Category: Freelance Design

When you’re trying to run your own freelance business, it’s important to remember that you’re not just a design professional. You’re also a business owner. That means you need to learn not just how to do your design job better, but how to run your business better, too.

How to Set Yourself Apart from DIY Website Providers

Competition within the web design industry is fierce. With the sheer number of agencies and freelancers out there fighting for clients, it can feel like no project is uncontested. Throw…

10 Free Excel Templates for Freelance Designers

As a freelancer, you have to keep track of everything. From monitoring budgets to planning new creative ventures, there’s way too much information to keep track of. Some people work…

The Struggle for Freelance Growth

Being a freelance web designer offers plenty of advantages. You get to work the way you want and for the type of clients you prefer. Whether you’re specializing in a…

What to Do When Your Client Won’t Pay

So, you’ve finished the job, handed over the files, and sent your invoice – when your client suddenly disappears off the face of the Earth. They’re ignoring your emails, lying…

Essential Documents for Freelance Web Designers

The act of becoming a freelancer often comes from having a true passion for your work. Many of us are consumed with keeping up with the latest technologies and keeping…

10 Things to Do with 10 Extra Free Minutes as a Developer or Designer

We all have an extra ten minutes throughout the day: waiting on the train, during our morning commute, surfing the web, taking a walk through the park, waiting for your…

Stop Acting Like an Amateur Freelance Web Designer

From time management to client communication, a web designer needs certain skills and traits to be taken seriously in the industry and achieve a long-lasting career.

Branding 101 for Freelance Designers

Branding seems like marketing jargon, but it’s actually an extremely important part of freelancing – much more than it’s given credit for. Whether or not you think branding is important…

Why Passion Is a Key Ingredient to Freelance Success

Have you ever thought about why you became a web designer? It’s one of those questions that may not have entered your mind because, it’s just who you are. Recently,…

How to Pick the Right Design Projects

As your freelance design career progresses, you’ll be presented with many project opportunities. But one of the hardest aspects of being in business is learning to pick the right projects…

The Keys to Advertising Your Web Design Business

If you’ve just started a new business, congratulations! Once you have your site up and running, now comes the real challenge: advertising. You may not even know where to begin,…

Defining Success as a Freelance Web Designer

In society, success is often portrayed as having pretty close to a singular definition. We think of a successful entrepreneur driving a Tesla and living in the smartest of smart…