the supplies list

While it may seem simple for a graphic designer to set up shop and run his/her own business. It’s not.

It’s especially not simple when this isn’t something that you’ve (read: I’ve) invested a lot of pre-planning into. For instance, one thing I haven’t thought about for the last four years is business cards. I mean I had Rx.com business cards once upon a time. Never received business cards for NCFH, my last job.

Marketing is such a strange animal. Marketing oneself is an even stranger animal still. Cold calling, direct mails, trade shows, conferences, etc. And when it comes down to it, you need need something to leave behind. Whether it be a card or a brochure or some other piece of schwag — not quite up to the task of building schwag for myself yet.

I guess the hardest thing for me has been figuring out how I want to concentate, which has led into another tract of conversation, involving the possibility of going back to school. As a writer, I feel like I need to. As a designer, I feel like I need to. But in the meanwhile, I’m going to try and eek out my student loan and truck payments trying my hand as a freelance designer.

My skills include:

My rate is $25/hour — though I have known to cut deals with people.I’ll just leave my card here and you can think about it.