Exactly! Spec work was something I was unfamiliar with until it was mentioned on the podcast once, in a very negative light. It's exploitative as you say, because what companies do, is they get a whole bunch of designers to work on the same project, and then choose the best one and all the others are left empty handed. It's an American thing, we don't have it here fortunately. It's very unethical.
Ha-ha, I won't even sit down and switch on my PC without 50% upfront! Once bitten, twice shy! We're launching an online store in January, so it's been very satisfying working on my own brand again - no suits with shaking heads :-) I'm a bit rusty on the social media marketing side of things though, so I'm busy reading this book at the moment... so Facebook IS actually good for something...
Ha-ha, I won't even sit down and switch on my PC without 50% upfront! Once bitten, twice shy! We're launching an online store in January, so it's been very satisfying working on my own brand again - no suits with shaking heads :-) I'm a bit rusty on the social media marketing side of things though, so I'm busy reading this book at the moment... so Facebook IS actually good for something...
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