As a student who is about to enter society without work experience, the way of dealing with customers is what I lack the most. I appreciate the experience sharing and advice you provide.
When I saw the title I was like what do you mean? But imagine at Chef asking you for feedback about the food, what did that mean the chef isn't sure that the food is actually that good?
These advice is very legit and useful especially the need to call in each progress or check ins which, most of the time works better via email or comments on the design file for designers. We need more on these videos for those who looking to do design job out of their full time job.
I really appreciate all the work and effort you are putting into these videos and the Academy. I wish you were my professor in high school for web design back in 2015. I think by now I'd be a senior, lol. Keep up the great work, Michal! ✨️
Your title might be misleading (it might convert better though ;), I would argue that you are asking for feedback but doing it in a much better way than most designers are taught or used to. Feedback is one of the crucial ways to move the project forward and your tips on how to do it are great! (especially those about the contracts).
Thanks for all the info! I like the part about not asking for feedback but I assume there are some revision clauses in the contract as well? To prevent endless revision requests?
Such a great video for someone wanting to start his journey as a contractor. I didn't get my head around this 5:35. Do you mean we should add it to the contract so that we get paid for this extra value that make the project more pro? I am a web IA developer, but that was helpful for me. Hope this type of content will raise the standard in the industry of contractors. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your valuable insights and expertise! I truly admire your work and I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn from you. I bought a few of your books to get me started with upleveling my skills. Thank you again for your guidance and inspiration!
Trying to communicate with developers who speak very poor English is the absolute worst. They submit builds that are wrong and just say they don't understand the feedback and hope I give up so we move on.
@@MalewiczHype yes I know, but some previous content are part knowledge, and other sending us to paid course, which is also okay. I have all your necessary paid courses but not everyone can afford it despite how you give discounts and make it quite affordable. But you're always the best though as always you deliver every time.
Thank you for your thoughts and good tips. It's not all that easy in practice. Each client is a new adventure full of ups and downs. The most important thing is that with each project we are more and more confident in ourselves, our skills and our rates :) Have a beatiful day! ☀
Of course it has to be gradual but definitely these are directions worth taking with client work. If you specify your "rules" before signing a client they can accept or maybe negotiate them too a little.
I started to make video chats with client where i go through all design and tell my design decisions. So when they are commenting on design... there are no questions asked why it looks like this etc. 😅
Developers who butcher designs is so common. Not sure why they do this. It's not good enough to say "they are not designers" - that's why there is a design in the first place. I don't understand why they don't put a png behind the design they are working on and overlay the coded html on top. I have an understanding of html/css and have often just code snippets to show what I am after (or interrogate their code and refer to that).
Hi Michal, how are u? I'm doing great! Can u make a video about the relevance of prototypes? Like, should I really go super deep in them? Just for showing for the client? Or if it's only the necessary, I can just explain to the dev later or smth like that? I really enjoy doing the prototypes, but I don't have Figma's paid version yet, since I'm unemployed. So I'm kinda limited to do only what the free version can do.
I think asking for feedback is important but should be done in a way of "I am an expert for design and you are the expert for your company and marketing strategy and I'm asking you which turn you want to take here". Most of the time you can't cover everything in a brief. If you are good at explaining what a particular design decision means, what culture it transports and where it positions them you are still the expert. For payment it may vary by country but in Germany we have a big company for credit scores that everybody uses and if somebody doesn't pay you can hire a debt collector and that can negatively affect their score in the end. It costs a bit of money as well but is not as bothersome as suing.
Do I need to have a developer in my agency to develop the apps/websites that I design? Or should I handoff my design to a external developer? What's the best way?
@@MalewiczHype Like they would pay on time, co-operate with the workflow, and later once you commit for a longer term, they schedule too many meetings, keep sending re-works, similar to the things you described.
They went with solid. But that was meeting 4. The first three were basically changing the decision all the time - and in the end it turned out the display for the device wasn't quality enough anyone so almost nobody would see a difference.
@@MalewiczHype yeah that's exactly what I've been thinking about couple days ago, client keeps telling me that the blue color need to be more dark that ended up i made it almost black so he's happy with the dark blue 😂🙏
More of contents like this please 🙏🏿
Thank you!
More of this, please! Your business advice is gold. for example, how much would you charge as a junior doing their first web design?
As a student who is about to enter society without work experience, the way of dealing with customers is what I lack the most. I appreciate the experience sharing and advice you provide.
As a newly freelancer that's the video I needed very straightforward and clear. Thank you!
When I saw the title I was like what do you mean? But imagine at Chef asking you for feedback about the food, what did that mean the chef isn't sure that the food is actually that good?
Pure GOLD. This is coming from someone who started freelancing in 2017 :)
More, please :D
These advice is very legit and useful especially the need to call in each progress or check ins which, most of the time works better via email or comments on the design file for designers.
We need more on these videos for those who looking to do design job out of their full time job.
Great video, I came to the same conclusions through my experience
Thanks Michal. Been following your content for a while now and I've just started freelancing. Perfect timing, this video.
