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Freelance Design

Our authors, freelance designers like you, share their extensive knowledge and experiences. You’ll learn how to get consistent work, manage your time, business and clients, and, most importantly, how to get paid better, and on time.

The Creative Benefits of Taking a Vacation

The Creative Benefits of Taking a Vacation

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Freelance Design

Highlighting the creative benefits of taking a vacation and demonstrating how breaks can boost innovation and productivity.

Separating Your Personal & Commercial Design Work

Separating Your Personal & Commercial Design Work

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Is there a difference between so-called “commercial” work and work that’s done purely for the joy of creating? Should they be separated?

25+ Best Free Serif Fonts for Creatives

25+ Best Free Serif Fonts for Creatives

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Fonts

A collection of the best free serif fonts currently available. Typefaces that beautifully combine aesthetics, functionality, and readability.

How to Structure Your Portfolio Site to Land a Design Job

How to Structure Your Portfolio Site to Land a Design Job

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Freelance Design

We share a few of the lessons we learned while talking to industry professionals so you can build a unique portfolio site that showcases your work beautifully.

Networking For Designers 101

Networking For Designers 101

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Freelance Design / Web Design

We share some much easier and more effective methods for making networking connections as freelance creative designers.

How a Culinary Technique Could Make You a Better Freelancer

How a Culinary Technique Could Make You a Better Freelancer

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Freelance Design

Incorporating the mise en place idea into your creative process allows you to prepare yourself to power through your work with less stress and fewer headaches.

How to Choose Hardware for Your Design Business

How to Choose Hardware for Your Design Business

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Freelance Design

The tools we use can go a long way towards determining whether we produce a quality end product. And they also play a huge role in helping us stay within…

The Deadly Communication Sins Freelance Designers Commit

The Deadly Communication Sins Freelance Designers Commit

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Identify and avoid common communication mistakes freelancers make, fostering better relationships and project outcomes.

Best Practices for Documenting Web Design Work

Best Practices for Documenting Web Design Work

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Whether working on a new web project or looking through some past ones, here are some useful tips for documenting what you’ve done.

How to Get Your Design Work in Front of the Right People

How to Get Your Design Work in Front of the Right People

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Learn proven steps for freelance web designers to position themselves for success and gain an edge in reaching potential clients.

The Types of Freelance Design Clients You Should Avoid

The Types of Freelance Design Clients You Should Avoid

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Learn how the right clients will respect your time and expertise, and will be realistic and professional in their expectations.

How to Avoid Being Labeled as a Low-Cost Designer

How to Avoid Being Labeled as a Low-Cost Designer

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Freelance Design
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