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7 Common Design Mistakes That Clients Love (and how to fight back)

I found this on crestock.com, very interesting and wanna share :)

From flash intros, to logo theft, to information overload, clients often ask a design team to do a lot of stuff that’s just plain wrong. Here are 7 of the most common mistakes clients might ask you to make — and how to talk some sense into them.

1. Scrimping on photography

The problem: For some reason, lots of clients will happily pay for hours and hours of a designer’s time, printing costs, etc., etc., but they’ll freak out when it comes time to pay for photography. Either they’ll want to avoid using it altogether, or they’ll send you a bunch of lame images from their marketing department. Of course, not every project needs photos. But when you know they would make a big difference to the quality and effectiveness of the design, it’s frustrating to be told no.

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