Have your artwork prepared and in good condition otherwise it could take considerable time to repair or edit artwork. Find a good photographer. Supply high resolution artwork. 300dpi is good. Files ending in JPG, TIFF, GIF, PDF are commonly acceptable.

A final draft of text composed by you works best. For extensive changes in your text, it's best for you to recompose your text in full with all the detailed changes and send it to me in an attached document so that I can cut and paste. Unclear instructions about where and what to change in the text can lead to confusion and delays. Files ending in DOC, TXT or RTF are acceptable.

Answer all questions I ask in a timely manner and your changes will happen ASAP. Omit an answer and it could halt the project until I get the right answer. I want to save you time and money by not doubling back over guessed answers.

Make phone calls to your hosting company to get passwords and server access configurations. From experience, this could take up to an hour and half to resolve with some companies. While I'm on hold or investigating their online help literature, you are paying for my time.

Be clear about what you want. Find examples to show me. It's very subjective to guess about a shade of blue. It's very subjective to guess about a certain look. Creating samples can become costly.

It's time consuming to find photos that convey a certain mood or message that you sense or feel. This is very subjective. I'll try my very best to supply a subject, but you know best about what your eye wants to see. It's usually best if you spend the time to find images you prefer. Beauty is in the eye of you the client. Researching a photo can take a half hour or more.

If you tell me to go for it and be creative and then tell me later that what I produced was not the creativity you was looking for, this can be frustrating for both of us. It's best for you to come up with examples and then I can customize and modify the look you liked.

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