No-Spec!

Generating income online is a dream for many people, as they get to take control of their time and spend more moments with their families. Although online ventures are as not difficult as they seem, they need high levels of discipline. There are endless...

John Scarrott and the Design Business Association thought it would be interesting to get a client’s perspective on free pitching, so asked Tom Foulkes, marketing director of Peter Brett Associates, about how he buys design expertise.
“Fundamentally, we believe the creative pitch is commercially toxic and is a tradition the marketing profession can do without. Commercially toxic may sound a little over the top but here are some of the potential hidden consequences of the creative...

Joe Rinaldi, VP of business development at Happy Cog, wrote an excellent article aimed at design clients about how spec work doesn’t just threaten the design businesses that take part, it threatens the clients’ companies and their projects, too.
“Each time agencies pre-invest in spec work, they mortgage their organizations on winning the work and the payment that will follow. Because their sales process includes unpaid design and development work before a project is officially “won,” the pressure...

Karishma Kasabia of Melbourne-based studio Kish+Co talking about crowdsourcing.
In the Kish+Co studio
How do I know if I should use crowdsourcing to get my design job done?