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How to Help Your Clients Master eCommerce

How to Help Your Clients Master eCommerce

We show you how, with a little patience, you can teach clients how to manage their eCommerce websites, and guide them toward success.

Why Is Focusing on Long-Term Goals So Difficult?

Why Is Focusing on Long-Term Goals So Difficult?

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 Critique a Client’s Ideas

How to Critique a Client’s Ideas

Building a website is a collaborative process. It works best when both clients and designers can openly exchange ideas.

Those Non-Design Technologies Web Designers Need to Know

Those Non-Design Technologies Web Designers Need to Know

We call ourselves web designers and developers. However, the job often goes beyond those narrow margins. Freelancers and small agencies deal with a range of non-design and coding issues. We…

How to Find Out What a Web Design Client Really Needs

How to Find Out What a Web Design Client Really Needs

Do you have a client that doesn’t know the process of developing a website? There are some things you can do to help them.

How to Prepare Your Freelance Design Business for an Unexpected Absence

How to Prepare Your Freelance Design Business for an Unexpected Absence

Today, we’re going to discuss a rather difficult subject. But it’s one that every web designer should think about: If something happens to you, what happens to your business? This…

How to Deal with Clients That Have Outsized Expectations

How to Deal with Clients That Have Outsized Expectations

Clients have big ideas for their websites, but we may not share the same enthusiasm. We discuss how to handle clients with those outsized expectations.

What Are the Biggest Threats to Freelance Web Designers?

What Are the Biggest Threats to Freelance Web Designers?

Identifying the biggest threats to freelance web designers and strategies for mitigating these risks to sustain a successful career.

How Freelancers Can Protect Themselves from Unfair Treatment

How Freelancers Can Protect Themselves from Unfair Treatment

There are several ways that clients can mistreat you. We explore four of the more common transgressions, along with ways to combat them.

How to Gain the Trust of Your Web Design Clients

How to Gain the Trust of Your Web Design Clients

Trust is the foundation of a good client/designer relationship. It provides confidence and security to everyone involved. Without it, there is no means to achieve any sort of comfort level…

Things Your Web Design Clients Should Manage Themselves

Things Your Web Design Clients Should Manage Themselves

Learn why giving your web design clients more control over their projects and websites can lead to better outcomes for you.

How to Stop Getting Burned by Your Design Clients

How to Stop Getting Burned by Your Design Clients

Learn strategies to avoid being taken advantage of by clients, ensuring fair treatment and compensation for freelancers.

Is the ‘Fast & Cheap’ Website Still Realistic?

Is the ‘Fast & Cheap’ Website Still Realistic?

Should fast and cheap website design be tossed into the dustbin of history? We look at this old nemesis and wonder if it still has a place in modern web design.

The Case for Showing Freelance Clients Your Authentic Self

The Case for Showing Freelance Clients Your Authentic Self

There can be a stigma attached to letting clients see us we really are. We make the argument for dropping the façade and being yourself.

Why Clients Are Asking for More Creative Control in Web Design

Why Clients Are Asking for More Creative Control in Web Design

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

How to Manage the 24/7 Work Culture of Web Designers

How to Manage the 24/7 Work Culture of Web Designers

Whether you’re working as part of a large team or as a solo entrepreneur – no web designer is immune to a 24/7 work culture.

Waking Up the Taste Buds of Your Design Clients

Waking Up the Taste Buds of Your Design Clients

One of the hallmarks of a top chef is his or her ability to do interesting takes on food combinations that, at first glance, seem like they wouldn’t go together…

The Modern Challenges of Starting a Freelance Web Design Business

The Modern Challenges of Starting a Freelance Web Design Business