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The Client is Always Right Poster Series

The Client is Always Right Poster Series

Freelance / Inspiration

No matter what type of business you are in, hearing the words ‘the client is always right’ will make you cringe. In design, those words will not only make you…

How to Find the Real Value of Social Media for Web Designers

How to Find the Real Value of Social Media for Web Designers

Freelance

A few years ago, social media was the apple of every marketer’s eye. It was supposed to boost our businesses and provide a whole new level of engagement with potential…

How to Create Proposals Your Clients Will Not Refuse

How to Create Proposals Your Clients Will Not Refuse

Freelance

Mastering the art of creating proposals that win clients by clearly communicating value and understanding needs.

How to Deal with Creative Differences with Clients

How to Deal with Creative Differences with Clients

Freelance

Strategies for handling creative differences with clients, ensuring a productive outcome without compromising the project’s vision.

When to Point Web Design Clients Towards Third-Party Services

When to Point Web Design Clients Towards Third-Party Services

Freelance

The role of third-party services in web design, how they can enhance your projects, and considerations for their use.

Why You Need to Prioritize PageSpeed in Discussions with Clients

Why You Need to Prioritize PageSpeed in Discussions with Clients

Web Design

For the past few years, small and medium businesses (SMBs) across the world have been told that making their websites mobile-friendly, and embracing a mobile-first world, were essential for business…

7 Questions to Ask your Client as a Freelancer

7 Questions to Ask your Client as a Freelancer

Freelance

Understanding what your client wants is absolutely crucial as a freelancer. Bad communication can threaten your livelihood as a freelancer, putting you at risk of not only not getting clients,…

Things I Hate about My Clients

Things I Hate about My Clients

Freelance

In the Things My Clients Hate. What about Yours? article I discussed 5 things my clients hate. Now, let me present the other side of the story – i.e. 5…

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…

How to Determine the Real Wants of Your Freelance Clients

How to Determine the Real Wants of Your Freelance Clients

Design / Freelance

The freelancing world is filled with many complex skill sets and many artists; freelance designers are constantly trying to match their skills and talents to the demands of their clients….

What to Do When Your Graphic Design Client is Andy Pipkin

What to Do When Your Graphic Design Client is Andy Pipkin

Freelance

Andy Pipkin tells his poor duped friend Lou that he wants tickets to the opera for his birthday. Its an unusual request, as Andy has been seen to have a…

From Zero to Thriving Career: Getting Clients as a New Designer

From Zero to Thriving Career: Getting Clients as a New Designer

Freelance
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