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When Chaos Invades: Keeping Your Freelance Business Going During a Crisis

When Chaos Invades: Keeping Your Freelance Business Going During a Crisis

Freelance

I share thoughts on balancing life and business during chaotic times. I’m learning as I go, but here’s the good, bad, and ugly of it all.

The Grumpy Designer Wonders: Why Are Clients So Cheap?

The Grumpy Designer Wonders: Why Are Clients So Cheap?

Freelance / Web Design

We discuss cheap clients and how they limit what a designer can accomplish. And, how we can convince them to see the error in their ways.

Are Google’s Core Web Vitals Metrics Unreasonable?

Are Google’s Core Web Vitals Metrics Unreasonable?

Web Design

We discuss what Core Web Vitals means to sites that run on a tight budget or content management system (CMS). Is Google asking too much?

How to Choose New Tools and Technology for Your Web Projects

How to Choose New Tools and Technology for Your Web Projects

Freelance / Web Design

A new tool or technology you haven’t used before can significantly impact you and your clients. That’s why it pays to consider things from every angle.

My Client Made Me Do It: True Tales from the Grumpy Designer

My Client Made Me Do It: True Tales from the Grumpy Designer

UX Design / Web Design

Enjoy humorous and relatable stories from the Grumpy Designer, offering a unique perspective on the design industry.

How the Web Kept the World Moving in 2020

How the Web Kept the World Moving in 2020

Freelance / Web Design

This year has proven that the web and its related technologies are essential. We look back at how the web kept us open for business and a whole lot more.

Client Website Feedback with Context? Yes, Please. Sponsored

Client Website Feedback with Context? Yes, Please.

Web Design

Getting feedback on your website projects is crucial. Yet, it’s also one of the most painful parts of the build process. Comments from both clients and team members often lose…

Are Design Client Meetings a Thing of the Past?

Are Design Client Meetings a Thing of the Past?

Freelance

Debating whether client meetings have become obsolete in the digital age, exploring alternatives for collaboration.

Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You

Why the Grumpy Designer Will Keep Working from Home, Thank You

Freelance

The Grumpy Designer’s declaration to continue working from home, valuing comfort over office life.

Blog Posts Your Web Design Clients Wish You Would Write

Blog Posts Your Web Design Clients Wish You Would Write

Web Design

As a web designer, your website is the single most deadly tool in your marketing arsenal. Here is your chance to really make an impression on visitors to your site…

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
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