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You’ll Never Be a Design Specialist by Generalizing Your Skills

You’ll Never Be a Design Specialist by Generalizing Your Skills

Design / Freelance

We take a look at why design generalists are inferior to design specialists, and what freelance designers can do instead to boost their desirability to potential clients.

As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

Design / Freelance / Marketing

Let me start off by asking you a question. How many of you have switched toothpaste brands over the course of your lives? How about deodorant, shampoo, or motor oil…

How to Attract the Right Clients by Focusing on a Niche

How to Attract the Right Clients by Focusing on a Niche

Freelance / Web Design

Useful tips for good designers so that they can market themselves to the exact kind of clients that best suits their niche and services.

Finding a Niche as a Designer Isn’t an Overused Cliché

Finding a Niche as a Designer Isn’t an Overused Cliché

Design / Freelance

Focusing on a niche as a designer will help you strengthen your personal brand and attract highly targeted, highly desirable clients.

How to Deal With Your Ego as a Designer

How to Deal With Your Ego as a Designer

Freelance

Every designer must learn to deal with criticism and their ego because suggestions and opinions often prove helpful to the design process.

Those Things You Must Do When Ending a Freelance Design Project

Those Things You Must Do When Ending a Freelance Design Project

Freelance / Web Design

There are important things you should do when ending a freelance project, and today we go over what they are and why you should do them.

How to Get out of the Freelance Pricing Trap

How to Get out of the Freelance Pricing Trap

Freelance

As there are so many things you already have to deal with as a freelancer, you really want to avoid stumbling into the freelance pricing trap.

Exciting Design Specialties to Broaden Your Design Skillset

Exciting Design Specialties to Broaden Your Design Skillset

Design / Freelance

What should you focus on when learning new skills? Here are five exciting design specialties that will help broaden your skillset.

How to Grow Your Audience as a Designer

How to Grow Your Audience as a Designer

Freelance / Web Design

We share the key principles that allow community builders to rise above others in terms of platform building, and how you can learn from the examples they set.

How to Handle Losing Your Motivation as a Designer

How to Handle Losing Your Motivation as a Designer

Design / Freelance

We share a technique you can use when you’re feeling burnt out and can’t bear to take one more step to complete that big creative project.

How to Combat Mental Overload

How to Combat Mental Overload

Freelance

Mental overload sucks! Having too much on your mind can overwhelm you and prevent you from being effective with your work, creativity, and being able to enjoy the moment. It’s…

Testing Your Marketing Efforts as a Freelancer Designer

Testing Your Marketing Efforts as a Freelancer Designer

Freelance
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