Many successful freelancers don’t do any advertising at all - their services are so good that word-of-mouth referrals get them all the business they need. There’s just something about a personal referral that carries more weight than any sales page or fancy flyer ever could.
But you don’t have to depend on your clients to do [...]
My recent post on work-life balance (complete with music video) has been hitting a nerve with many freelancers and entrepreneurs.
While being self-employed obviously has its perks, many people are getting the sense that building their business has been costing them too much in terms of family, relationships, and personal life goals.
What about you?
What’s your biggest [...]
More than anything else, your business is dependent on the personal vibe that radiates from you in every communication - your emails, your website, your collateral. Are you absolutely nailing this, communicating the confidence that brings in clients day after day … or do you let fears, insecurities and false humility hold you back? [...]
When you take on a new project, you take on a very specific per-hour rate - either an agreed upon rate ($40/hr, and I told the client it should take about 10 hours) or a per project rate ($400, but I think it will take 10 hours, so that’s $40/hr). But for far too many [...]
Dependable. Innovative. Trustworthy. Creative … any one of these words (and many others) could describe your personality as a freelancer. But are you making sure that potential clients know exactly why you stand out from the competition?
If you’re not wrapping your personal brand around everything you present to the world online, [...]
When your freelancing business keeps you in front of a computer screen for most of your working day, it’s easy to fall victim to some of the time-honored productivity drains that have reduced many an entrepreneurial income. If you’re not careful (and just a little bit vigilant), things that don’t seem like such a [...]
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.