Awesome video, well documented and explained. Yes we want moarrr Michal😉😉
Will think about it ;)
I really appreciate all the work and effort you are putting into these videos and the Academy. I wish you were my professor in high school for web design back in 2015. I think by now I'd be a senior, lol. Keep up the great work, Michal! ✨️
Your title might be misleading (it might convert better though ;), I would argue that you are asking for feedback but doing it in a much better way than most designers are taught or used to. Feedback is one of the crucial ways to move the project forward and your tips on how to do it are great! (especially those about the contracts).
Thanks for all the info! I like the part about not asking for feedback but I assume there are some revision clauses in the contract as well? To prevent endless revision requests?
Such a great video for someone wanting to start his journey as a contractor.
I didn't get my head around this 5:35. Do you mean we should add it to the contract so that we get paid for this extra value that make the project more pro?
I am a web IA developer, but that was helpful for me.
Hope this type of content will raise the standard in the industry of contractors.
Thank you!
This video is so valuable!!! Thank you for sharing your golden nuggets with us :D
I chuckled ;)
Thank you so much for sharing your valuable insights and expertise! I truly admire your work and I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn from you. I bought a few of your books to get me started with upleveling my skills. Thank you again for your guidance and inspiration!
Thanks! Comments like this keep me motivated that it's not a total waste of time to record these videos :)
Appreciate the support!
Stunning video with a mega huge value, thank you as usual Michal!
Trying to communicate with developers who speak very poor English is the absolute worst. They submit builds that are wrong and just say they don't understand the feedback and hope I give up so we move on.
I missed your knowledge filled content like this, you're top-notch.🎉❤
Missed? I do videos every week ;)
@@MalewiczHype yes I know, but some previous content are part knowledge, and other sending us to paid course, which is also okay.
I have all your necessary paid courses but not everyone can afford it despite how you give discounts and make it quite affordable.
But you're always the best though as always you deliver every time.
Awesome advice 🎉
Thank you for your thoughts and good tips. It's not all that easy in practice. Each client is a new adventure full of ups and downs. The most important thing is that with each project we are more and more confident in ourselves, our skills and our rates :) Have a beatiful day! ☀
Of course it has to be gradual but definitely these are directions worth taking with client work. If you specify your "rules" before signing a client they can accept or maybe negotiate them too a little.
Couldn't agree more... especially butchering part. Learned that early in the career.
Thanks for this excellent video!!!!
My pleasure!
Definitely more!
Great video, lots of good information!
Well done!👏👏👏
I started to make video chats with client where i go through all design and tell my design decisions. So when they are commenting on design... there are no questions asked why it looks like this etc. 😅
Exactly!
Can you explain how to do the video chat so I can utilize. Help a friend please.
Developers who butcher designs is so common. Not sure why they do this. It's not good enough to say "they are not designers" - that's why there is a design in the first place. I don't understand why they don't put a png behind the design they are working on and overlay the coded html on top. I have an understanding of html/css and have often just code snippets to show what I am after (or interrogate their code and refer to that).
Hi Michal, how are u? I'm doing great! Can u make a video about the relevance of prototypes? Like, should I really go super deep in them? Just for showing for the client? Or if it's only the necessary, I can just explain to the dev later or smth like that? I really enjoy doing the prototypes, but I don't have Figma's paid version yet, since I'm unemployed. So I'm kinda limited to do only what the free version can do.
I think asking for feedback is important but should be done in a way of "I am an expert for design and you are the expert for your company and marketing strategy and I'm asking you which turn you want to take here". Most of the time you can't cover everything in a brief. If you are good at explaining what a particular design decision means, what culture it transports and where it positions them you are still the expert. For payment it may vary by country but in Germany we have a big company for credit scores that everybody uses and if somebody doesn't pay you can hire a debt collector and that can negatively affect their score in the end. It costs a bit of money as well but is not as bothersome as suing.
The "not asking for feedback" is more of a metaphor on how to phrase it - as obviously there's business related feedback.
You're a real one
Same video but on things you learned to stay productive and use time efficiently!!
That may come but to the second channel as productivity is not just design oriented - especially in my case.
Michal B yelling at the monitor f!*k you is my fav part 👌
that's a "dramatic recreation" ;)
Do I need to have a developer in my agency to develop the apps/websites that I design? Or should I handoff my design to a external developer? What's the best way?
Waiting ❤
I'm excited for this :)
How do you deal with clients who fake it during that initial phase of 1-2 weeks? Coz some clients might just wait for us to commit :(
Fake it how?
@@MalewiczHype Like they would pay on time, co-operate with the workflow, and later once you commit for a longer term, they schedule too many meetings, keep sending re-works, similar to the things you described.
Those are rare cases - in most cases you see people for who they are right away.
@@MalewiczHype I get you.
Also, thanks for sharing these tips.... the video is super helpful! :)
I wonder how that meeting ended up for a decision🤣🤣
They went with solid. But that was meeting 4.
The first three were basically changing the decision all the time - and in the end it turned out the display for the device wasn't quality enough anyone so almost nobody would see a difference.
@@MalewiczHype yeah that's exactly what I've been thinking about couple days ago, client keeps telling me that the blue color need to be more dark that ended up i made it almost black so he's happy with the dark blue 😂🙏
"design doesn't end with the design files" 🤔
that it doesn't
whennnn
soonnnn
Nice nice nice nice nice
Very nice