http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/industry-research-for-fun-profit/ BoDo Business of Design online Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:42:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/industry-research-for-fun-profit/#comment-10962 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:37:49 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/industry-research-for-fun-profit/#comment-10962 Thank you for the heads up. The internet is really a fertile place to find for the things you are looking for. It is also a potent tool for learning new things. Thank you for the heads up. The internet is really a fertile place to find for the things you are looking for. It is also a potent tool for learning new things.

]]> http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/industry-research-for-fun-profit/#comment-2225 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:02:38 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/industry-research-for-fun-profit/#comment-2225 I think doing research on a client's industry is a good idea, but it's been my experience that very few clients want me to tell them what is going on in THEIR industry. They don't want me to give them solutions that would better their position in their industry; they want me to put this copy in this brochure like this. Although I'd love to be a business consultant, my clients see me as a graphic designer and look to me to perform specific tasks. I think doing research on a client’s industry is a good idea, but it’s been my experience that very few clients want me to tell them what is going on in THEIR industry. They don’t want me to give them solutions that would better their position in their industry; they want me to put this copy in this brochure like this. Although I’d love to be a business consultant, my clients see me as a graphic designer and look to me to perform specific tasks.

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