As a freelancer, it matters not how much time you have spent in front of your computer but what you have completed on the project. What matters is productivity rather than the number of workhours…
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5 Things that Can Derail Your Freelance Career
When you started your freelance career, you probably thought that the beginning was the most difficult. While a beginning is usually hard, what’s after isn’t necessarily any easier. There are many things that can turn…
Helping Clients with Outdated Websites
One of the joys of being a freelancer is that, if you do your job, you’ll have clients who stay with you year after year. It really is nice to know that people appreciate your…
The Art of Going Freelance
If you’re looking for more creative freedom, control of your time, and a good excuse to avoid working from a cubicle ever again, becoming a freelance designer is a smart move. But before you make…
5 Friends Every Freelancer Needs
Freelancing is lonely work – quite honestly you wouldn’t have gotten into it if you just loved staff meetings and co-workers dropping by your cube unannounced. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to be…
Ideas: The Force Behind the Designer
We all know that most design clients are fairly predictable in tastes and not exactly thrilling to work for. I am sure you are not clapping your hands in excitement when designing another site for…
Sell Your Designs – Print-on-Demand (POD) Tips and Services
Print-on-Demand (POD) is usually related to books and other written stuff but it is not limited to this. With POD, you prepare your manuscript, or design, upload it to a POD service and when somebody…
How to Deal with Creative Differences with Clients
For a techie, one of the not so nice aspects of being a freelancer is the fact that you have to work with clients. When you work for an agency, most of this is handled…
Dealing with Scope Creep in Web Design
Have you ever committed your time and energy to a project only to discover your responsibilities growing far beyond the initial requirements? “This isn’t what I signed up for,” you think to yourself. “If only…
Blog Posts Your Web Design Clients Wish You Would Write
As a web designer, your website is the single most deadly tool in your marketing arsenal. Here is your chance to really make an impression on visitors to your site by using it as an…

