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How to Create Manageable Web Project Cost Estimates

How to Create Manageable Web Project Cost Estimates

Landing a new client is one of the great joys of being a freelance designer. It means finally taking on an exciting paid project and also putting food on the…

How to Make Wise Investments in Your Design Business

How to Make Wise Investments in Your Design Business

We take a look at those web design business items that you might be tempted to purchase, whether they’re worth it or not.

How to Work with Web Design Technophobes

How to Work with Web Design Technophobes

Let’s go out on a limb here and declare that web designers are generally pretty comfortable with technology. We know our way around computers, smartphones and other assorted gadgetry. Our…

How to Adjust to Larger Web Design Projects

How to Adjust to Larger Web Design Projects

For designers who are just starting out, smaller projects provide a tremendous opportunity. We use them to put our skills into practice, develop a workflow and make a little bit…

What Does It Cost to Run a Freelance Web Design Business?

What Does It Cost to Run a Freelance Web Design Business?

Every entity has its own “cost of doing business”. Often times, the particular industry you’re in helps determine at least some of what you’ll have to spend to both get…

How to Change Your Web Design Business Strategy

How to Change Your Web Design Business Strategy

If you’ve been a freelance web designer for a few years, it’s likely that things are quite different from when you started. For one, you have probably learned quite a…

What to Do When Someone Wants to Partner with Your Design Business

What to Do When Someone Wants to Partner with Your Design Business

Web designers seem to get a lot of unsolicited business offers. Over the years, I’ve received notes from people who wanted to either buy my business or partner with it…

The Pros and Cons of Life-Altering Web Design Projects

The Pros and Cons of Life-Altering Web Design Projects

If you’ve been either a freelancer or part of a web design agency for some time, opportunities will come and go. The good ones can be satisfying and help your…

COVID-19 Has You Working from Home: Now What?

COVID-19 Has You Working from Home: Now What?

Web designers have the ability to work from just about anywhere. Still, just because something is technically possible doesn’t mean it’s easy. If you suddenly find yourself working remotely on…

What Print and Promotional Materials do Web Designers Need?

What Print and Promotional Materials do Web Designers Need?

Back in the web’s infancy, some thought it held the potential to usher in a “paperless” world. Well, that hasn’t happened just yet. Printed materials are still all around us….

How to Survive as a Web Designer with No Business Background

How to Survive as a Web Designer with No Business Background