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Learn the best ways to find potential design clients, negotiate prices, market your services, and deliver high-quality work.

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Has Web Design Become Too Complex for Freelancers?

Has Web Design Become Too Complex for Freelancers?

Building websites is no longer straightforward. We analyze the increased complexity of web design for freelancers and its impact on their work.

Reinforcing the Value of Web Designers in the Age of AI

Reinforcing the Value of Web Designers in the Age of AI

We discuss the unique value web designers offer in an AI-driven age, emphasizing our irreplaceable creative skills and strategic insights.

Clients Are Demanding More Web Design Freedom

Clients Are Demanding More Web Design Freedom

Strategies for giving clients more control and flexibility in web design projects, ensuring satisfaction and creativity.

Lessons Learned in 25 Years of Freelancing

Lessons Learned in 25 Years of Freelancing

I share some valuable lessons I’ve learned from my 25 years as a freelance web designers. Things that I hope will help you on your own journey.

Don’t Be Branded as a Cheap, Low-End Designer

Don’t Be Branded as a Cheap, Low-End Designer

Avoid being labeled as a low-cost designer with strategies to position yourself for higher-end projects and clients.

How to Deal With Overly Opinionated Design Clients

How to Deal With Overly Opinionated Design Clients

We discuss how you as the designer can nip most design by committee in the bud, and show you how you can use it to your advantage.

How Subscription Fatigue Impacts Web Designers

How Subscription Fatigue Impacts Web Designers

Everything’s a subscription. And it impacts web designers and their clients in numerous ways. Let’s look at what this means for our industry.

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

How to Handle Ethical Disagreements With Your Design Clients

We share a reliable process freelance designers can use to stop all those unethical requests from clients from getting out of control.

How to Improve Your Communication With Clients

How to Improve Your Communication With Clients

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.

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

We’ve all experienced when a client wants to make a change to your design that, as a designer, you can immediately tell will result in disaster.

The Role Design Plays in Your Client’s Sales Funnel

The Role Design Plays in Your Client’s Sales Funnel

We talk about what you’re really supposed to be doing as a designer, and about the role your designs play in your client’s sales funnel.

How to Deal with Your Freelance Design Mistakes

How to Deal with Your Freelance Design Mistakes