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I would probably pay for the one-on-one help part. In particular, anything along the line of professional review of my own designs would be something I would pa

by RyanZAG 14y ago

I would probably pay for the one-on-one help part. In particular, anything along the line of professional review of my own designs would be something I would pay for. I wouldn't pay for generic design advice from tutorials etc, as these kind of things are often a lot of work to really use and it's difficult to know if you've learned anything or used them correctly - plus there are very good ones available for free already. I'm not sure how you'd be able to charge for this - if you charge consulting rates for one-on-one then only expect a few large companies/startups to sign up - and these guys would probably just hire a design consultant directly. If you went for a cheap offering, you'd need to keep the advice very short and shallow so as to cover enough people to make a living wage - and shallow design advice is not that helpful.

marcomassaro 14y ago
Thanks for the reply. I actually began learning from tutorials and I agree it is hard to to tell what to use and if you're actually learning. I want to create a clear cut system on how to plan, wireframe and actually design beautiful websites. I think the one-on-one help can be an added benefit and of course I would be fully engaged in my community - not just posting videos but actually critiquing and helping users get better.
mduerksen 14y ago
One-on-one reviews are tremendously valuable, and I suspect not only large companies would buy them for consulting rates. Consider a startup product on the finish line, which lacks polish because non of the makers is a professional designer. If they are like me, they do notice that the overall design is not professional/engaging/appealing enough, but are themselves not able to identify why exactly, and what to do about it. Thats where professional designers are sorely needed. Me in that situation would not hesitate to pay you, say $600 (in european circumstances) to sit with me for 4 hours interactively, you giving advice and me tweaking the css/svg (the harder stuff for homework), provided a) I am convinced you know you skills b) You are able to communicate effectively with a non-designer c) You could concentrate on the low hanging fruit: Limited effort which still improves my design significantly. It won't perfect, and doesn't have to be. Note that for all of these points you would have to gain my trust, which is in itself a lot of work. Without that, I might still give it a try, but I would only willing to pay you throwaway money. But gaining my trust doesn't have to be one-on-one though, a good blog or your tutorials could do.
- marcomassaro 14y ago
  This is something I really want to get into. Consulting. However, I regret not having blogged sooner about my skills/expertise so it is definitely something I need to do in order to build up credibility outside of my network. Appreciate the reply.

by RyanZAG 14y ago

marcomassaro 14y ago

Thanks for the reply. I actually began learning from tutorials and I agree it is hard to to tell what to use and if you're actually learning. I want to create a clear cut system on how to plan, wireframe and actually design beautiful websites. I think the one-on-one help can be an added benefit and of course I would be fully engaged in my community - not just posting videos but actually critiquing and helping users get better.

mduerksen 14y ago

One-on-one reviews are tremendously valuable, and I suspect not only large companies would buy them for consulting rates. Consider a startup product on the finish line, which lacks polish because non of the makers is a professional designer. If they are like me, they do notice that the overall design is not professional/engaging/appealing enough, but are themselves not able to identify why exactly, and what to do about it. Thats where professional designers are sorely needed. Me in that situation would not hesitate to pay you, say $600 (in european circumstances) to sit with me for 4 hours interactively, you giving advice and me tweaking the css/svg (the harder stuff for homework), provided a) I am convinced you know you skills b) You are able to communicate effectively with a non-designer c) You could concentrate on the low hanging fruit: Limited effort which still improves my design significantly. It won't perfect, and doesn't have to be. Note that for all of these points you would have to gain my trust, which is in itself a lot of work. Without that, I might still give it a try, but I would only willing to pay you throwaway money. But gaining my trust doesn't have to be one-on-one though, a good blog or your tutorials could do.

marcomassaro 14y ago
This is something I really want to get into. Consulting. However, I regret not having blogged sooner about my skills/expertise so it is definitely something I need to do in order to build up credibility outside of my network. Appreciate the reply.