Posts Tagged "freelancing"
5 Accounting Tips for Freelance Designers
Being a freelancer can be good for so many reasons, some of the major ones being: You work whenever you want You determine whom to work for You determine how much you make You can outsource part of your work and increase your earnings While the above are some very attractive benefits, and reasons for almost any designer to...continue reading
8 Tips for Web Designers Who Bid on Freelancing Sites
More and more B2B (business to business) transactions are currently moving to the web, so it is no surprise that web designers have seen this as their traditional source of business since the beginning. Except for the largest of companies, most companies do not have an internal web design and maintenance department, so most web designers, out of necessity,...continue reading
Keeping Clients Happy
The right software along with the right practices can be just what you need to achieve success in both design and customer service. Every designer knows that clients can be hard to deal with, but few are willing to admit that a few of the problems may their fault too. Check out these tips for the best ways to...continue reading
10 Advices When Meeting a Potential Client
When you first begin your freelancing career you might underestimate the aspects of the job. Going from employee to working for yourself will force you to restructure your focus. When you become a freelancer, you become an identify of yourself as well as a brand. Showing clients your creativity/managerial side is quite important for a successful representation. Here are...continue reading
5 Things to Do When You are Out of Work
As a freelancer there are times when you will have no work at hand….and your first reaction…….YOU PANIC!!! If you are reading this from America or Europe, we all know that things have been kind of rough in the last few years. A large amount of people don’t have jobs, some have joined the Occupy Protest, and others are...continue reading
Deadlines and that Designers’ Block
Writers have been known to hit a wall when nothing seems to work. Ideas don’t flow through and when something does come in, it doesn’t translate well onto paper. The same phenomenon has been known to strike graphic designers as well. In fact, for graphic designers, this might be more common if you consider their work culture and environment...continue reading
5 Tips to Deal With “Bad” Clients
Clients, people that give you a job, pay you for it and entrust their corporate identity. Also they administer communication plans in your hands, believe that you are the right person for it, and lead you to express your creativity. All of these steps come together to provide one goal: improve their business. This is the definition of a “client”...continue reading
An Artistic Triangle: Thought, Creativity, and the Blues
It is flattering, if you are diagnosed with depression, to believe mood disorders have a high correlation with creativity. Past studies suggest the connection between creativity and depression is true, but there is a fly in that ointment If you have ever had major depression you know tying a shoe can take all the energy you have for the...continue reading
