the creds of the freelancer/professional, what are the effective ways to do this? To make sure?
Of course talking to them is a given. And aside from scouring the 50mile radius for a local designer as scorpionagency suggested, are there any other points that can help a person looking for a design so as to not waste time? Like, as a rule , we should see (am listing the points you mentioned, Dan)
1. The Portfolio
2. Some References
3. Tesimonials from Past Clients
4. Credentials (or does this mean the same as the other three?)
5. Good Communication
Sounds like a good list to me. Any other things that can help guys?
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To be honest there are many ways, and many better ways than mine to do it, I will ask the designer for his credentials etc, check out his portfolio, and I will ask the designer if the URL's are not on his portfolio what company or person they designed for and then I will perhaps e-mail the company and ask for confirmation.
You can also check the design hotspots throughout the web, although not everyone uses them I have found most of the designers I have worked with have done, I won't name any because there can be designers who don't.
Intuition, this can be your biggest mistake, or your biggest saviour, I go off my heart a lot of the time, sounds something LOTR style but I try to get a feeling for them and judge on what my heart says.