[Rickyx]

Halfday freelance.

I'll write later, Monday I have a deadline.




Ricky

[mashium123]

btw:
i'm preparing myself to move from east- back to westgermany, ideally within the next 3 months - home to my little 6-year old
so, if anyone over there will ever be in need of a freelancer... give me a hug

(edit: sorry to abuse this thread)

[-Adrian]

Do you have access to a tunnel or how will you get to the other side?

[macray]

Do you have access to a tunnel or how will you get to the other side?

no problem - nowadays the wall is gone for 20 years. He can come and go as he wants. As I'm sure you know.

Otherwise I (and others?) wouldn't be here....

[mashium123]

oh, i just meant that direction-wise. i didn't want to hurt anyone's national feelings or such... of course...

[VisualImpact]

ive seen more of my kids and wife than i would have ever done if i was in a studio. so i have a really invaluable bond with them now.

definately the best thing for me too.

[glebe digital]

[Asmithey]

One day at the architecture office in 2006, after 10 years of employment in architecture, I quit.

For the last three years I have been doing arch viz. It has been awesome. As some have mentioned, you make your own schedule. I have two boys so being able to plan play days around work is awesome. Yes, it can get a bit stressful when things slow down. But I have kind of stopped worrying about it so much. because no matter what, something has always came in to keep me going.

I do a marketing push every June/ July where I mail out over 300 mailers to interior designers, architects and developers. Out of the 300 I may get one to three initial jobs from the mailers. You have to chase the work. After you have found it, believe it, then it will find you.

I still do some architecture as well. My wife, who is an architect, and I did an addition to our house. You can see it here.

http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/rem ... r/?page=22

Also, check out my new website at http://www.aaronsmithey.com

Thanks for looking.

Aaron

[Hervé]

....

I do a marketing push every June/ July where I mail out over 300 mailers to interior designers, architects and developers. Out of the 300 I may get one to three initial jobs from the mailers. You have to chase the work. After you have found it, believe it, then it will find you.

Ermmm.. is it legal..? Don't they consider it like spam..? or do you actually know these people..? Never tried that... but apparently you're saying that works... mmmm... makes me think... all the jobs I did til now are from people finding me on http://www...

[mashium123]

no, this is not legal. at least not in europe. it's considered spam - well, if they don't know and expect your mails, of course. but as long as no one is complaining...
it's not you're sending millions throughout the whole year... (you aren't, wright? )

[Hervé]

ahhh ok.. that's what I thought... I am not sending any.... promess..

[Asmithey]

These are printed mailers. I send them through the US postal service, not the internet. So it is more like junk mail to some...but not spam.

Here is what the printed mailers look like...

Front


Back

[macray]

no, this is not legal. at least not in europe. it's considered spam - well, if they don't know and expect your mails, of course. but as long as no one is complaining...
it's not you're sending millions throughout the whole year... (you aren't, wright? )

It is legal - as long as you don't send the mail to private persons. companies should accept the mail. If they read it is something totally different.