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How to Minimize Wasted Time during a Web Design Project

How to Minimize Wasted Time during a Web Design Project

Freelance / Web Design

Advice and tips for having more productive moments during your web design projects that will help to minimize any wasted time.

How to Not Shortchange Yourself When Inheriting a Website

How to Not Shortchange Yourself When Inheriting a Website

Freelance

Inheriting a website can be overwhelming, but don’t shortchange yourself by not taking full ownership. Learn how to assess, plan, and execute to make it your own.

Why You Should Explain Design Decisions to Your Clients

Why You Should Explain Design Decisions to Your Clients

Freelance

Have you ever found yourself totally in love with a design mockup you created, only to see your client pick it apart? Even worse is when they advocate for changes…

The Importance of Diversifying Your Client Roster

The Importance of Diversifying Your Client Roster

Freelance

Don’t put all of your eggs into one basket. That applies not only in life but also to your web design client list/roster.

How to Make Remote Meetings More Productive

How to Make Remote Meetings More Productive

Freelance

As remote meetings can be awkward and riddled with interruptions, we share some tips that will help you hold more productive calls.

Jumping Through Hoops for Prospective Web Design Clients

Jumping Through Hoops for Prospective Web Design Clients

Freelance

You’ll start to spot those red flags for projects and clients you want to avoid. It is about understanding the types of clients you want to work with.

The Tasks Freelance Web Designers Should Consider Outsourcing

The Tasks Freelance Web Designers Should Consider Outsourcing

Freelance / Web Design

As every freelancer has different strengths and time can often be limited, there are some tasks you may want to pass along to someone else.

How to Stop Design Clients Making Too Many UX Decisions

How to Stop Design Clients Making Too Many UX Decisions

Freelance / UX Design

Leaving UX decisions to non-designers could be disastrous. We explore some ways you can keep your clients at a safe distance from UX.

How to Work With Both Good & Bad Design Clients

How to Work With Both Good & Bad Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design

We offer advice on how to determine which freelance design clients are good and which ones aren’t before you begin to work with them.

How to Work with Web Design Technophobes

How to Work with Web Design Technophobes

Freelance

Let’s go out on a limb here and declare that web designers are generally pretty comfortable with technology. We know our way around computers, smartphones and other assorted gadgetry. Our…

The Most Important Thing Your Clients Should Know About Their Website

The Most Important Thing Your Clients Should Know About Their Website

Freelance

The designer-client relationship is so important. Our experience and knowledge of the industry is something that needs to be shared with those we work with.

The Freelance Design Situations You Need to Fix Right Away

The Freelance Design Situations You Need to Fix Right Away

Freelance

We delve into some common freelance situations you’ll want to fix sooner rather than later and offer some useful solutions.

How to Manage High-Maintenance Design Clients

How to Manage High-Maintenance Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design

Believe it or not, there are some big-picture benefits of working with picky clients, and even gain from that otherwise-frustrating experience.

How to Be the Web Design Client Your Designer Deserves

How to Be the Web Design Client Your Designer Deserves

Web Design

Web designers and their clients are supposed to build a relationship over time. A good design is built on a foundation of creative collaboration and mutual understanding. When business owners…

How to Deal with Your Freelance Design Mistakes

How to Deal with Your Freelance Design Mistakes

Freelance

Learning to deal with mistakes is part of the secret to long-term success for web designers. And, as someone who has made more than their fair share of mess-ups, I can attest to what works and what doesn’t.

Simple Tips For Avoiding Working For Lower-Quality Clients

Simple Tips For Avoiding Working For Lower-Quality Clients

Freelance

Lower-quality clients suck. All they focus on is how little they can pay. They make unreasonable demands for the amount of work they want you to do and how fast…

The Types of Freelance Design Clients You Should Avoid

The Types of Freelance Design Clients You Should Avoid

Freelance / Web Design

Learn how the right clients will respect your time and expertise, and will be realistic and professional in their expectations.

How to Deal with the Low Profit Areas of Your Freelance Business

How to Deal with the Low Profit Areas of Your Freelance Business

Freelance
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