http://www.thinkdesigninteract.com/business/exploring-failure-part-3-smells-like-failure/ Insights into Interactive Design, Business, Social Media, Websites and Marketing from Tracey Halvorsen, the Creative Director of Fastspot. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.thinkdesigninteract.com/business/exploring-failure-part-3-smells-like-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-2861 Chris N. Johnson Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:08:54 +0000 http://traceyhalvorsen.com/?p=323#comment-2861 I'm a freelance writer, and my favorite red flag is when a client sends a job that includes the phrase, "We don't want to spend too much time on this." I’m a freelance writer, and my favorite red flag is when a client sends a job that includes the phrase, “We don’t want to spend too much time on this.”

]]> http://www.thinkdesigninteract.com/business/exploring-failure-part-3-smells-like-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-2860 Mark Neustadt Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:08:22 +0000 http://traceyhalvorsen.com/?p=323#comment-2860 I LOVE this post. But to me you leave one question unanswered: Do you actually walk away when you get that funny smell or do you ignore or downplay it? Maybe you convince yourself that you're not smelling what you think you're smelling. And then after months and months of frustration with said client, you look back and realize there were warning signs. To actually walk away takes a lot of guts and the smell needs to be really, really bad. I don't think I've ever done it (okay, maybe once or twice). I LOVE this post. But to me you leave one question unanswered: Do you actually walk away when you get that funny smell or do you ignore or downplay it? Maybe you convince yourself that you’re not smelling what you think you’re smelling. And then after months and months of frustration with said client, you look back and realize there were warning signs. To actually walk away takes a lot of guts and the smell needs to be really, really bad. I don’t think I’ve ever done it (okay, maybe once or twice).

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