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Discover the best strategies for running a successful freelance design business, including building a network, developing an impressive portfolio, and understanding the market.

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What Your Clients Need to Know About a Website Redesign

What Your Clients Need to Know About a Website Redesign

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Freelance Design / Web Design

What should your clients know about redesigning their website? We take a look at some of the most important concepts.

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

Dealing with Terrible Business Ideas from Your Clients

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Knowing how to spot a bad business idea or tell when a particular business relationship looks rickety is an important skill every designer should learn.

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 Increase Revenue From Your Existing Web Design Clients

How to Increase Revenue From Your Existing Web Design Clients

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Learn effective strategies to boost your revenue from existing web design clients, including upselling, cross-selling, and offering additional services.

Should a Web Designer Ever Provide Discounts?

Should a Web Designer Ever Provide Discounts?

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Discounting services is not really a good move. But, there are some scenarios where it does make sense to offer a lower price for services.

Why I Charge the Same for Building Websites Designed by Someone Else

Why I Charge the Same for Building Websites Designed by Someone Else

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Freelance Design

As a web designer, the vast majority of my new projects are original creations. The process goes a little something like this: I create a mockup, make revisions until my…

Things That Will Scare Your Web Design Clients

Things That Will Scare Your Web Design Clients

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Freelance Design / Web Design

Dealing with concerned clients can be a challenge for numerous reasons. I liken it to running around with a fire extinguisher, desperately trying to put out blazes large and small….

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.

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…

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

Avoid being labeled as a low-cost designer with strategies to position yourself for higher-end projects and clients.

As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

As a Freelance Designer, What Is Your Unique Selling Point?

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Design / Marketing

Let me start off by asking you a question. How many of you have switched toothpaste brands over the course of your lives? How about deodorant, shampoo, or motor oil…

How to Deal With an Absentee Web Design Client

How to Deal With an Absentee Web Design Client

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Freelance Design
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