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How Freelancers Can Protect Themselves from Unfair Treatment

How Freelancers Can Protect Themselves from Unfair Treatment

Freelance

There are several ways that clients can mistreat you. We explore four of the more common transgressions, along with ways to combat them.

Exciting Design Specialties to Broaden Your Design Skillset

Exciting Design Specialties to Broaden Your Design Skillset

Design / Freelance

What should you focus on when learning new skills? Here are five exciting design specialties that will help broaden your skillset.

How to Gain the Trust of Your Web Design Clients

How to Gain the Trust of Your Web Design Clients

Freelance

Trust is the foundation of a good client/designer relationship. It provides confidence and security to everyone involved. Without it, there is no means to achieve any sort of comfort level…

How a Designer Might Create Timeless Designs

How a Designer Might Create Timeless Designs

Design / Freelance

Learn how designers can create timeless designs that remain relevant and appealing over the years.

Things Your Web Design Clients Should Manage Themselves

Things Your Web Design Clients Should Manage Themselves

Freelance / Web Design

Learn why giving your web design clients more control over their projects and websites can lead to better outcomes for you.

Is There a Perfect Solution to a Design Problem?

Is There a Perfect Solution to a Design Problem?

Design / Freelance

Explore whether there’s a perfect solution to design problems and the quest for ideal design outcomes.

How to Stop Getting Burned by Your Design Clients

How to Stop Getting Burned by Your Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design

Learn strategies to avoid being taken advantage of by clients, ensuring fair treatment and compensation for freelancers.

How to Grow Your Audience as a Designer

How to Grow Your Audience as a Designer

Freelance / Web Design

We share the key principles that allow community builders to rise above others in terms of platform building, and how you can learn from the examples they set.

Is the ‘Fast & Cheap’ Website Still Realistic?

Is the ‘Fast & Cheap’ Website Still Realistic?

Freelance / Web Design

Should fast and cheap website design be tossed into the dustbin of history? We look at this old nemesis and wonder if it still has a place in modern web design.

The Case for Showing Freelance Clients Your Authentic Self

The Case for Showing Freelance Clients Your Authentic Self

Freelance

There can be a stigma attached to letting clients see us we really are. We make the argument for dropping the façade and being yourself.

How to Get Past the Limitations of Your Design Skills

How to Get Past the Limitations of Your Design Skills

Design / Freelance

Have you ever looked through design books or online publications, keeping up to date on what’s happening in the industry, when you happen upon a bunch of work that’s leaps…

How to Change Your Web Design Business Strategy

How to Change Your Web Design Business Strategy

Freelance
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