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How Inexperience can teach you about Design

Posted June 27, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

How Inexperience Can Teach You About Design
Can you remember your first-ever design job? Whether it was the first piece of work you got paid for, or the freebies you used to do for friends and which gave you the first inklings that a career in design was for you?

A Practical Guide to Earning Six Figures: Changing Your Mind

Posted June 27, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

A Practical Guide to Earning Six Figures: Changing Your Mind
How to have the freedom and flexibility to live the life you want.

Is It Okay If You’re Not Qualified For The Job?

Posted June 27, 2008 in Business 29 Rockin' Comments »

What’s an expert? I read somewhere, that the more a man knows, the more he knows, he doesn’t know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn’t admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn’t really know that much. -Malcolm Forbes

If I could attribute one idea to my success as a freelancer, it would be this: “You Are Who You Say You Are”.

All too often, beginning freelancers question whether they are, in fact, allowed to call themselves “professionals”. At what point is it acceptable to say, “I’m an expert in my field”? At what point can you confidently charge $100 an hour?

To many people, the term “freelancer” comes with some baggage. They don’t hear this word and think, “entrepreneur”. No - instead, they think, “He must be some hack that can’t get a real job.” So, who gets to decide when you’re qualified? The true answer is that you’ll never know. The more you educate yourself, the more you realize how much further your journey will continue. Ultimately, YOU - and nobody else - decide when you’re an expert and are worthy of a hefty fee. [Click here to read more →]

When to Fire Your Client

Posted June 26, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

When To Fire Your Client
Every freelancer has high-maintenance clients, it comes with the territory. There comes a time in the life of your business, that in order to grow you have to cut ties with old clients to make room for the new.

How To Write A Graphic Design Brief

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How To Write A Graphic Design Brief
When you are starting a new project which requires help from a graphic designer it’s important that the client supplies a full and healthy brief. This brief shouldn’t merely be a shopping list of requirements…

Creative Freelancer Conference

Posted June 26, 2008 in freelancenews Add Comment »

Creative Freelancer Conference
Business conference for designers, copywriters, photographers and other creative solopreneurs! Chicago, August 27th-29th 2008.