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Our authors, freelance designers like you, share their extensive knowledge and experiences. You’ll learn how to get consistent work, manage your time, business and clients, and, most importantly, how to get paid better, and on time.

Tips for Hosting Your Client’s WordPress Website

Tips for Hosting Your Client’s WordPress Website

Freelance / WordPress

A practical guide to hosting WordPress sites for clients. Learn how to stay secure, stay in control, and avoid common hosting mistakes.

Do We Really Need to Follow Design Trends?

Do We Really Need to Follow Design Trends?

Design / Freelance

Designers love to complain about superficial design trends that they don’t feel have any staying power or contribute anything meaningful. Are they right?

The Importance of Storytelling in Design

The Importance of Storytelling in Design

Design / Freelance

Several years ago, I worked as an in-house copywriter and designer for a prominent marketing firm. When I first applied for the job I didn’t have any of the credentials…

Should Freelancers Advertise Their Pricing?

Should Freelancers Advertise Their Pricing?

Freelance / WordPress

Should freelance designers or developers list prices on their website? Learn the pros and cons of public pricing, from setting expectations to avoiding undercutting competitors.

Networking For Designers 101

Networking For Designers 101

Freelance / Web Design

We share some much easier and more effective methods for making networking connections as freelance creative designers.

How a Culinary Technique Could Make You a Better Freelancer

How a Culinary Technique Could Make You a Better Freelancer

Freelance

Incorporating the mise en place idea into your creative process allows you to prepare yourself to power through your work with less stress and fewer headaches.

How to Calm Down a Panicky Design Client

How to Calm Down a Panicky Design Client

Freelance / Web Design

We discuss panicky clients and cover methods that will not only de-escalate their panic but also bring them around to your point of view.

Design Ideas is All About Presentation

Design Ideas is All About Presentation

Design / Freelance

A good design presentation will encourage clients and colleagues to take your ideas more seriously and assign more value to them.

How to Promote Your Freelance Services the Right Way

How to Promote Your Freelance Services the Right Way

Freelance

Freelance designers, when marketing, can often drive the wrong kind of traffic to their websites, and can even drive the right kind away.

How to Be the Leader Your Web Design Clients Need

How to Be the Leader Your Web Design Clients Need

Freelance / Web Design

Leadership is the best defense against a stalled web project. It also helps you deliver a better outcome. Here’s how to use your skills to get things moving in the right direction.

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

Design / Freelance

We share a reliable process freelance designers can use to stop all those unethical requests from clients from getting out of control.

How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing Again

How to Get Those Creative Juices Flowing Again

Design / Freelance
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