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Aaron Whiffin - Speculative work and why you should avoid it!

March 19, 2021 Gareth Robertson Season 1 Episode 8
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Aaron Whiffin - Speculative work and why you should avoid it!
Show Notes

Aaron Whiffin is the owner of Webbed Feet UK, a web development agency in Salisbury. We’ve known each other since mid-2020 when we met at a networking event called The Boardroom Network. Aaron and I share similar views and opinions on the creative industry as a whole and I wanted to get him on to talk in more detail about Speculative or Picth work.

Contact Aaron at Webbed Feet here:

hello@webbedfeet.uk

Read the article that sparked this chat here:

https://www.webbedfeet.uk/news/why-we-dont-do-speculative-design-work

Why are we talking about spec work?

  • THAT Linkedin post that I published…
  • The 50/50 response to THAT post
  • Aaron’s attitude to spec work

Digging deeper…

  • Attitudes to purchasing services is much more aggressively focused on price
  • People have access to buy cheap on Fiverr for example
  • No room to negotiate because people aren’t patient enough to listen to why
  • Pace of life getting faster?
  • Is this a millennial thing - people want to take maximum out with minimum input?

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