Does your Design say what it is supposed to say?
I get it. You’ve spent weeks, nay months, developing your design project. You’ve been juggling schedules, crunching late nights and early mornings, utilizing all the market research, and pushing it to ship. It flies out the door, but falls flat.
You don’t understand why, and no one really explains why they aren’t interested. The problem is your work isn’t saying to your audience what it’s supposed to say, and they don’t know how to tell you what’s missing. I do.
Or at least, I can. When your project isn’t connecting, it’s often a misfire between your content and the context it’s delivered in. As a fellow creative, I understand the massive amount of time and attention put into building content carefully constructed to achieve the results of other successful projects. This often means you get lost in the trees while trying to build the forest. I’m here to unveil the entire ecosystem. I dig in to find out what you want your project to say, what’s blocking it, and review content and context to give you a consultation through the eyes of your audience. Every issue your audience sees, I offer a solution.
I have years of experience and education in analyzing and interpreting art, design, and film projects. My focus centers on getting your message to the world in a way that makes the world better. Let me help you find the true value of your design and make it accessible.
If your real question is: “How do I make more money with my design?”
I can’t answer that. If people aren’t clicking that pay button, subscribing, liking, whatever it is that you are expecting them to do to support your lifestyle, it’s because the message you are sending them is “pay me”.
Doesn’t matter how easy, convenient, high-end, or professional the design is. If it just says “pay me”, they aren’t going to give you money because the message “pay me” doesn’t make their world better. Don’t believe me? How many times have you ditched a free website because it asks you to disable your ad blocker? Even a site with zero money at stake for the viewer? It’s incredibly easy to disable too, yet, we don’t do it.
There are plenty of consultants and coaches that can guide you on how to make more money. They are very good at it and offer great returns. The only return I offer is understanding. Understanding how your design makes your world better. Understanding how to share it with the rest of us.
My very soul is committed to making the world a better place one message, one design, one artist at a time. Making money from that understanding is up to you.
I offer the following services in the following areas:
Written Consultation
Each written consultation consists of the following:
An inspection from the perspective of your audience
Details on how your audience is missing your message
Thoughtful solutions for repairing miscommunications
An overall view at defining your message, if necessary
Due to time constraints, I can only respond once to any questions about a written consultation. Further consultation will be billed as an additional written or verbal consultation.
Verbal Consultation
In addition to my written consultation, we discuss via phone, Facetime, Skype, Signal, or Zoom deeper design considerations such as:
How your message effects your audience/the world
Q & A for any parts of the written consultation
Potential marketing approaches with your design
Ethical concerns about elements of your design
Verbal consultations will be scheduled for 90 minutes and billed per hour beyond that. Once again, due to time constraints verbal consultations may be scheduled out more than a week. Patience is appreciated so that all clients receive my utmost attention.
Retainer
You can retain my written and verbal services for a monthly fee. Retainers are made on a tiered basis depending on the availability you require my services.
Tier 1: A written consultation and 2 verbal consultations per month
Tier 2: A written consultation and 4 verbal consultations per month
Tier 3: A written consultation and unlimited verbal consultations per month
I only offer a limited number of retainers per tier. I will always attempt to return a consultation request as soon as possible for my retainers.
Design Proposal
For those who would rather have me produce a design for them, I offer my design services as part of a consultation. From the initial consultation, we’ll work out a proposal for the project. I am not a web designer, and I don’t have the resources to produce video, so my design proposals are currently limited to:
Click on any service above to email me a request. You’ll get a reply within two or three business days requesting the materials I’ll require for a consultation or proposal, your payment options, and any additional details needed. Nothing is charged or billed until you receive your service.
Questions? Concerns? Feedback? More information?
web & graphic design
Consultations in this area focus on missed connections between elements in the design. As each part of a design is generated, even the best designers can mismatch the details and send a confusing message.
Art & FILM
My strongest area of consultation. For visual art of all mediums, I focus my consultations on the unity of three philosophic aspects: beauty, empathy, and morality. Without the unity of these elements, your intention as the artist can fail to come across. Yes, even if your intention is to be intentionless.
resumes
Due to popular demand, I offer consultations on writing a better resume. I’m not a resume guru, but I’ve seen so many over the years that I know what catches the eye and what doesn’t. I also understand why a good resume gets you an interview. I offer resume consultations at reduced price as they require less analysis than an art or design project.