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The Hidden Benefits of Raising Your Prices

The Hidden Benefits of Raising Your Prices

Freelance

Creating an effective pricing structure for your freelance web design business can be challenging. Ideally, you’ll want to strike a balance between making a decent living and providing value. This…

How To Convince Clients It’s Time To Redesign Their Websites

How To Convince Clients It’s Time To Redesign Their Websites

Freelance

Strategies for persuading clients that a website redesign is necessary, highlighting the benefits for their business.

The Difference Between Cheap & Budget Clients

The Difference Between Cheap & Budget Clients

Freelance / Web Design

A cheap client will expect you to bend to their needs. While a budget client will be happy to compromise. Make sure you choose wisely.

How to Launch Your Website Without Chaos

How to Launch Your Website Without Chaos

Freelance / Web Design

Tips for ensuring a smooth project launch, avoiding common pitfalls that lead to chaos and client dissatisfaction.

What Your Clients Need to Know About a Website Redesign

What Your Clients Need to Know About a Website Redesign

Freelance / Web Design

What should your clients know about redesigning their website? We take a look at some of the most important concepts.

How to Grow Your Client Base in Web Design

How to Grow Your Client Base in Web Design

Freelance / Marketing

Many freelancers begin their careers without a formal marketing plan for their web design business. The truth is that sales and marketing is a crucial part of all businesses, and…

How to Identify the Obstacles in Your Web Design Career

How to Identify the Obstacles in Your Web Design Career

Freelance

We take a look at those common obstacles that can prevent your freelance career from moving forward, and share how you can get past them.

How To Survive a Nightmare Client

How To Survive a Nightmare Client

Freelance / Web Design

Dealing with a difficult client can be stressful, but with these practical tips and advice, you can survive and even thrive in the face of a nightmare client.

How ‘Lazy’ Price Estimates Can Cost Freelancers

How ‘Lazy’ Price Estimates Can Cost Freelancers

Freelance

In an effort to help freelance designers, we explore how you can more accurately estimate costs and fill clients in on the details.

How to Explain to a Client Why Investment in Their Website Is Crucial to Their Success

How to Explain to a Client Why Investment in Their Website Is Crucial to Their Success

Freelance / Web Design

Insights into why investing in a quality website is critical to success in today’s digital landscape.

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

Freelance

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

Freelance / Web Design

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

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

Freelance / Web Design

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

Freelance / Web Design

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 Novice Designers Can Improve Their Client Rosters

How Novice Designers Can Improve Their Client Rosters

Marketing

We offer advice on what all you young designers out there can do to get in on the more exciting and high-paying projects in the design industry.

How to Be Proactive with Your Web Design Clients

How to Be Proactive with Your Web Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design

We talk about it all the time. Being a web designer is about more than just clean code and pretty graphics. There are a number of other roles we play….

How to Help Clients Adopt New Business Models

How to Help Clients Adopt New Business Models

Freelance

How can we best deal with these rapid changes? First, take a deep breath. Then, review the following tips for making the process as pain-free as possible.

How to Grow Your Web Design Business

How to Grow Your Web Design Business

Freelance
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