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How WordPress Agencies Can Improve Site Building Efficiency

How WordPress Agencies Can Improve Site Building Efficiency

Freelance / WordPress

Improved efficiency allows you to level up your WordPress design agency. We’re all about improving the site-building process without cutting corners. We share how to make it a reality.

10+ Best Free Invoice Templates for Freelance Designers & Developers in 2025

10+ Best Free Invoice Templates for Freelance Designers & Developers in 2025

Freelance / Print & Graphic Design

A beautiful collection of free invoice templates for designers and developers in Word, Excel, Photoshop, and InDesign formats.

The Best Practices for Managing Your Client’s WordPress Sites

The Best Practices for Managing Your Client’s WordPress Sites

Freelance / WordPress

The more sites you build and manage for clients, the greater the responsibilities. So, how do you keep everything on track? Read on for best practices in managing your clients’ WordPress websites.

How to Do Away With Bad Design Ideas & Move on to the Good Ones

How to Do Away With Bad Design Ideas & Move on to the Good Ones

Design / Freelance

There’s a common saying in the fiction-writing world: kill your darlings. No, this isn’t some morbid encouragement to do bodily harm to your loved ones. Killing your darlings means that…

How to Find & Use Your Own Design Voice

How to Find & Use Your Own Design Voice

Design / Freelance

Your design voice – or design style, if you will – is how you choose to relay information to your audience. That sounds simple, but for the uninitiated, it can…

How to Explain WordPress Maintenance to Clients in Simple Terms

How to Explain WordPress Maintenance to Clients in Simple Terms

Freelance / WordPress

Insights on effectively communicating WordPress maintenance needs to clients and building trust.

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

The 10 Golden Rules of Simple, Clean Design

Design / Freelance

These rules of clean design are based on the ten principles by Dieter Rams but modified to fit with a more general goal of simplicity.

How AI Changed My Web Development Workflow

How AI Changed My Web Development Workflow

Freelance / Web Design

AI has changed my workflow. ChatGPT and Copilot have also changed how I approach development projects. Here’s a look at how AI has impacted me so far.

How to Set Up Your WordPress Agency for Long-Term Success

How to Set Up Your WordPress Agency for Long-Term Success

Freelance / WordPress

We share some tried-and-true methods for creating and managing a WordPress agency that will help you thrive and grow in such a competitive industry.

The Unexpected Roles of Web Designers

The Unexpected Roles of Web Designers

Freelance / Web Design

Web designers tend to be a catch-all when working with clients. They’re as likely to ask us about an email delivery issue as they are about their website.

Good Font, Bad Font: How to Pick the Best Font

Good Font, Bad Font: How to Pick the Best Font

Design / Fonts / Freelance

We share five key rules for selecting the ideal typeface, and show you how to determine if that font you like may not be so great after all

What New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning

What New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning

Design / Freelance

Today I’m speaking to those just getting started in design. Maybe you just graduated from design school, or you’ve read through all the fundamental lessons offered here and on other…

The Idea Generation Process of Scribbling on a Napkin

The Idea Generation Process of Scribbling on a Napkin

Design / Freelance

We explore the idea generation process familiar to many designers: the scribbled idea on a restaurant napkin process. It’s high-level stuff!

How to Avoid Design by Committee

How to Avoid Design by Committee

Design / Freelance

Most people have an idea of the perfect solution to their design problem. The downside is that so does everyone else with the same problem.

How to Increase Revenue From Your Existing Web Design Clients

How to Increase Revenue From Your Existing Web Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design / WordPress

Learn effective strategies to boost your revenue from existing web design clients, including upselling, cross-selling, and offering additional services.

The Role Design Plays in Your Client’s Sales Funnel

The Role Design Plays in Your Client’s Sales Funnel

Design / Freelance

We talk about what you’re really supposed to be doing as a designer, and about the role your designs play in your client’s sales funnel.

Should a Web Designer Ever Provide Discounts?

Should a Web Designer Ever Provide Discounts?

Freelance / Web Design

Discounting services is not really a good move. But, there are some scenarios where it does make sense to offer a lower price for services.

Things That Will Scare Your Web Design Clients

Things That Will Scare Your Web Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design
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