Does your band need design done???

[dylanroop]

Hey, my name is Dylan Roop, I own OhMyChild Designs

I'm on the forums quite often, and I see a lot of bare pages.

I can design anything you need, from myspace layouts (including the new beta 3.0 format) all the way to album art and merch.

My rates are super cheap, almost half as much you'd pay with sons of nero and synapse.

Hit me up if you need anything.

dylan.roop92@gmail.com

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

My rates are super cheap, almost half as much you'd pay with sons of nero and synapse.

What an excellent marketing strategy

 

[Line666]

OhMyChild Designs?

Creepy name, sounds like something I'd expect to hear in a Catholic church.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Fail. Spam fail.

Are we reporting this stuff? Seems like a reportable post to me. I would hesitate to report that on HC forums.

 

[pipaguapique]

this thread will be closed in 3...

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

Or we could turn this into a thread about mad guitar skills and free pizza, beer and blowjobs.

 

[Paulie!]

FREE PIZZA WHAT!?!

-P

 

[Skinny Viking]

FREE PIZZA WHAT!?!

-P

shows where your priorities are

 

[digitalmikey]

First post fail.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

First post fail.

I dunno. Now I know his name is Dylan and he's SUPER CHEAP. Now, add some cheap viagra, horny lesbians and perhaps a strange but rather large inheritance from a lesser-known region of Nigeria and I'd say we have a deal.

Seriously though, I can't think of a more retarded way to advertise your business than telling straight-up that you're 50% cheaper than this and that company. That's horrible, horrible business practice, gives a really fucking bad impression and it doesn't exactly get you any new friends from fellow designers. Nice one, brah!

 

[SimonTaddio_Qc]

FREE PIZZA WHAT!?!

-P

Ok, you takle the free pizza, I take the free blowjob!
Have fun with your pizza.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Dylan, you're probably a nice guy and didn't mean any harm, but this is textbook fail.

 

[dylanroop]

Alright, im going to delete this, i agree, pretty bad way to market my company,

I thought it wouldnt be a big deal sense it was in the off topic section, guess not.

 

[ahjteam]

Hey, my name is Dylan Roop, I own OhMyChild Designs

I'm on the forums quite often, and I see a lot of bare pages.

I can design anything you need, from myspace layouts (including the new beta 3.0 format) all the way to album art and merch.

My rates are super cheap, almost half as much you'd pay with sons of nero and synapse.

Hit me up if you need anything.

dylan.roop92@gmail.com

Alright, im going to delete this, i agree, pretty bad way to market my company,

I thought it wouldnt be a big deal sense it was in the off topic section, guess not.

...delete what? :Spam:

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Maybe can you post some samples?

I'm actually interested in a logo

 

[Omega_Void]

...I can't think of a more retarded way to advertise your business than telling straight-up that you're 50% cheaper than this and that company. That's horrible, horrible business practice, gives a really fucking bad impression...

Thread title addresses bands. Bands are the apogee of fucking cheapskates.

IME there's no better way to interest a band than saying "50% cheaper!!!"

... and it doesn't exactly get you any new friends from fellow designers.

If this/that company is booked up they wouldn't bat surplus enquiries his way 'cos he hadn't compared his rates to theirs, would they? So who cares if the competition hates you?

Biggest fail of the post is failing to provide a link to portfolio.

 

[DanLights]

Biggest fail of the post is failing to provide a link to portfolio.

THIS! Huge fail there, so by saying your name is ohmychild and you're cheaper than dirt we should pay you upfront for a design right? Show your work!

I do agree with Jarkko on the "I'm cheaper than this company" comment, I see it as pretty lame and people will take you for a low ethic person, plus sometimes people see expensive as good, so I think it's better to use the word "affordable" than "cheap" but that's just me, when I hear cheap I associate it with "of not good quality"

 

[smy1]

I actually think there is no harm done in saying you are cheaper. Millions of companies do it all the time. It's a free world.

The fact that there is no link to a portfolio is much worse ... especially when there's dudes like Genius or me interested in a designer.

 

[Jarkko Mattheiszen]

I actually think there is no harm done in saying you are cheaper. Millions of companies do it all the time. It's a free world.

AFAIK it doesn't really work like that, at least around here. You can naturally advertise that you're cheap, almost every single electronics retailer etc. does that. But if you advertise by directly naming another company and telling your rates are half of that, especially when the particular company doesn't publicly list their rates, you're in for a shit storm.

In any case, disregarding the written and/or unwritten rules of marketing and advertising is always a douchebag move, at least in my eyes. Just imagine how it would look if I posted an ad here stating that I charge half of what Lasse or Brian Hood charge. Still cool?