Patrick Ortman
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That’s what we pay, too. Just another datapoint…
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I know this is not necessarily helpful advice, but a friend of mine shot a feature film there about 5 years ago and he told me that one thing that did freak him out a bit was that his local prod coordinator hired human beings to act as sandbags in some cases, because it was cheaper and easier than bringing in additional actual bags.
Weird, huh? He told me the prod went off without a hitch, and that seeing things like the Great Wall were truly amazing and life changing.
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LOL well, can’t let any of us get *too* big a head, right? Although, seriously, the article on Grinders you guys put out probably saved my bacon more than twice, and I’ve referred a lot of colleagues to it. If I haven’t said so before, thank you Ron! This is not an easy business, but the Cow is helping me a lot.
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Ron, you nailed it- as you almost always do 🙂
>> When these things happen, people get conservative in the way that they handle their business dealings. Most get into protective modes and try to save themselves by not doing anything adventurous. << I'm gonna print that out and put it on our wall. P --------------------- http://www.patrickortman.com
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>> flat fee vs. hourly
We’re just getting out of a bad situation from a nasty grinder from Las Vegas, NV on exactly this issue- they insisted on a flat fee, then started adding things to the scope (OK, the crazy bugger continually added stuff, every day, sometimes several times a day to the scope- ugh!).
When we told them they could have as many changes as they’d like, but that they’d have to switch to paying us by the hour, they freaked out and threatened me and my business, our employees, etc. It’s pretty nasty, and now my attorney’s involved.
So I guess the additional two cents I’m adding are:
1) This sort of thing happens, even to the not-so-new-at-this crowd, once in a great while- and it’s never acceptable to let them walk all over you.
2) If they act all crazy at you for insisting on getting paid for your work, you DEFINITELY did the right thing by speaking up for yourself as early as you did.
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We’re a Los Angeles website design company that’s been around for a looooong time, and our favorite CMSs right now are MODx (great for designers) and a new custom solution we’ve built on top of Adobe’s new Business Catalyst system.
That second option may work really well for you in the next few months, because hopefully Adobe will be supporting it in a big way, and you already have a plug in for it that lets you use Dreamweaver for a lot of the design tasks you’ll need to do. It’s pretty sweet.
Joomla sucks, because it puts nasty tables in your pages. WordPress has possibilities, if your needs are pretty basic. But it sounds like the Adobe solution (coming soon) will be best for you.
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Second the “it’s a bit dark” comment. But for my eyes, it’s very readable. Depends on your audience.
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We love Foxycart, and our clients think we’re brilliant for what we do for them using it.
OSCommerce is also alright, and zencart, too. But for us, Foxycart covers most everyone’s needs and it’s extremely web designer-friendly (which is pretty important for our little Los Angeles web design company :-))!
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Yup, works on postcards too. We send out postcards to current clients and researched prospects (people who can actually use our services) every couple of months, highlighting a recent project or service offering.
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It was only a matter of time. And that’s OK, cut out the commercials and ads, make it better quality HD, and give it to me anywhere I want it- and remember to note where I stopped watching on my Mac so I can pick it up on my tablet in the same spot.
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