Rookie Designer Podcast

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment In this episode we’ll take a look at how you can improve customer relations by planning ahead for emergency situations and I’ll field a couple of topics posed by listeners about how, what, and when to buy equipment for your freelance design needs. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Journey Ed Sponsor: Hold your meetings online for just $49 a month Try GoToMeeting free. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 123 – Preparing for Emergencies and Buying Equipment

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more We’ll discuss a couple of questions sent in by our listeners dealing with the topics of what to put in your portfolio and what NOT to put in there, when is the right time to make the jump into freelance as a full-time position and some other red flags to watch out for in freelance. Links from the show: 10 Absolute “Nos!” for Freelancers (Creative Bits) Rookie Designer on Facebook In the Bullpen: Clients From Hell GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 122 – Portfolios, When to Jump to Full Time Freelance and more

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country In this episode we’re hitting the mailbag and covering some topics sent in by our listeners. Topics will include coming up with a strategy for delivering content that your target audience can consume and use, keeping your portfolio diverse and keeping your creativity at a high level, even when things get stagnant at your job, and also dealing with payments when you are in a different country than your freelance client. Links from the show: Rookie Designer on Facebook Rookie Designer on Twitter In the Bullpen: Web and Designers Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 121 – Content Strategy, Keeping your Portfolio Diverse & Dealing with Clients in Another Country

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior In this episode we’ll cover a topic sent in by a listener who is having a problem at the workplace. What is the role of a junior designer as opposed to a senior designer? Who is supposed to know what, and is the senior supposed to be a sort of mentor for the junior? We’ll discuss these questions and more. Links from the show: Rookie Designer forum In the Bullpen: Core 77 Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 120 – Senior vs Junior

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion This episode is a bit of a “Part 2” to the last time I spoke about not being afraid to voice your opinions when it comes to design solutions. We will cover this again, bringing in some new factors and guidelines to make your comments as effective as possible. Links from the show: When Bad Things Happen to Good Content Management Systems In the Bullpen: Desizn Tech Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 119 – Voice Your Opinion

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems In this episode I will share some of my knowledge of Content Management Systems including WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. We will focus on the definition and purpose of CMS tools, as well as how they can be very useful in helping you design for your own business as well as others. Links from the show: WordPress Joomla Drupal Dreamhost (my web hosting service) Lynda.com In the Bullpen: The Pro Designer The Pro Designer on Twitter Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 118 – Content Management Systems

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Again our topic comes from one of the listeners and the question is this: “Do you HAVE to own or run a business to freelance? What if you just do a few projects every now and then, as a side thing apart from your full time job?.” We’ll talk to several different subjects as related to the “casual” or “part-time” freelancer, and what needs to still be covered, even if freelancing is not your primary job. Links from the show: Rookie Designer Podcast on Facebook In the Bullpen: Work Awesome Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 117 – Is Part Time Freelancing a Business

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research A question from one of our listeners sparks a conversation on accepting cash as payment for freelance work. We also take an in-depth look at research techniques for learning more about how customers/audience members use an application. Links from the show: Google Analytics In the Bullpen: Photoshop Preset Viewer Brush Pilot Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 116 – Freelance Payment Options & Intense Audience Research

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Have you thought about an internship to finish out your educational career? Do you know some of the challenges that you might be faced with in an internship? We’ll take a look at these topics as I answer some internship questions from one of our audience members. Book Review: Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives A very good book for those learning how to integrate the “business key objectives” side of the equation into their design process and strategy. Great reading material for the intermediate to advanced design professional with thorough investigation via case studies of specific design solutions and implementation. Click on the book to pick it up at Amazon. Links from the show: LinkedIn In the Bullpen: Six Revisions Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems? Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 115 – Internship Problems?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning More life (and career) lessons from my work experience to you! We’ll discuss the lack of research and how it can foil your designs before they even get started, and some of the important information that you definitely want to pick up before you even start a project. We will also dive into the core values of Scrum and how those directly relate to a workflow that can help any designer to end up with the design result they are looking for. We’ll also touch on client relations and a state of mind that can help you relate to your clients and understand better what their goals are. Links from the show: boagworld Paul Boag – Getting your clients to say YES (3rd video down) In the Bullpen: I Love Typography Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 114 – Research and Planning

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Its 12 o’clock and you break out the sack lunch, but you still feel the need to be productive with your hour away from work. Are there things you can do to further your career in design? Of course, but what can be done in an hour to bolster your skills and design savvy?! In this episode we’ll take a look at some of the things you can do with your “free” (and i use that term loosely) time to help you bone up on your application skills and possibly get a leg-up on the thousands of other designers out there. Links from the show: Lynda.com Layers Magazine NAPP O’REILLY In the Bullpen: Creattica Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 113 – What To Do With Your “Free” Time

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman? Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman? Possibly the most difficult part of moving from the “safe confines” of a full-time job into a freelance situation is the ability to keep clients and projects coming in. The logical answer… hire someone who excels at selling to come in and do it for you. A sales person on your team would mean more time for you to do what you do best, design, and less headaches related to obtaining and maintaining clients… right? It sounds great in theory, but I’ll use this episode to explain why I think it might not be such a match made in heaven. Links from the show: Outlaw Design Blog In the Bullpen: Just Creative Design: 99 Sites ALL Designers Must Know About Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman? Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 112 – Should You Hire a Salesman?

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Will the REAL episode 111 please show yourself… sorry for the slip up to those of you who were expecting a new episode, only to find yourself listening to 110 for a second time. Here is the real deal! Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… you now have a voice and a forum in which to express your opinions. The bad news… everyone is listening, whether you want them to or not. We’ll discuss some of the ramifications of social media on the design field and how it may be affecting you. Links from the show: Vans.com Adobe Air FaceDesk In the Bullpen: JobPile Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 111 – Organizing Folder Madness and Flash Grows Up

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business Social media is a movement that has been building for sometime and now appears at every corner, in your personal life and in business. There is no escaping the technology as it is being utilized by companies to steer marketing campaigns for everything from music to household products you use every day. The good news… you now have a voice and a forum in which to express your opinions. The bad news… everyone is listening, whether you want them to or not. We’ll discuss some of the ramifications of social media on the design field and how it may be affecting you. Links from the show: Twitter Myspace Facebook LinkedIn LastFM In the Bullpen: Creative Photoshop Brushes Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 110 – Social Media and Business

Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client When you start putting yourself out there and share your talents on a freelance basis, your going to come to understand what many before you have already… its HARD to find high quality clients. Its relatively easy to find clients who want you to work for next to nothing, get the work done yesterday and don’t appreciate the quality of your work, but this is not what we want. In this episode we’ll talk about some ways to make your journey into freelancing more successful and hopefully end up with clients that are willing to pay what your high quality of work is worth. Links from the show: Freelance Switch John Nack on Adobe In the Bullpen: Web Designer Depot Try GoToMeeting for 45 days! Visit www.GoToMeeting.com/techpodcasts to start your free trial today. Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client Rookie Designer Podcast - - Rookie Designer 109 – A Better Quality of Freelance Client