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How to Bend the Rules to Accommodate Your Design Clients

How to Bend the Rules to Accommodate Your Design Clients

Freelance

Navigating the delicate balance of bending rules to accommodate client requests while maintaining design integrity.

How ‘Lazy’ Price Estimates Can Cost Freelancers

How ‘Lazy’ Price Estimates Can Cost Freelancers

Freelance

In an effort to help freelance designers, we explore how you can more accurately estimate costs and fill clients in on the details.

How to Deal with People Who Don’t Value Web Designers

How to Deal with People Who Don’t Value Web Designers

Freelance

Even in this high-tech world in which we live, there are still people who think that anyone can build a great website.

How to Explain to a Client Why Investment in Their Website Is Crucial to Their Success

How to Explain to a Client Why Investment in Their Website Is Crucial to Their Success

Freelance / Web Design

Insights into why investing in a quality website is critical to success in today’s digital landscape.

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

How to Deal With Sudden Client Designer Syndrome

Freelance

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.

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

How to Educate Clients About the Value of Your Services as a Designer

Freelance / Web Design

Understand how to communicate the true value of your design services to clients, enhancing appreciation and compensation.

The Perils of Being a Responsible Web Designer

The Perils of Being a Responsible Web Designer

Freelance

The challenges of being a responsible web designer, focusing on ethics, accessibility, and user privacy.

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

How to Specifically Cater to the Needs of Your Clients

Freelance / Web Design

Tips for effectively meeting client needs without compromising your standards or creativity in the design process.

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Freelance / Web Design

Knowing how to spot a bad business idea or tell when a particular business relationship looks rickety is an important skill every designer should learn.

How Novice Designers Can Improve Their Client Rosters

How Novice Designers Can Improve Their Client Rosters

Marketing

We offer advice on what all you young designers out there can do to get in on the more exciting and high-paying projects in the design industry.

How to Be Proactive with Your Web Design Clients

How to Be Proactive with Your Web Design Clients

Freelance / Web Design

We talk about it all the time. Being a web designer is about more than just clean code and pretty graphics. There are a number of other roles we play….

How to Help Clients Adopt New Business Models

How to Help Clients Adopt New Business Models

Freelance

How can we best deal with these rapid changes? First, take a deep breath. Then, review the following tips for making the process as pain-free as possible.

How to Grow Your Web Design Business

How to Grow Your Web Design Business

Freelance

By following these simple methods, and seizing the right opportunity, you may be able to jumpstart growth and expand your web design business.

How to Minimize Wasted Time during a Web Design Project

How to Minimize Wasted Time during a Web Design Project

Freelance / Web Design

Advice and tips for having more productive moments during your web design projects that will help to minimize any wasted time.

How to Not Shortchange Yourself When Inheriting a Website

How to Not Shortchange Yourself When Inheriting a Website

Freelance

Inheriting a website can be overwhelming, but don’t shortchange yourself by not taking full ownership. Learn how to assess, plan, and execute to make it your own.

Why You Should Explain Design Decisions to Your Clients

Why You Should Explain Design Decisions to Your Clients

Freelance

Have you ever found yourself totally in love with a design mockup you created, only to see your client pick it apart? Even worse is when they advocate for changes…

Here Are the Biggest Mistakes Freelance Web Designers Make

Here Are the Biggest Mistakes Freelance Web Designers Make

Freelance

Here are the biggest mistakes freelance web designers typically make. I’ve experienced them all. Read on to learn how to avoid them.

The Importance of Diversifying Your Client Roster

The Importance of Diversifying Your Client Roster

Freelance
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