[Macworld]

Post your comments for Social networks for creative pros here

[preciousmae]

social networking is a great help for people to interact with different groups of people. it gives information very fast.

[cjbulow]

These sites are great eye candy but I have a problem that they don't appear to help with. My partner is a graphic designer but has been out of the market for a number of years and is unsure about how to price her work. We've been unable to find any sites that help. Can any of the assembled help in finding links to sites that show market rates for different types of design work? Either as a comment here or via email to chris.bulow@gmail.com would be great.

[mobius416]

I'd like to see a version of this that covers other creative professions besides design.

[Kelly Turner]

mobius416: any suggestions for what fields you'd be interested in seeing us cover?

[cal_gecko]

I've got to check these out.. I wonder if they cater to creative photographers

[de5igner]

@cjbulow
I highly recommend this book: http://tinyurl.com/n8x8yy

[cjbulow]

@de5igner Thanks for that "heads up" - I'll pass the suggestion on.

And my thanks to Greg who emailed me "In response to your post, I've used the Graphic Artist Guild Handbook http://www.graphicar...d.org/handbook/ as a place to start. It covers a gamut of creative work, including graphic design, and is based upon national statistical data from actual practitioners and the range of fees they charge. It also does a nice job of breaking down by client size."

[in2infinity]

I've just launched a new site .. www.in2infinity.com that is designed to cater to creative professionals in general. Designers, SEO, marketing, audio, video, photography, etc. We're still adding features, but it will be a great place to communicate, share, critique and network with others who have similar (or competing) skill sets.