Comments on: Spec work: Is it worth it?

By: Susan Kirkland

Susan Kirkland — Sun, 28 May 2006 16:59:52 +0000

Let’s try this again with FEELING (and a URL) Catherine Morley has a great site dealing with NO-SPEC. Here’s a link to Creative Latitude with more reasons SPEC work should be avoided unless there’s a million dollar account on the line:
http://www.creativelatitude.com/fancy/index_0406.html

By: Susan Kirkland

Susan Kirkland — Sun, 28 May 2006 16:58:00 +0000

Catherine Morley has a great site dealing with NO-SPEC. Here’s a link to Creative Latitude with more reasons SPEC work should be avoided unless there’s a million dollar account on the line:

By: Strive Notes » Are we giving it away?

Strive Notes » Are we giving it away? — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:26:20 +0000

[...] One by One Media has an interesting article on speculative work on their blog devoted to graphic design consulting. Their situation doesn’t seem that disimilar to ours. [...]

By: Sherrilynne

Sherrilynne — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 14:48:10 +0000

No cost equals no value. If the job doesn’t cost your prospect anything, it will have little value to him. You should discuss your ideas with your client and offer to do a mock up for a nominal fee at least…say $50 or $100 at least. Then you’ll be better able to guage the client’s ‘real’ interest in making changes. You say you think the odds are 50/50. Those are very good odds, but are you being realistic? By suggesting a nominal fee you will test your buyers intentions and get a clear idea of what the odds really are.