Posts Tagged ‘Business’
We are pleased to present below all posts tagged with ‘Business’.
Creatively Handling the Admin Side of Freelancing
- January 11th, 2010
- 34 Comments
There are very few who would argue against the notion that most freelance professionals, especially those operating in the design/development and writing arenas, tend to operate from a creative base. They are, by and large, a group that has chosen to let the right side of their brain steer them ...
Read more...How Many Ideas Do You Show Your Clients?
- December 28th, 2009
- 84 Comments
I read somewhere that showing your client the full range of your creative ideas during a project is important, the rationale being that the client is entitled to see the ideas coming from the creative professional who they have hired and invested in. While this approach has some benefits, in ...
Read more...Essential Habits Of An Effective Professional Freelancer
- December 21st, 2009
- 61 Comments
There’s very little to stop anyone becoming a freelancer. In a highly competitive and, in most places, saturated market, you need to make sure your reputation as a freelancer is well-managed and continues to grow. It’s very possible to get a good reputation without being the best in the world, ...
Read more...My Website Design Was Stolen! Now What?
- December 18th, 2009
- 116 Comments
Designers spend hours perfecting websites, whether their own or their clients’. When you’ve invested anywhere from a few days to months in a website, the last thing you want is for someone else to steal the design without even giving you proper credit (or compensation). And if you’re a template ...
Read more...Forming Professional Alliances with Others
- December 16th, 2009
- 33 Comments
There is a famous quote that says, "There is strength in numbers." This can be very true when it comes to being a freelancer. As a one-man shop, you are often times limited because of your lack of abilities in certain areas. In this article, we will be discussing the ...
Read more...How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong
- December 10th, 2009
- 103 Comments
GIFs of spinning @s on the “Contact us” page. Common usability mistakes for the sake of visual appeal. Splash pages. Fancy search box. No whitespace. Music on page load. Home page banner of a jigsaw-puzzle globe with a piece missing. Sometimes you just know that what a client is requesting ...
Read more...Where Do You Work?
- December 7th, 2009
- 44 Comments
Assuming that you have a choice available with no outside factors involved – choosing whether to work from home or a rented space/studio is a decision every freelancer should spend time thinking about. Importantly, it’s a question that one should probably ask themselves at regular intervals of their ...
Read more...Critical Mistakes Freelancers Make
- November 28th, 2009
- 93 Comments
Seeing as we are all human (well, presumably whoever is reading this post anyway), we should recognize that mistakes happen. They even have that saying, “To err is human…,” which goes to show that it is not only commonplace for us to err once or twice: it is expected. But ...
Read more...The Bare Bones That Every Freelance Contract Should Have
- November 26th, 2009
- 30 Comments
There are many templates out there for contracts that freelancers can adopt but eventually, you may have to create one for a specific unorthodox project or maybe you just want to take the time to devise your own template. In this article, you will find what could be considered the ...
Read more...
