<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e625871d-2489-4c7a-b4d2-7e427690d1d6/222C840A-867D-4698-AE9B-E6E538E24611/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://performancing.com/node/4590" href="http://performancing.com/node/4590" style="font-size: 11px;">performancing.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://performancing.com/node/4590"><P><A rel="nofollow" href="http://www.paintercreativity.com/articles/top-10-lies.html" linkindex="11">Top 10 Lies told to Naive Artists and Designers</A> (by Painter Creativity)<BR />The classical arguments everybody doing freelance contract work knows or should know. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://performancing.com/node/4590"><OL> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Do this one cheap (or free) and we'll make it up on the next one."</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"We never pay a cent until we see the final product."</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Do this for us and you'll get great exposure! The jobs will just pour in!"</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">On looking at sketches or concepts: "Well, we aren't sure if we want to use you yet, but leave your material here so I can talk to my partner/investor/wife/clergy."</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Well, the job isn't CANCELLED, just delayed. Keep the account open and we'll continue in a month or two."</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Contract? We don't need no stinking contact! Aren't we friends?"</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Send me a bill after the work goes to press."</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"The last guy did it for XXX dollars."</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Our budget is XXX dollars, firm."</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"We are having financial problems. Give us the work, we'll make some money and we'll pay you. Simple."</LI> </OL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/222C840A-867D-4698-AE9B-E6E538E24611/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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