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Adriana · 06-12-2003, 18:41

hello peers
i have a question.

recently i've been wanting to devote more time into creating club flyers. some weeks ago i came in contact with a club promotor who was interested in my work for future flyer designs. immediately he told me about future projects, gave me tips and ideas of what he wanted, etc...but everytime we'd get to the discussion of setting up a date to meet, he'd cancel. anyway, things never really went down. we did the whole phone tag bit, until he said he'd call back and never did. eventually i backed off.

so it's been a while since that time and now a second oppurtunity has risen. i might be doing work for a second promotor. this time i do not want things to lag or be put to a stop. i just want them to work smoothly and with some professionalism.

so, my question to all who have done and continue to design flyer work, could you give me a little advise on how to be taken more seriously? could you give me a run around on how everything is suppose to be done? do's and don'ts?

oh, and another thing...this might be a dumb question, but i seriously dont know...once the design is done, who is the one incharge of actually getting the flyers done? i've met designers who also print the flyers. i've met very few that dont.

bare with me.
thank you.

stealthcow · 07-12-2003, 05:41

i'm doing flyers for a radio station at the moment.. i live with someone who works there and they got me in touch with the marketing dept

i organised a meeting time and went and discussed ideas with a few people from the station and am knocking together a few designs based on those ideas

once the designs are done they'll be doing the printing

can't think of any do's or don'ts, apart from meeting asap and finding out exactly what they want

Brown · 07-12-2003, 07:46

well done

oli · 07-12-2003, 08:53

Go and meet them, discuss what they want on the flyer design wise and information wise, ask whether they want you to handle the printing, make a mockup, take some feedback, finalise the design and get it approved, get them printed (or not).

what Id do anyway

flatcat · 07-12-2003, 22:02

Yah...some promotors will want to get the printing done...and some will want you to do it...make sure to include the cost of printing extraneous to your costs otherwise you may end up getting shafted for part of the money. Also, many designers organize the printing of the artwork because they want to make sure that everything looks like it's supposed to (many designers are very particular about how their work looks in the final print because they expect it to be a certain way/color depth/etc. and their name is usually attached to it...so they don't want a print with bad cuts/bleeds going out with their name on it....)

disco · 07-12-2003, 23:35

yeah, for all of the club flyers i have done, the promotor has dealt with the printer. i think if it's a promotor that prints flyers every week or so... they usually have a particular printer they go to, so most likely you won't need to deal with that, although it is a possibility. now one thing i should warn you about, is promotors (at least in my experience) are VERY slow to pay. you have to bug them and bug them and bug them to death to get them to pay you, so keep that in mind. i'm still waiting to get paid for a flyer i did 4 weeks ago! grrrr..... but good luck!

gwx · 08-12-2003, 03:02

great

06-12-2003, 18:41	#1 (permalink)
Adriana Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 5	flyer work. help? hello peers i have a question. recently i've been wanting to devote more time into creating club flyers. some weeks ago i came in contact with a club promotor who was interested in my work for future flyer designs. immediately he told me about future projects, gave me tips and ideas of what he wanted, etc...but everytime we'd get to the discussion of setting up a date to meet, he'd cancel. anyway, things never really went down. we did the whole phone tag bit, until he said he'd call back and never did. eventually i backed off. so it's been a while since that time and now a second oppurtunity has risen. i might be doing work for a second promotor. this time i do not want things to lag or be put to a stop. i just want them to work smoothly and with some professionalism. so, my question to all who have done and continue to design flyer work, could you give me a little advise on how to be taken more seriously? could you give me a run around on how everything is suppose to be done? do's and don'ts? oh, and another thing...this might be a dumb question, but i seriously dont know...once the design is done, who is the one incharge of actually getting the flyers done? i've met designers who also print the flyers. i've met very few that dont. bare with me. thank you.

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flatcat Balinese Buddah Sensei Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 765	Yah...some promotors will want to get the printing done...and some will want you to do it...make sure to include the cost of printing extraneous to your costs otherwise you may end up getting shafted for part of the money. Also, many designers organize the printing of the artwork because they want to make sure that everything looks like it's supposed to (many designers are very particular about how their work looks in the final print because they expect it to be a certain way/color depth/etc. and their name is usually attached to it...so they don't want a print with bad cuts/bleeds going out with their name on it....) __________________ audentes fortuna iuvat Flatcat

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stealthcow knocking heads Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,914	i'm doing flyers for a radio station at the moment.. i live with someone who works there and they got me in touch with the marketing dept i organised a meeting time and went and discussed ideas with a few people from the station and am knocking together a few designs based on those ideas once the designs are done they'll be doing the printing can't think of any do's or don'ts, apart from meeting asap and finding out exactly what they want

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Brown volkswagen yellow & gold Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: london, england. Posts: 6,147	well done

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disco Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 7	yeah, for all of the club flyers i have done, the promotor has dealt with the printer. i think if it's a promotor that prints flyers every week or so... they usually have a particular printer they go to, so most likely you won't need to deal with that, although it is a possibility. now one thing i should warn you about, is promotors (at least in my experience) are VERY slow to pay. you have to bug them and bug them and bug them to death to get them to pay you, so keep that in mind. i'm still waiting to get paid for a flyer i did 4 weeks ago! grrrr..... but good luck!

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