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Learn about the challenges and rewards of a freelance design career and take control of your self-employed professional life.

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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.

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….

Why It Takes Commitment to Work with Clients

Why It Takes Commitment to Work with Clients

Freelance

It’s crucial that we as web designers not only focus on a project’s outcome, but on our relationships with clients as well.

Performing a Yearly Analysis of Your Design Business

Performing a Yearly Analysis of Your Design Business

Freelance

The importance of conducting a yearly analysis of your design business for growth, improvement, and strategic planning.

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 Manage Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity

How to Manage Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity

Freelance

A day in the life of a freelance web designer can be a real whirlwind. Without ever leaving your desk, you might be working on dozens of sites, communicating with…

Examining the Evolution of the Typical Web Design Client

Examining the Evolution of the Typical Web Design Client

Freelance

There has been a lot of change in client attitudes and expectations over the years. We take a closer look at some of the common themes.

The Five Forgivable Sins of a Freelance Designer

The Five Forgivable Sins of a Freelance Designer

Freelance

The web is full of advice for freelance web designers. Certainly, I’ve offered up my share. But, while it’s often well-meaning, there is an unintended consequence. It can lead us…

Why Is Focusing on Long-Term Goals So Difficult?

Why Is Focusing on Long-Term Goals So Difficult?

Freelance

As tough as it sounds, having long-term goals is important and you need them to keep growing and evolving along with the web. The following are some ways to help you home in on the future of your design business.

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.

Tips for Collaborating with Other Web Designers

Tips for Collaborating with Other Web Designers

Freelance / Web Design

Effective tips for web designers on successful collaboration, improving project outcomes, and team dynamics.

Those Non-Design Technologies Web Designers Need to Know

Those Non-Design Technologies Web Designers Need to Know

Freelance / Web Design
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