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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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Perusing the Digital Junk of a Web Designer

Perusing the Digital Junk of a Web Designer

Navigating the clutter of digital assets and tools that web designers accumulate, offering strategies for organization and efficiency.

How to Help Clients Round Out Their Ideas

How to Help Clients Round Out Their Ideas

Those first conversations between the client and designer are pivotal. This is where you’ll gain an understanding of a client’s thought process.

How To Convince Clients To Invest in a Custom Website

How To Convince Clients To Invest in a Custom Website

Learn how to convince your clients that a custom website is worth the investment. Read tips and strategies to help you make a compelling case.

Tips on Writing Effective Website Documentation for Your Clients

Tips on Writing Effective Website Documentation for Your Clients

We share some tips for writing outstanding website documentation. The kind of tips your clients will thank you for!

Beyond Design & Development: Skills to Boost Your Career

Beyond Design & Development: Skills to Boost Your Career

To run a successful freelance design business or agency, you will need some skills that don’t directly relate to code or aesthetics.

The Subtle Mindset Changes That’ll Get You Paid More by Clients

The Subtle Mindset Changes That’ll Get You Paid More by Clients

Mindset adjustments that can help attract paying clients and build a more profitable freelance business.

Should You Charge for Website Project Estimates?

Should You Charge for Website Project Estimates?

We discuss the pros and cons of freelance designers charging a fee for project estimates. In many cases, it does make sense to do.

The Benefits & Dangers of a Designer’s Ego

The Benefits & Dangers of a Designer’s Ego

Learn how your ego can boost your confidence and drive success, but also how it can lead to mistakes and missed opportunities.

How Passion Can Help (Or Hurt) a Design Project

How Passion Can Help (Or Hurt) a Design Project

The challenge is knowing when passion should play a role in design – and when to let it go. Passion can both help and hurt your projects.

Like It or Not, Being a Freelancer Means Making Decisions

Like It or Not, Being a Freelancer Means Making Decisions

We talk about some of the important decisions you’ll need to make as a freelancer and share some tips for making the right choices.

How to Get the Design Clients You Deserve

How to Get the Design Clients You Deserve

Nothing’s more frustrating than not getting clients. You know your designs are good. You write really concise and sharp emails. Your people skills are impeccable. Yet no matter what you…

Discovering the Freedoms of Freelance Design

Discovering the Freedoms of Freelance Design