Hi all.. Welcome to Part 2 of the first post: How do your organise yourself as a freelance designer? This is more of a search for ideas and methods than an
Should your website have a client list? This is a question that a client popped to me not long ago. That got me thinking.. is it a necessity or a bit of
Hi all, found this video in my travels of a graphic designers conversation with a client! Hilarious! Be warned Language is very strong in the video!
Non disclosure Agreements are something that comes up at some point in time. Especially, say you are outsourcing a part of a project to another freelancer or design agency. Over
I recently created this wallpaper for Lucidry an online inspirational, business, social media and creative professional website. I thought it would be great to share my process in a tutorial!
I recently wrote an article: what to include in a design project proposal. Which helped me think through the things I normal include in say a branding project. However, for
Once again, I found an excuse to upgrade my monitor and so went on the hunt for the best design appropriate monitors. A while back I did another search and
We were just having through our client list generated during 2009. Kind of surprised but encouraged to see that a substantial amount of our work came through referrals. Referrals –
Hi all, this is a follow up to a post I made not long ago about factors that we often forget to factor in when we price projects. See that
If you have chosen to work from and not from an office, then you are probably faced with the same problems that I am, most notable is the problem of
Welcome to the second installment of this series – Marketing. You can view the other parts here: Long Term Freelancing Success. Marketing is one of the key elements of any business
I found a number of old photos and after scanning them in – they had a grainy finish and had lost the punch and impact they once had. So I
Understanding your website’s bounce rate can be the key between creating a more user friendly or profitable website. The 5 articles below should hopefully help you to do that: How to
Last week, we were asked for the first time to send over a detailed project proposal in response to an initial brief document; for a fairly large client. This was
When starting out, when your down in the trenches fighting against the colossal agencies and your fellow freelancing kin, do you have to be a good sales person in order
Every now and then, hopefully not too often something may come along whether it is for family / friends / a charitable cause / a non-profit organisation etc where you
This is a fairly ‘intermediate’ tutorial, although most beginners will be able to follow along with the video. It’s a neat little tutorial packed full of lots of little gems
When first starting out in any of the creative arts as a freelancer or sole designer; marketing is one of the biggest concerns. Getting clients, letting people know that you
One of the things I suffered from in the beginning when pricing clients is often forgetting to bill for all aspects of a project and thus half way through I
Christmas approaches as does the end of the year, below are 5 great gifts you can get yourself. These are books that I have personally read, so they definitely are
This is a question that often comes up in my head, in my daily attempts at plotting on how to take over the design universe.. that surely it must be
Hi all, welcome to what I hope to be a series about some factors I think will be key to long term success..The first is to address your working discipline. Read
As a ‘noob’ to the freelance design industry in what I would consider a truly professional manner; I was somewhat naive as to how hard it would be to find
A while back, I made a post showing a free utility available for mac that was very comprehensive in calibrating a LCD screen. You can view that here. However,