Getting better all the time

Recently I posted a "Creative Brief" PDF form on my web site. It's for anyone interested in getting some illustration done and wants to feel me out first. I also e-mail it to some clients before a project.

In a nutshell, it asks some in-depth questions about a potential client's business and project. It helps to have that info up front, so I can then have a more meaningful conversation over the phone or internet.

The proof being in the PDF pudding, I received an e-mail this week from someone who had already looked at my portfolio and filled out the creative brief. I couldn't have asked for a better way to start a dialogue with her, because she answered everything so well.

I sent her an estimate today and we should be rolling soon. BAM!

That was fun, too.

I just navigated to my Freshbooks account, added her as a client, and created an estimate with terms I had previously saved. The only thing I changed was the project amount and description of work. I clicked "e-mail" and it was done.

In the past I would have spent a lot of time finagling an InDesign template or trying to make that "other" software (shall be nameless) to work properly.

I realize that I sound like an infomercial, but I just saved so much time for myself that I'm sitting here blogging it. I love technology.