The Lies People Tell You About Landing Freelance Gigs Online
A study from Payoneer found that the average freelancer makes $39,000. That’s… not great, if we’re being honest. It’s lower than most salaries in major U.S. cities for design, development,…
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Bending the Rules to Accommodate Your Design Clients
Part of being a web designer involves developing processes. For instance, we have a process for how we go from concept to finished product. Over time, we may even create…
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Authority Figure: Positioning Yourself as a Web Design Expert
To find success in the web design industry, you need a few key ingredients. First and foremost, a talent for design and/or code. Then there’s a willingness to learn the…
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How to Scale Your Web Design Business
Although web design services are always in-demand nowadays, growing a web development business isn’t always easy. Sure, there are now a plethora of tools you can use to make certain…
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The Grumpy Designer’s Guide to April Fool’s Day
It seems like each and every year we celebrate what I like to call “fringe” holidays more feverishly than the last. Just to be clear, my definition of a fringe…
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How Losing a Big Client Changed My Career for the Better
There I was, sitting alone in a nearly empty restaurant. I’d just come out of a meeting with a longtime client who informed me that their corporate parent had decided…
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Ready for Launch: Avoiding Chaos
We web designers put a lot of hard work into our projects while keeping a number of goals in mind. For instance, we have to be cognizant of what our…
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A Conversation with WordPress Evangelist Maddy Osman
If you do a bit of reading about the subjects of WordPress, SEO or content writing, then you’ve very likely to come across some of Maddy Osman’s work. After all,…
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Freelancers: How Much Work Is Too Much?
Success as a freelance web designer is a double-edged sword. While it’s great to be busy and make money, it can also lead to being overwhelmed with work. It’s a…
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Freelancing: The Risks and Fears of Going it Alone
There are a lot of benefits to being a freelance web designer. Getting to work the way you want and where you want, for instance. But there are also some…
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