How to save on every project

Saving money with Fly Creative is simple. In fact, just by using our service instead of an agency you are going to save on just about every aspect of branding, advertising, logo design, web and print with the hourly rate alone. At Fly Creative we don't have expensive real estate to pay for or a hungry sales staff to feed. Just creatives who are great at what we do. See our hourly and prepaid rates below.

Below we have compiled a list of things that can save you time and money on every project. Most of these items seem almost silly in their simplicity but it happens constantly. Every day.

Finalize the content before you send it

Changes are a fact of life for a designer but as business people we are concerned about costs. Ours and yours. One of the largest budget busters for any project in most cases are simple wording changes. Small changes on each page of a 64 page document can really add up quickly. If you have three or four managers that need to sign off on content, make sure they sign off on it before you send it and you will have just saved your company both money and time.

Assign a project manager

Having two or three people commenting on graphics, changing layouts and revising copy becomes time consuming and expensive. And, if the changes come as separate fragments of information, the project not only gets expensive, but confusing on both ends. The best way to avoid this is to assign a project manager within your organization and to funnel all of the information through that person.

Keep email communication simple & direct

Piecing together a string of emails with tiny fragments of information and subject lines that have little or no relation to the project at hand is time consuming and entirely frustrating for anyone. It usually envolves a string of clarification emails to nail down specifics of what is needed. Keep it simple and direct you will save time and money.

Don't out creative your creative staff

Our clients hire us for many different reasons. I could go on and on and gush about how mindblowingly wonderful our quirky little company is, but the big reason people come to Fly Creative is, well, creativity and experience. Our esthetic is what makes us different than any other creative company on the planet. You are paying us not only to produce your brochure but to infuse 20 years of design experience and knowledge into it. Knowledge about how the eye travels across a page, what color combination says you can trust my company and what font to use or not use for your trade show booth. So, when we advise you to use a different image on the cover of that brochure or a different font on for your email newsletter, know that there is a lot of hard won experience behind that decision.

Saving money with our low hourly rates

We offer Single project-hourly billing as well as monthly rates. For projects that have a defined start and end point like a brochure, logo package or web site, our hourly fees usually do the trick. Our hourly rate is $95 an hour. For longer term projects we recommend pre paid time blocks for additional savings. See our rates below.

Save even more with prepaid blocks of time

For projects that have a longer life span our prepaid time blocks are the way to go. Not every job is made up of tidily defined projects. Fly Creative offers blocks of time that give you the freedom to brainstorm with us, collaborate on new ideas, and develop a plan—without draining your budget. The more hours you buy, the more you save. You simply pre-pay for the hours you think you’ll need, and we set to work with you, at your pace. Start with a small block of time, and if you need more, add more. No surprise invoices. No wasted time. Billing is monthly, so you can adjust as your project and budget require.

We’ve found that buying blocks of time works best for our clients with large, long-term or hard-to-define projects. You may have a marketing department working on a new branding initiative, or a series of new products you’re rolling out. Or maybe your marketing department is one person, and that person could use an extra set of brains and some help communicating visual ideas to the executive team. We’ll help you envision possibilities, expand your capabilities, and execute projects more efficiently.

Fly Creative hourly & prepaid rates	Hourly Rate	You Save
Our low standard hourly rate is	$95.00
Prepay for 5 to 9 hours and the hourly rate drops down to	$85.50	SAVE 10%
Prepay for 10 to 19 hours and the hourly rate drops down to	$80.75	SAVE 15%
Prepay for 20 to 29 hours and the hourly rate drops down to	$76.00	SAVE 20%
Prepay for 30 + hours and the hourly rate drops down to	$66.50	SAVE 30%