3 Things Freelance Pros Do at the End of a Gig
Most freelancers hop from gig to gig. That means a lot of endings. Sometimes, a one-time project turns into a repeat client, but sometimes your client disappears forever. If you’re
Read MoreCategory: Freelancing
How Not To Get Screwed By Clients
The problem designers will face early in their freelance careers is navigating the waters of how to get paid for things. There are so many potholes, nightmare scenarios and snake-oil
Read More
How Transparent Should Your Rates Be?
As a freelancer, determining how transparent you should be with your rates is a delicate dance. On one hand, transparency can build trust and attract the right clients. On the
Read More
10 Things Clients Hate Hearing the Most
The customer’s always right, right? Small businesses, freelance service providers and contracted professionals have enough interactions with clients to know that it’s a lot more complicated than that. The customer
Read More
Create an Awesome Design Portfolio With These 20 Pro Tips
These days designers can easily have their work on the internet with a theme, website or a few clicks. Back before the internet, designers had to put together physical, printed
Read More
6 Questions to Ask Before Taking on a Web Design Project
The preparatory work you do at the start of a website project, including the questions that you ask before you even agree to take on that project or client, will
Read More
4 Ways to Make Customers Fall in Love With You all Over Again
Here are 4 ways to spring clean your relationships and make your customers fall in love with you all over again. 1. Give them some candy One reason that relationships
Read More
How To “Sell” Your Designs To Clients
A designer often knows when their design is a perfect fit for a client. They know when it will be successful in the real world and what it feels like
Read More
3 Steps to Creating Your Personal Brand
Whether you like it or not, you are a brand. Indeed, whether you are employee or employer, a worker bee or out of work, a small entrepreneur or the big
Read More
Mistakes to Avoid as a Freelance Graphic Designer
Mistakes are inevitable, especially when you are working on an art or graphic design project. You cannot prevent every single mistake from occurring. However, you can avoid most common mistakes
Read More
How to Build Business Relationships as a Solopreneur
Good communication is vital to business relationships and especially for the solopreneur, who is the voice and face of the company. It’s never been more important to forge strong relationships.
Read More
Sales Techniques For People Who Hate Selling
One of the biggest challenges freelancers face is a resistance to “selling” themselves. After all, if the work is good, shouldn’t it speak for itself? Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that
Read More