Last week’s Open Thread was a solid success, with dozens of people chiming in to give their hard earned success secrets. Let’s keep the train moving with another all-about-you question: What’s your elevator pitch? You know, that 15 to 30 second description of what you do and why it’s so damned valuable [...]
I hope you had a great week, met all your deadlines and got time for some more reading :)
As usual on week-end I like to share blog posts and articles I read during the week that caught my attention, I hope you’ll enjoy them.
Before we move on to the list I just want to let [...]
Personal finance bloggers are growing in influence and audience. No matter what their goals or financial situation is tens of thousands of people over the past few years have turned to bloggers to help guide and inspire them to change their lives. In this article we highlight 10 must-read personal finance bloggers to inform and [...]
I’m pretty sure I’ve read more ebooks than ‘real‘ paperback books in my life (not that ebooks are not ‘real‘ books, I find it’s just more convenient and it helps save trees!) This week I read 3 great ebooks and I’d like to share them with you. Here we go:
#1- A Profitable Freelancing Business for [...]
Hey folks, I’d like to welcome XHTMLit to our growing family of advertisers and partners on Freelance Folder. You’ll see the new banner in the sidebar on the right. Big thanks to Artur from XHTMLiT/InterDevil.
Basically what they do is take your design file(s), PSD, PNG, AI, etc… and they convert them into valid XHTML and [...]
“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.”
- Vernon Law
The admissions office for the School of Hard Knocks is always open, and we’ve all taken our share of courses there. And while you wear your battle scars with pride, it’s always nicer to avoid the pain when possible.
If [...]
From Print Designer To Web Designer... Take The Leap But Don’t Get Wet… I Did.
It doesn’t really matter what school of thought or training you come from. It’s all about how you adapt and adhere to certain principals and guidelines.
19 Ways to Build Your Business When Work is Slow
Just because you don’t have as much client work as you would like doesn’t mean that there is nothing positive you can do for your business.
Battle Productivity Brain Drain With an Idea Budget
You’ll restore some balance in your life and actually get things done with these seven adapted strategies.
5 Other Services all Freelance Web Designers Should Offer!
Are you a Web Designer or Developer? Yes? Well are you optimizing your reach by expanding your services beyond Web Design? No? C’MON! Whats wrong with you?! Jeez!
27 Best Photoshop Web Layout Design Tutorials to Design Decent Web Layouts
Here is a collection of 27 layout design tutorials that will help you with designing a decent looking website.
10 Fab Flyer Design Ideas
Flyer designs have always been one of the most powerful marketing tools
available to businesses and organizations.
11 Steps For A More Stable Freelance Income
Some things will be outside of your control, but your approach to your work is capable of having a significant impact in stabilizing your income.
Website Design is not Graphic Design
Web design isn't all about beautiful and artistic, but it should be fun and convenient to use. It also has several key points that don't apply to other graphic design fields.
