For Clients

After reading three posting spats on Craig’s List this weekend, I decided to bring some more attention to this issue through my blog. Some of you who have been browsing my site, or following me for a while, will be aware that this is not a new issue for me, and something I am very passionate about.

There are a lot of people on Craig’s List (and frankly, all over the internet) who seem to expect illustrations, animation, design, web design, photography, etc. for free. I can’t count how many posts I see specifically requesting a “student”- from businesses or individuals hoping they’ll get someone who doesn’t know what their work and education is WORTH. I ran into the same thing when I was the switchboard operator at the Columbus College of Art and Design- we probably got at least two calls a day from businesses wanting students to gain “educational experience” doing work for them- for free. You know what we did? We told them they were out of luck, and hung up.

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Or, Finding Your Site A Home.

Hosting seems to be very mysterious for most of my clients, and I find some people don’t even realize they need it. So! What is it? How on earth do you pick one? And how much should you be paying? Read on and find out. (more…)

Everyone and their extended family three times removed has written an article about domain names. Why am I bothering, you may ask? There is conflicting advice all over the web, and a Google search is overwhelming. I’m going to discuss what I feel is important for my current and potential clients to know about owning a domain. (more…)

I just came across a fantastic website that allows you to create an account and try out practically every open source (meaning it’s free) content management system. This includes image galleries, shopping carts, blogging software, and more complex community software. (more…)

In my time freelancing, I’ve discovered that many clients who come to me for a project don’t understand all the bits and pieces, and what will be required of them after I’m out of the picture. It’s understandable! This isn’t what you do for a living, afterall. That’s why I’m here, and why I’m planning on writing up these articles. (more…)

Greetings and salutations, and welcome to my little home on the web.

I’m Audrey Sargent, Freelance Artist. (more…)

Concerning topics and questions I’m often asked about.

In this particular day and age when so many artists will work for lower prices, I generally charge enough to earn an honest living at what I love.

This seems to cause some confusion in some of my potential clients, and for understandable reasons. Why, after all, should you pay me so much money to build you
a website when you can go to any number of sites on the web and find artists willing to work for next to free?

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