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The Art Of Great Customer Service As A Freelance Web Designer

Posted June 30, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

The Art Of Great Customer Service As A Freelance Web Designer
Giving good customer service as a freelance web designer is paramount to the lively hood involved with being your own business.

25 Incredibly Artistic Websites – Part II

Posted June 30, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

25 Incredibly Artistic Websites – Part II
A few months ago I published a collection of incredibly artistic websites that featured illustrations, creative headers, and detailed backgrounds. Since then I’ve been…

How To Increase Business While Beating The Summer Heat

Posted June 30, 2008 in Business, How-To 4 Rockin' Comments »

Well, the dog days of summer are upon us (if you’re in the US at least) and the heat down here in Texas is soaring into the stratosphere.

For us here this is the time of year when no one really wants to get out in the heat and we certainly don’t want to dress for the occasion if we do. Cool drinks and swimming pools are the norm down here, but how do you combine summer activities with trying to make a living? Go fishing of course!

There are plenty of ways to increase business and beat the heat this summer if you just take a look around. I’ve decided to see how many I could come up with. Feel free to add to the list! [Click Here to Read More...]

5 Ways Designers Can Change The World

Posted June 29, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

5 Ways Designers Can Change The World
A lot of times we think our creativity and talent isn’t practical enough to help others in need, hopefully this post can inspire you and help you to think a little bit differently about what you as designer can do.

How To Spot And Work With Graphic Engineers

Posted June 29, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

How To Spot And Work With Graphic Engineers
The design profession has it’s engineers too, and they are just as underrated as their sciencey counterparts.

Top 10 Photoshop Tutorials of June

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Top 10 Photoshop Tutorials of June
Top 10 photoshop tutorials of June, you may notice a lot of advert designs, this has been a very common trend in tutorials this month.

Killer Packaging Design Inspiration – Part II

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Killer Packaging Design Inspiration – Part II
Great list of very inspirational packaging designs.

Freelance Bloggers And The Need For Name Recognition

Posted June 28, 2008 in Writing 10 Rockin' Comments »

For freelance bloggers there is a huge range of pay available by writing for different blogs. Some will pay only a few dollars per article while others can pay very well. Of course, the pay is impacted by factors such as the income of the blog and the complexity and detail of the posts being written.

Additionally, many blogs pay freelancers at different rates according to their skills and to the results that they produce. This leaves freelance bloggers with an opportunity to increase their income by finding the right jobs and by producing better results.

If you’re hoping to do both of these in order to raise your income, one of the best things you can do is to focus on building your name recognition. Freelance blogging can be greatly influenced by how well you are known and respected in your niche. Those who are well-known have an easier time finding work, and in fact the work often finds them. [Click Here to Read More...]

CSS Text Based Navigation Bar With Images

Posted June 28, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

CSS Text Based Navigation Bar With Images
A tutorial on how to create animated imaged based navigation bars in an clean and accessible way using text link images and CSS.