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Freelance

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.

How to Improve Your Communication With Clients

How to Improve Your Communication With Clients

Improve your communication and get down to the nitty-gritty with clients, so that you won’t waste time assuming that they need to know things they don’t.

How to Make Wise Investments in Your Design Business

How to Make Wise Investments in Your Design Business

We take a look at those web design business items that you might be tempted to purchase, whether they’re worth it or not.

Why Fixing Websites Is a Growth Opportunity for Freelancers

Why Fixing Websites Is a Growth Opportunity for Freelancers

Think of all the broken or poorly maintained websites out there. An enterprising freelance web designer could focus on these clients.

The Best Practices for Managing Your Client’s WordPress Sites

The Best Practices for Managing Your Client’s WordPress Sites

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.

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

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

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

The Future of Freelancing with WordPress

The Future of Freelancing with WordPress

Exploring the evolving landscape of WordPress freelancing and what the future holds for professionals in the field.

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

We’ve all experienced when a client wants to make a change to your design that, as a designer, you can immediately tell will result in disaster.

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

Understand how to communicate the true value of your design services to clients, enhancing appreciation and compensation.

What New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning

What New & Inexperienced Designers Be Learning

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…

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

Tips for effectively meeting client needs without compromising your standards or creativity in the design process.

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Knowing how to spot a bad business idea or tell when a particular business relationship looks rickety is an important skill every designer should learn.

How to Resolve Pain Points in Your Client’s WordPress Workflow

How to Resolve Pain Points in Your Client’s WordPress Workflow