Recently, the Photoshop tuition business I have been building officially launched.
The idea came to me late last year when I was asked for some advice regarding a particular Photoshop technique. While, for me personally, being asked for Photoshop advice was nothing new, it sparked the idea that I could perhaps make a commercial venture out of my knowledge of this program.
Early this year, I started doing a small amount of planning, including designing a business logo, a rough draft of a flyer, and an initial draft of what my invoice would look like.
Shortly after this intial planning stage, CIT started back up, and the tuition project was placed on the backburner so I could concentrate on my study. During the semester one very significant step towards my business launching did take place, gaining my qualification as an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop CS5 (see blog post "Adobe Certifed Expert")
During the mid year break I once again delved into more planning. During this stage I created the templates for my invoice, quote, booking and student feedback forms. (see blog post "Forms")
My intentions for launching this business were known to most of my class. Recently thanks to Guy Young, I was able to secure my first clients. My first clients were work colleagues of Guy's, working at D.I.G.O (Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation) For a breakdown of this intial session, see blog post "Trial Run"
The business is now operating, and as time goes on I will hopefully gain valuable teaching skills as well as a generous second income.
DRAFT... Still adding detail
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