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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.

The Grumpy Designer’s Cure for Massive Expectations

The Grumpy Designer’s Cure for Massive Expectations

It’s time for web designers to take back control over massive (and unrealistic) expectations. The following is my plan to help you do it.

Web Designers Can Get by Without Knowing Code. Here’s Why They Should Learn Anyway.

Web Designers Can Get by Without Knowing Code. Here’s Why They Should Learn Anyway.

Even for the simplest of websites, code is still worth knowing. Here are a few reasons why learning it will serve you well in the long run.

How to Provide Great Support to Your Web Design Clients

How to Provide Great Support to Your Web Design Clients

What goes into providing great support? We share tips for keeping your websites running smoothly while keeping your clients happy.

A Web Designer’s Guide to Working on the Go

A Web Designer’s Guide to Working on the Go

A guide for web designers who need to work efficiently while traveling, including tools and tips for staying productive on the go.

Learn How to Determine Website Project Requirements Like a Pro

Learn How to Determine Website Project Requirements Like a Pro

Some strategies can help you get a clearer picture of what a website project requires. We share those strategies with you here.

The Items Every Web Designer Should Have in Their Office

The Items Every Web Designer Should Have in Their Office

We recommend some of the things that every web designer should have in their office. They range from the basics to the frivolous.

How to Help Your Clients Overcome Fear of Commitment

How to Help Your Clients Overcome Fear of Commitment

Fear of commitment and web design go together like oil and water. So here are some ways to help even the most skittish of clients move forward.

Should Web Designers Worry About Competition?

Should Web Designers Worry About Competition?

Do web designers need to spend time researching their competition? Should they worry about what other firms are doing?

Helping Your Clients with Unexplained Website Phenomena

Helping Your Clients with Unexplained Website Phenomena

We look at ways to help your clients solve those annoying website mysteries and share some of the most common of these “stranger things.”

Why Web Design Is Never Simple

Why Web Design Is Never Simple

We take a look at ways to both understand and communicate to clients the true complexities of a building well-built website.

When Chaos Invades: Keeping Your Freelance Business Going During a Crisis

When Chaos Invades: Keeping Your Freelance Business Going During a Crisis

I share thoughts on balancing life and business during chaotic times. I’m learning as I go, but here’s the good, bad, and ugly of it all.

The Grumpy Designer Wonders: Why Are Clients So Cheap?

The Grumpy Designer Wonders: Why Are Clients So Cheap?