1. An Idea is Born
| Lesson One | Your Assignments | Discussion | Alternatives |
from Jacci Howard Bear
Welcome to the Start a Desktop Publishing Business Email Course. In our first lesson we’re going to find out if freelance design is right for you and if you are right for it.
To get the most from this and future lessons, don’t skip a lesson just because you think it doesn’t apply to you and don’t skip the assignments associated with each lesson. This course is free, but it is most effective if you treat it as if you’d paid money for the class. Do the assignments. It doesn’t matter if no one but you sees the work, put what you are learning in writing. If you do, by the end of this course you’ll have a working business plan and the beginnings of a marketing plan, a freelance contract, a realistic hourly rate and project pricing, and a better understanding of what running a design business is all about.
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Lesson 1: Why Use Portfolios
| Create a Portfolio in 6 Days |
from Jacci Howard Bear
Welcome to the Create a Portfolio in 6 Days Email Class. This is the first of 6 daily lessons. If you are receiving this class in error, see the link at the bottom of this email to unsubscribe from the class.
In our first lesson we hit on the basics of why you need a a portfolio. Each lesson in this class consists of 1 or 2 pages of instruction and an assignment. If you do the steps outlined in each of the assignments, by the end of the class you will have at least the beginnings of a useable portfolio.
Lesson 1 – Navigating the Workspace
| Read this First! | The Lessons | Review & Quiz | Help |
from Sue Chastain
Welcome to Week 1 of Adobe Photoshop Basics. In this week’s lessons you will learn about Navigating the Workspace.
Missing lessons: If you ever miss a lesson, you can visit http://graphicssoft.about.com/c/ec/1lost.htm to request a resend of the missing lesson. This link is provided at the end of all course emails.
If you subscribed to this course in error, scroll to the end of this message and follow the cancellation link.
1. Going Freelance
| Lessons | Your Assignments | Discussion |
from Jacci Howard Bear
Welcome to the Start a Desktop Publishing Business Email Course. In our first two lessons we’re going to find out if freelance design is right for you and if you are right for it and find out if you’ve got the design skills needed or if you’ll need to budget for more training.
To get the most from these and future lessons, don’t skip a lesson just because you think it doesn’t apply to you and don’t skip the assignments associated with each lesson. This course is free, but it is most effective if you treat it as if you’d paid money for the class. Do the assignments. It doesn’t matter if no one but you sees the work, put what you are learning in writing. If you do, by the end of this course you’ll have a working business plan and the beginnings of a marketing plan, a freelance contract, a realistic hourly rate and project pricing, and a better understanding of what running a design business is all about.
