December 29, 200817 yr I think I posted this already, in fact I know I did but twice is always nice... So I am building a team of designers, would you like to join me? If so visit my website or email me at: team@blandydoes.co.uk THANK YOU!
December 29, 200817 yr What do you require of your team exactly (skills and time etc) and do you have any more details of exactly what you mean to achieve etc?
December 30, 200817 yr Author What do you require of your team exactly (skills and time etc) and do you have any more details of exactly what you mean to achieve etc? Well as we all know there are many of us out there. All I would like to do is help you find some work. My aim is to list as many designers as possible on my site in the web development section and then basically go out there in the world of marketing and find you work. I will meet with clients to discuss options ect and budgets, taking down everything that is needed for you to create a mock, then passing these details to you, you will be able to quote for the project. I will add a small % on top of the quote for my part in the job (which is basically the sales bit) and then we just work together to complete the project. I will make sure content is ready when needed and liaise with the client and yourself until the job is done. In terms of what I require, just people who think this may be another good source of income for you, I mean I can not guarantee any large volumes of work to begin with, but the more heads we have on one site, the better the odds of getting people to take a notice right? I guess it is an agency, but I dont want you to think of it like that, after all I am designer too and my brother is a IT Consultant and together with some other friends, we are building a company that offers many IT related services. Who knows where it will lead in a years time, but you could be apart of it too and the team of designers...? I am still working on the site as we speak, I have many pages to create so I am trying to respond to all these as quickly as I can. Email me if you do want more details. Oh skills... Well basics first: XHTML, CSS would be nice, if you are a graphic designer, that is also a big bonus Over and above: This would be flash animation, video production, photography etc anything extra that you could offer clients would mean more money in your pocket in the long run. Database Driven: I would like to find some genuine coders of unknown languages to me like PHP, ASP, Perl and other exotic names that I have only seen and read a bit into but could be very useful! E-Commerce: Anyone who can make a shop is great in my book. I design shop fronts but the coding up of a shop would be nice to have. Dont forget even if one project comes in and I can use your skills I will speak with you and we can arrange payment for your help. I currently use Erol for my shop designing. Investors: Of your time... I really would like to meet some people who would be willing to give up some free time to help me establish this online brand. I can explain more if you are interested, but put it this way, this company as it stands right now is just the beginning of something a lot bigger, you may have seen me post about it on here before, but seriously, it is a big idea and I need help designing the beta version. So again as a little extra, if you are interested there, let me know. PHEW! ;-) I think that about covers it, but if you need to know more, please email me...
December 30, 200817 yr Author I may be interested. Btw I like your site Dave, just email me your thoughts or read the above and let me know. I will let you know what I would need to get us started if you choose to join! Its all free...
December 30, 200817 yr Author yes..i am interested.... count me in...ok? I like what you are doing, you cover most areas of design. I am more than happy to include you on the team, as I say I can not guarantee you any work to begin with whilst setting it up, but it would be a honour to have you on board. Email me...
December 30, 200817 yr I've sent you an email, there's nothing wrong with a bit of free advertising is there. Nice site by the way.
December 30, 200817 yr Well as we all know there are many of us out there. All I would like to do is help you find some work. My aim is to list as many designers as possible on my site in the web development section and then basically go out there in the world of marketing and find you work. I will meet with clients to discuss options ect and budgets, taking down everything that is needed for you to create a mock, then passing these details to you, you will be able to quote for the project. I will add a small % on top of the quote for my part in the job (which is basically the sales bit) and then we just work together to complete the project. I will make sure content is ready when needed and liaise with the client and yourself until the job is done. Couple of questions.. how is a designer chosen for a particular project? Is that done on the basis of a mockup and price? And does the designer ever get to talk to the client directly at any point? ::edit:: One more - are the projects going to be sent out to individual people/companies that have registered with you? Or will projects potentially involve working collaboratively with other registered designers/developers?
December 31, 200817 yr Author Couple of questions.. how is a designer chosen for a particular project? Is that done on the basis of a mockup and price? And does the designer ever get to talk to the client directly at any point? ::edit:: One more - are the projects going to be sent out to individual people/companies that have registered with you? Or will projects potentially involve working collaboratively with other registered designers/developers? Right this is the tricky part because so far I have a greater response than I thought I would. I think initially it would have to be dependant on the client and which type of examples site they like, so having some good example links on my site would do favours for you, but I dont want people to feel as if they have to compete, after all the plan is for me to find work for all of you at least one project a month. Now as I have said that is not guaranteed in the beginning as I have to market the site as well and this is a new business venture so you will have to be patient with me, hence why it is free... ;-) I think if workload increases and designer come in from all over the place, then it would be subject to a mockup and price, that way giving the client a greater selection of designs to choose from, HOWEVER as previously stated, if workload increases and there are designers to fill the slots, you will all equally share the workload, like two or three a month. As for my part in all this, well I am a designer too, so I have decided to take on the role of sale manager and I will go out and market the site, try to find as much work as possible and basically run all over the country to meet and greet with clients, bringing back to you, the designer, the web spec and content... I would also like to play a part in the design process so if we say get one MASSIVE project which involves a selection of skills and knowledge then it could be that we bring the whole team of designers on board to work together on that project. This is the "round table of design" which has been a dream of mine for many a year now... lol So to answer your second question, I think it would depend on the scale of the task at hand, you could work together in the round table on big projects, OR you could just end up with one project a month outsourced directly to you, but still dealing with me as the client manager and sales manager... GOOD GOD! I need a breathe... Does that make sense? You can email me or MSN me, in fact ADD ME: blandydoes@hotmail.co.uk Please bare in mind though that this is a new venture, although I am not new to the work, so ask me any questions I will try my best to give you a straight and honest answer. I dont want to limit anyone from the list and yes the idea is a lot bigger than what I am offering right now (Which is a small profile like this: http://www.blandydoes.co.uk/index_web_designers.html) I have a beta version of something a lot bigger in the cupboard so to speak which if this proves to work well, will come out straight away and anyone who is already joined gets to be my leading team of designers to work on it... BUT first I need to prove to myself that you can work with me, and in return that I can find you all work! - Which scares me the most... lol Anyway, despite all my goings on here, it is free and its just something extra which could bring in some money for you guys, so lets keep it light and lets keep an open mind. Speak soon! PS. Anyone want to help me create some icons for the front page black buttons... I need 8 of them... (discount please?? hehehe)
December 31, 200817 yr Author Sounds like quite an opportunity. www.russbishop.co.uk Opportunities come in all directions, sizes and shapes, or shapes and sizes and in all directions... If you want to know more of what I am doing, just ask or email me at: info@blandydoes.co.uk I am really happy to list anyone on my site for free, so get in touch mate!
January 1, 200917 yr as I say I can not guarantee you any work to begin with whilst setting it up, Email me... that is ok....as long as you have good intentions and your heart is in the right place... sumeet
January 1, 200917 yr Author that is ok....as long as you have good intentions and your heart is in the right place... sumeet I do have good intentions and my heart is in the right place, thank you for your comment. Have you emailed me yet? Make sure you email using an email which wont get eaten up by my spam filters. ;-) Kind Regards
January 8, 200917 yr Opportunities come in all directions, sizes and shapes, or shapes and sizes and in all directions... If you want to know more of what I am doing, just ask or email me at: info@blandydoes.co.uk I am really happy to list anyone on my site for free, so get in touch mate! If you ever need any CSS help, splicing or templating we offer a service that may be useful - visit http://www.wecss.co.uk for more information, or contact us via our info@ email address. Hopefully we can provide some help for you if needed!
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