As an experiment, keep a log for a few days (and stop groaning; it’s not just another log — it’s interesting). Every hour or so, write a reason, or a variation, or something appealing about how you envision the freelance way of life.
When it comes to positioning your business, are you doing the equivalent of walking up to a car salesman and asking “How much do you think I should spend?” If you aren’t taking smart steps to ensure that you keep 100% control over your customer’s perceptions of you, you might as well be handing [...]
We all want repeated business, but sometimes it happens you deliver a project, and you never hear from that person ever again, although you know you worked hard, and your work is quality. Repeated business is critical to your success as a freelancer.
If you’re serious about making a living from your freelancing activities maybe you [...]
I’m a firm believer that the web is setting some serious standards for the way business operates and the way it is going to progress in the coming years.
As I’m experiencing the management and ownership of my own business (Aspiring Indie), I can’t help but wonder about what the next generation’s work environment is going [...]
Creating a marketing campaign is one thing, getting it to be successful is a whole other thing that lots of people never think about. Most marketers design some marketing materials and leave it at that. They don’t get into developing their campaign further, refining it or even creating additional pieces. That’s why the lazy marketer [...]
I have a feeling many of you freelancers and entrepreneurs will like this. Scot from Meridian Crest sent me an invite for a new service called 8apps, they’re in beta right now, but it looks really promising.
I’ve been playing around with 8apps for a couple of days now, and thought I could write about it. [...]
Four Steps for One Great Writing Technique
One writing technique spans all forms of writing, though, from persuasive copy that sells to advertisements that incite to stories that entertain. It’s storytelling, and it’s a technique that works.
If They Come, You Will Build It
I thought I would give some useful information to any up-and-coming web designers that might be having some trouble finding business and reeling it in.
Web Services I Can’t Live Without As A Web Designer
As web designers and internet enthusiasts we tend to use web applications to safely work without the worry of loosing data due to hardware failure.
SEO Tools: Six Firefox 3 SEO Extensions
In this post, we’ll look at six useful SEO add-ons for Firefox 3. In no particular order, here are my favorite Firefox extensions for SEO and internet marketing.
Logo Inspiration For Your Design Blog
If you are planning to open a new blog or change the logo of the existing one, you can have some inspiration from this article.
What You're Missing If You Don't Challenge Your Clients
Clients are very quick to challenge designers on their choices, however the doing the opposite is often met with tension. Because of this tension, some designers eventually give up and let the client dictate the work.
How to Read
Who needs to learn how to read? After all, we all learned how to read fairly early in life, usually in elementary school, right? But do you know how to really read? More importantly, are you really reading?
9 Easy Usability Improvements for Blogs
One of our primary goals as designers is to constantly improve the usability of our websites and blogs. Content, while very important, doesn’t help readers if they can’t easily get to it.
