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Are Browser-Based Apps Enough for Web Designers?

Are Browser-Based Apps Enough for Web Designers?

Freelance Design / Web Design

Browser-based apps can now handle serious design, editing, and productivity work. We take a look at their convenience, collaboration benefits, privacy risks, and where desktop tools still make sense.

How to Work With Your Client’s Next (Or Previous) Developer

How to Work With Your Client’s Next (Or Previous) Developer

Freelance Design / WordPress

Website handoffs between developers can get awkward. Learn how to stay professional, get paid before transferring assets, and share logins, licenses, and access without creating risk.

How Low Will You Go for a WordPress Project?

How Low Will You Go for a WordPress Project?

Freelance Design / WordPress

Booking projects is a challenge for every new WordPress agency. So, you often take what you can get. That includes low-revenue and otherwise unappealing gigs. Everyone has to start somewhere,…

What to Look for When Hiring a WordPress Expert

What to Look for When Hiring a WordPress Expert

WordPress

WordPress is an incredibly flexible Content Management System (CMS). Through the use of themes and plugins, you can build just about any type of website that you can dream up….

It’s Relationship Building, Not Networking

It’s Relationship Building, Not Networking

Web Design

Freelance designers need to perfect the art of building relationships rather than traditional networking. Surprisingly, it can be done.

How to Improve Your Communication With Clients

How to Improve Your Communication With Clients

Web Design

Improve your communication and get down to the nitty-gritty with clients, so that you won’t waste time assuming that they need to know things they don’t.

Things I’ve Learned From the WordPress Community

Things I’ve Learned From the WordPress Community

Web Design / WordPress

We share a few valuable lessons we’ve learned from the WordPress community. Some may sound basic, but they’ve impacted both our careers and life.

The Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Becoming a Full-Time Freelance Designer

The Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Becoming a Full-Time Freelance Designer

Freelance Design / Web Design

Here are five questions to ask yourself before jumping into the full-time freelance designer or developer lifestyle.

How AI Could Change Collaboration for Web Designers & Developers

How AI Could Change Collaboration for Web Designers & Developers

Web Design / WordPress

AI can make web developers faster and more self-sufficient, but it can also reduce collaboration. We look at how relying on AI may cut down on outsourcing, community help, and the professional relationships many freelancers depend on.

How to Increase Revenue From Your Existing Web Design Clients

How to Increase Revenue From Your Existing Web Design Clients

Web Design / WordPress

Learn effective strategies to boost your revenue from existing web design clients, including upselling, cross-selling, and offering additional services.

How to Build & Grow Your Freelance Web Design Personal Brand

How to Build & Grow Your Freelance Web Design Personal Brand

Freelance Design / Marketing / Web Design

A step-by-step guide on how freelance web designers can build and grow their personal brand that will cost nothing but a bit of time.

Networking For Designers 101

Networking For Designers 101

Web Design
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