Tip 1: if you agree to participate, then participate

Seems silly to call this out, but just know that if you are assigned to a project and then do not participate, or your participation is light, it not only hurts the project (your customer needs all four team members), but it will mean risking your financial share of the job. All financial decisions will be made by your customer. All decisions are final. So participate with new ideas and your builds and riffs to your teammates’ ideas (just as valuable).

Tip 2: your value is not measured in time

Your value to the customer’s job is not measured in time spent, but by the quality and frequency of your posts, builds and riffs on your team’s ideas. Let creativity happen naturally. Take in the briefing materials (video and pdf) as soon as they’re posted, be inspired, and then when ideas hit you, post them. And when your team posts ideas get in there quickly and comment. But no timesheets.

tip 3: jump in early

Once you are assigned to a job, try to get into the assignment as early as possible. Every job has a deadline and we’ve found the more ideas earlier in the process—even bad ideas!—the more exponential the entire job ends up being. And the better the ideas ultimately are.

tip 4: Fear not! when in doubt, post it

When posting, you may have a thought that’s not quite an idea yet. Go ahead and post it. Your team might be inspired by that thought and run with it. We once had someone post that he had a dentist appointment and would get a late start on that project. Even THAT turned into an idea from the team members. So when in doubt, trust yourself and just post it. You were invited for a reason.

tip 5: leave egos at the door

Be sure to read other teammates’ ideas and comment, build upon, and otherwise polish those little gems. No one will be offended if you try to improve their idea. You are all on the same team. Egos at the door.

tip 6: if the money isn’t right, don’t do it

You will always know what the income will be for each project before you decide to accept it. The money varies depending on the project and customer budgets. So you don’t have to raise your hand for any projects you don’t want to. Consider it market forces at work.

tip 7: Remember the terms of service

By now you’ve accepted our terms of service. Be sure to read that document completely so you know your rights. As an example, each project will include confidential information. By accepting our terms of service, you are vowing not to share confidential information for any of your customers. Please remember that. Do not accept jobs that are in conflict with other work you’re doing, other agencies you’re working with, or in any other way that will put an Ideasicle X customer (or yourself) at risk. It’s not in your interest and it’s not in your customer’s interest. That’s just one important point found in the terms of USE.

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