Monthly expenses of a design studio for electronic services
Let's talk about the monthly spending on electronic services that are needed for a small studio to work with a remote design team on the Internet. Let's see what kind of paid services we use in Genue .
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Simple and convenient project management system from the team of 37signals. This is the main tool for interaction both within the studio and with customers. All tasks are created in the form of simple lists and are easily swapped with each other by simple drag and drop. Each task looks like a publication with comments. Anyone can indicate which team will receive an email notification of their comments. You can limit the visibility of certain tasks for the client.
Software package that combines all the tools of Adobe. One of the main tools of any designer. We use Photoshop and Illustrator. Previously, this product was purchased one-time and cost about 1000 dollars for each program, which for many excluded the possibility of legal use. And now the entire package of approximately 20 programs is available all at a monthly subscription, which at times simplifies the acquisition.
Universal file storage on the Internet. Very convenient system for automatic synchronization of local folders with virtual storage. You can share the necessary folders both within the team and for the client, so that everyone will be aware of the latest developments. We are using a 200 gigabyte package and we are still more than enough.
Electronic Accountant. An indispensable assistant for billing, reporting and just a good Russian web service that allows you to keep accounts on your own, without hiring a professional for this. The integration of Elba with Alfa-Bank further automates the process. The bank automatically uploads data on accounts to Elba, and Elba automatically generates and sends reports to the tax authority.
A very handy program that allows you to assemble the screens of your application into a prototype, set a specific sequence and animation.
The service of delayed publication of content for social services. Very handy thing. Just imagine, you are sitting at 2 am and find a very interesting link that you urgently need to share in the studio Twitter. But who needs it at 2 am? So Buffer allows you to schedule a publication at any suitable time (for example, at 11 am the next day) in several channels at once.
Service that allows you to use non-standard fonts for your project. Licensing restrictions imposed by the authors of many fonts do not allow them to be used for a direct link (specify the link in css). Therefore, most web fonts are embedded in projects through special third-party services that have protection mechanisms against downloading.
Community of photography lovers. We use this service to catalog our interesting finds on the Internet. And we automatically broadcast the tape found on inspiration.genue.ru .
A community of designers in which everyone can share what he is working on now and get feedback. Here is our account: http://dribbble.com/genue
Total, it turned out about $ 160 per month. If you use some services in your team work that we did not mention, share them and tell them how it helps you and how much it costs.
$ 50 . Basecamp
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Simple and convenient project management system from the team of 37signals. This is the main tool for interaction both within the studio and with customers. All tasks are created in the form of simple lists and are easily swapped with each other by simple drag and drop. Each task looks like a publication with comments. Anyone can indicate which team will receive an email notification of their comments. You can limit the visibility of certain tasks for the client.
$ 49 . Adobe Creative Suite
Software package that combines all the tools of Adobe. One of the main tools of any designer. We use Photoshop and Illustrator. Previously, this product was purchased one-time and cost about 1000 dollars for each program, which for many excluded the possibility of legal use. And now the entire package of approximately 20 programs is available all at a monthly subscription, which at times simplifies the acquisition.
$ 20 . Dropbox
Universal file storage on the Internet. Very convenient system for automatic synchronization of local folders with virtual storage. You can share the necessary folders both within the team and for the client, so that everyone will be aware of the latest developments. We are using a 200 gigabyte package and we are still more than enough.
$ 13 Elba
Electronic Accountant. An indispensable assistant for billing, reporting and just a good Russian web service that allows you to keep accounts on your own, without hiring a professional for this. The integration of Elba with Alfa-Bank further automates the process. The bank automatically uploads data on accounts to Elba, and Elba automatically generates and sends reports to the tax authority.
$ 10 . Flinto
A very handy program that allows you to assemble the screens of your application into a prototype, set a specific sequence and animation.
$ 10 . Buffer
The service of delayed publication of content for social services. Very handy thing. Just imagine, you are sitting at 2 am and find a very interesting link that you urgently need to share in the studio Twitter. But who needs it at 2 am? So Buffer allows you to schedule a publication at any suitable time (for example, at 11 am the next day) in several channels at once.
4 $ . Typekit
Service that allows you to use non-standard fonts for your project. Licensing restrictions imposed by the authors of many fonts do not allow them to be used for a direct link (specify the link in css). Therefore, most web fonts are embedded in projects through special third-party services that have protection mechanisms against downloading.
4 $ . Flickr
Community of photography lovers. We use this service to catalog our interesting finds on the Internet. And we automatically broadcast the tape found on inspiration.genue.ru .
2 $ . Dribbble
A community of designers in which everyone can share what he is working on now and get feedback. Here is our account: http://dribbble.com/genue
Total, it turned out about $ 160 per month. If you use some services in your team work that we did not mention, share them and tell them how it helps you and how much it costs.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/210610/
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