Intersting blog post at Arch Daily: Unemployed Architects 09 MAR 2009, By David Basulto A few days ago I was googling unemployed architect to see what are they up to after being laid off during current crisis, and found a good example. John Morefield, an architect from Seattle, had a very good idea after being laid off twice in a year: he setup a booth at a local fair, answering home remodeling questions for 5¢. On the first day he earned 35¢. But that wasn´t his real earn, but the 7 conversations he started, with 7 potential clients he meet. This way he started to build a network, also pairing these new clients with contractors he recommended. This resulted in Architecture 5¢, an office were no project is too small for big ideas. A very good use of something that every architect goes by, when friends or relatives ask questions on remodeling, used as a way to overturn the crisis.
Just stumbled upon this post. I love this story. Great way to become more accessible to more people. Thanks for sharing.
Charge more and and they will come; if this is what you think of yourself they will think the same. Try at least $5.00 for 15 mins. and see how this does, one sale would do better than you have done to start. Darryl
