How to Take on and Handle More Design Work
If you’re a freelance designer, there will probably come a time when you will either want or need to take on a few extra clients. However, it can be…
If you’re a freelance designer, there will probably come a time when you will either want or need to take on a few extra clients. However, it can be…
A lot of freelance designers find themselves stuck in the same place, year after year, serving the same types of clients despite their desire to move …
A designer’s skill set can very quickly become obsolete in this day and age. Designers need to know more skills than ever before, and client expecta…
Being a professional is something that most designers dream of accomplishing. After all, it’s the happy medium between knowing your stuff, getting p…
In business, there is a right way and a wrong way to do just about everything. This certainly extends to asking for favors or any other kind of help f…
After a couple of years as a freelance designer, you’re going to build up quite a collection of work you’ve done for clients, and ideally, for you…
At some point in your design career, you’ll likely be placed in charge of other people. These might include writers, marketers, programmers, enginee…
Ever hear the phrase ‘starving artist’? Given the current state of the freelance design world — especially among less experienced designers — …
Does your client roster read like the advertising section of a newspaper? Do plumbers, veterinarians, landscapers, dentists – any and every type of …
Everyone is a storyteller. Stories are how we explore our surroundings and communicate with others, whether it’s to persuade them, inspire them, o…
Are you getting sick of the daily grind of commercial creativity – having to be creative on command for a client with a specific idea in mind? I kno…
As a designer, I have a lot of opinions on design, both as a user and as a creator of design content. And if you’re a designer, I’m sure you do as…