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A Web Designer’s Guide to Simple Solutions

A Web Designer’s Guide to Simple Solutions

Freelance

If you’ve been working as a web designer for awhile, you may find yourself in an interesting position: Resident Expert/Guru. Friends, family, colleagues and clients will ask you for advice…

Bouncing Back from Freelance Business Failure

Bouncing Back from Freelance Business Failure

Freelance

When you started off as a freelancer, did it cross your mind that you might not make it? Did you consider the possibility of failure? If you’re like many first…

simple method design skills

A Simple Method for Developing Design Skills This Year

Design / Freelance

There’s no shortcut or hidden trick to improving your design skills – ask anyone in design or any other field, creative or otherwise. But there is a simple way. It’s…

You’re Worth More Than a Page Builder

You’re Worth More Than a Page Builder

Freelance / Web Design

Tools like page builders and DIY services are great – but they’re not going to replace professional designers and developers anytime soon.

Things to Remember when Starting a Design Business

Things to Remember when Starting a Design Business

Freelance

Have you been thinking about starting a design business? With all the outstanding reasons for doing so, we can certainly see why. You might be drawn by the independence, the…

Proofing Tips for Print Design Perfection

Proofing Tips for Print Design Perfection

Design / Freelance / Print & Graphic Design

Many of the articles on this site are aimed at the digital space, such as design for the web, mobile and apps. And let’s face it, most design in general…

Collaboration Between Designers and Copywriters

Collaboration Between Designers and Copywriters

Design / Freelance

Once upon a time, the assembly line revolutionized productivity. Instead of one worker or a small team performing all the steps to create a product, each person specialized in one…

7 Ways to Come up with Creative Ideas, Backed by Psychology

7 Ways to Come up with Creative Ideas, Backed by Psychology

Design / Freelance

They’re the kinds of problems you can’t seem to think your way out of. Whether it’s a unique layout for your site, a concept for a blog post, or an…

Critical Mistakes To Avoid When Quoting A Web Design Project

Critical Mistakes To Avoid When Quoting A Web Design Project

Design / Freelance

Striking out on your own as a freelance designer can be incredibly exciting and rewarding, but to be successful, designers who go this route must hone much more than their…

Some Ideas for Maintaining Your Freelance Mental Drive

Some Ideas for Maintaining Your Freelance Mental Drive

Freelance

If you’re reading this article and you work from home, it probably won’t be much surprise to you that one of the hardest elements to master is the ability to…

How to Speak up to Your Clients When They Just Won’t Listen

How to Speak up to Your Clients When They Just Won’t Listen

Freelance

In 1996, I was an 18 year old web designer. Fresh out of high school, I was a bit shy and not very eloquent when expressing myself verbally. My first…

Typical Oversights When Designing for Print

Typical Oversights When Designing for Print

Design / Freelance / Print & Graphic Design
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