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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.

What is the Preferred Operating Systems of Designers?

What is the Preferred Operating Systems of Designers?

The ever-changing culture of web design has grown into a wild array of sub-standards. Over 20 years now, designers from all over the world have contributed their brilliant ideas to…

Tips for Converting Your Freelance Operation into a Business

Tips for Converting Your Freelance Operation into a Business

Having spoken with many freelance web and graphic designers over the years, I can say I have heard some extraordinary tales. The path from freelancer to single business is an…

Thoughts on why Spec Work is Bad and Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Thoughts on why Spec Work is Bad and Why You Shouldn’t Do It

Speculative, or ‘Spec”’, work is in hot debate at the moment in the design industry. Design contest websites in particular have created a furore of debate over freelancers working initially…

Tips for Compromising Between Designers & Developers

Tips for Compromising Between Designers & Developers