You’ve heard it before: “It’s not you: It’s me.” Or perhaps you heard nothing at all, and the regular stream of customers who were once hot for you has slowed to a trickle.
But the truth of the matter that it is you, and unless you take immediate action to rekindle the flames, your customers [...]
Sunday is here again (beautiful day here), time for a short break from “doing as much work as I can before Monday “. I read some really great posts this week, and I would like to share some of them with you folks.
Before you go read these posts, did you know that “Teaching Sells” is [...]
These are some personal observations, reasons I probably would click away, not hire someone, not call back.
Combined with some personal experiences, and some reasons I believe I didn’t get a gig at some point. Gotta learn from our mistakes. :)
1- Your online portfolio is full of Adsense ads
This can be a huge turn-off. Someone does [...]
“Free.” What do I mean by that?
What I’m talking about is a popular marketing tool. A powerful tool, but often abused.
To be specific, I’m talking about when you give something away with the hope of gaining (or keeping) customers. It’s often risky to use this tool, but it can be used safely [...]
Are you noticing a sudden drop in the number of business inquiries you receive every day/week? As a freelancer your income depends in part on:
Pitching your services in front of prospective clients
Referrals
Direct business inquiries from your website or print advertisements
The referrals depend on the good relationships you have with your previous clients. Since you provide [...]
Blogging can bring your business exposure, credibility, and whole lot more revenue - so it’s in your best interest to deliver a steady stream of powerful writing. But for a lot of us, that’s a tall order. If you’re finding your creative juices running a little dry, this list of quick and easy [...]
Project Management Tips from the Developer’s Point of View
When I began my career at the medium sized company, I initially saw my project managers as a pain in the ass. All I was interested in doing was coding.
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.
Fight The Content Battle, What Happened To Writing For People?
One reason I was originally hesitant to start designing websites is the nature of “content” on the web. It is the misconception of clients that technology and the flexibility of content management systems allow “content” to come at any time.
9 Of The Best Ways To Present A Website To A Client
The design phase of creating a website is fairly standard for most web designers however when it comes to presenting the mock up to a client before slicing / coding the design, some problems do arise.
20 Beautiful Dark Websites to get you Inspired
Black and dark websites, when utilized properly, can have stunning outcomes. Often the dark background is mixed with subtle glows and gradients to produce even more brilliant results.
How To Provide Excellent Customer Service
One thing that freelancers can offer over big design firms is personalized customer service. We should take pride in extent of support for our clients.
7 Steps to Developing Originality in Your Design and Illustration Work
Certainly we're inspired by multiple sources, but ultimately it's our synthesis of influence, discovery, passion, and process that determines the outcome of our work.
