Why should I work with a professional graphic designer?

Now, the part I am sure you are wondering about. Why do I even need a graphic designer? How do you find a good graphic designer without paying thousands and thousands of dollars for his or her services? Well, to the first question of why. Because if you don’t, your competition will. Also, because you are not a designer (if you happen to be a skilled graphic artist with years of computer knowledge and virtual mastery of all the required programs, then I apologize – skip this section and move on, otherwise…), you are a businessperson. You job is to find clients and make money. A good designer is worth their weight in gold. The average price is $55.00 to $85.00 per hour and they go as high as firm prices of $350.00 per hour. Of course, I am not expecting you to pay that much, nor would I myself. At Visions Unlimited, we are below the industry standard and only charge $50.00 per hour for graphic design. This saves you money!

If that price scares you, and you think that you can do it yourself, keep this in mind. The computers and software needed to make good marketing material is very expensive, and the thousands of hours required to master them is prohibitive. There is a huge difference between professional graphic software and home graphics programs. The professional programs make it possible for designers to save to disk and go right to the print shop for production (the design/printing industry use the same software). Your home programs (Word, Excel, Publisher, Paint, Powerpoint, etc.) are meant for simple things like greeting cards, family newsletters, you know, stuff with clip-art (p.s.- if you ever catch your designer using clip-art, fire him, the shoot him… clip-art screams, “UNPROFESSIONAL”). So, remember, your home programs won’t work for professional printing nor will they look professional.

Another benefit to using a designer is they will always take your work to the printer ready to go. Printers like to print. They don’t like to reformat and fix mistakes. If they get a job full of errors, they will either delay your jobs for weeks to fix them (and charge you an arm and a leg for it) or they will simply print the job with the errors and you will be stuck with a bunch of really nice scrap paper.

We consider ourselves different for a couple of reasons - reasons which I hope help you form a relationship with us. First of all, we will always work on your project as if it were our own. This will ensure a level of detail and quality design that is unmatched in this industry. Secondly, we are in this business to help out other companies and make dreams come true. Our number one goal is to provide you with the high level of quality marketing material that you need to set yourself apart in your market.

If you have questions, or would like to speak to a Visions Unlimited designer about the vision of your company and how we can help to realize it, then e-mail us, or call us at (417) 886-2442 or toll free at 1-866-657-1863.