Articles Tagged 'Freelancing'
How To Charge More As a Freelancer
Christian VasileMost freelancers out there work as a freelancer either because they are in need of a job or they want to increase their skills and improve their portfolio. But have you ever thought about the fact that all of us do it for money too? Now some of you might disagree with me and I fully encourage you to do it. Then I also encourage you to go out there and work for free, while marketing yourself as a volunteer designer. After three months come back to me and I am sure you will agree that you freelance for money. If we wouldn't need money to survive, we would probably not work at all.
1stWebDesigner’s Life #4 – This Big & Developer Client
Rochester OliveiraAnd here we are again, trying to bring you a couple of laughs. Our superhero Webster continues his pursuit for the best client, and we all know that he's quite far from it yet, right? :) We have two more short stories of Webster's life (which is kind of similar to ours, huh?) brought to life by Jamie Sale! We'll be talking about crazy measurement units and clients who want to be web designers. So, Let's rock!
Use Join.Me to Train Staff and Collaborate with Customers
Ryan TaftDo you manage a website or a blog? Do you build websites for customers? If so, then you know all that's involved in getting your staff up to speed with tasks that need to be accomplished for the website. You know what's involved in showing customers how their project is coming along. It's a lot of work... especially when most of the time your staff is working remotely and your clients are miles away. In this article we are going to show you an online tool that can help make your life much easier. We will go over what it is and what it does, its benefits, how you can use it to make your life easier, and show you how to use it!
Stand Out Among Freelancers by Communicating with Your Client
While the internet becomes more and more accessible to everyone, some freelancers rarely use these new technologies to improve their marketing or client relations. These incredible technologies allow us to communicate easier with people from all over the world and to even optimize the communication with someone who is living close to us. Throughout my short career I have learned that communicating with a client is crucial, because his directions might help you too. Moreover, if the product is not heading in the direction the client wants, communicating with him is going to make the product better and, let's be honest, this is what every freelancer is rated on - the quality of the projects they deliver.
6 Things To Consider For A Better Web Design Career
For most of us web design started as a passion or a part-time job. For many of us it started before we turned 18, but most of us ended up working full-time in an agency or as freelance web designers and developers and will probably continue doing so for years and years to come. But being a designer can take a great deal of time, with multiple clients to please, working in an environment that moves fast and changes even faster, where we have to learn new skills over and over again, market ourselves and even find clients on a monthly basis if we don't work in an agency. As with any other career, web design has its own challenges and they arise all the time for us, even if we are experienced or well-known. It can be a difficult client to work with, an impossible deadline or a bad example of outsourcing, it doesn't really matter. Unfortunately these things can't be avoided, but to ensure you enjoy a better career anyway I created a list with some tips for all of you.
Questions to Ask Yourself Before Becoming a Freelancer
Going freelance nowadays is a path many designers and developers take, not only because of job vacancies being on the low side, but also because there are some clear advantages to it. While working for a company is more secure and organized, going freelance is something most of us have thought about at least once. Working by yourself means you need some special skills, such as being able to work alone, to respect schedules and deadlines and to be able to market yourself better than the others. None of these is easy to do and not being able to follow some specific rules will ruin your freelance career. Therefore before going freelance, take a look at the following questions and try to ask yourself if this is indeed the right path for you to follow.
Is the University Route Right for You?
JamalWell, it's that time of year again. The time when high school seniors, some overachieving juniors as well, begin to finally see their educational journey for the upcoming fall be just right around the corner. By now probably close to a billion, if not more, college applications have been completed and processed by admission boards for this group of young individuals looking to expand their minds by pursuing higher education. At first glance this seems like a great scenario, having young people putting care and consideration into their future is what everyone loves to see. However, what if these graduating students are making the wrong choice about their educational journeys?
Grow Your Business or Stay Solo?
TsvetiFreedom is one of the major reasons to become a freelancer. Freedom from a stupid boss, malicious co-workers, and the whole office politics circle. However, soon you discover that working solo is not that good either. It comes to your mind that if you grow your business and start hiring people, life will be awesome. Could be but more often than not, growing your business not in the right time and not in the right way brings so much trouble that you wish you knew all this in advance. Failure as a manager isn't fun! Common sense says that the purpose of every business is to grow, grow, grow. However, as life proves, growth for growth's sake is disaster in its purest form. It would have been much better if you hadn't taken the expansion road but who knew this? If you don't want to end in a situation like the one above, before you start growing your business, you need to analyze the pros and cons of this. Here are some thoughts in this direction.
How to be More Productive and Start Earning More as a Freelance Designer
OnibalusiBeing a freelance designer can be a great way to make money with your skills but the time will come when it seems you just can't earn more. A major fear of every freelancer is the fear of not being able to earn more money due to a limit in productivity or effectiveness of the freelancer. I have also been a victim of a situation like this and as professionals we need constant training and tools to stay ahead of the competition, and what this only means is that we need more money to keep ourselves afloat. This kind of situation is very unique and it isn't a result of lack of skills or lack of clients, but it is simply because we can't get more done. If you've been experiencing problems with making more money as a designer due to lack of time then you simply need to learn how to get things done in less than half the time it takes without having to sacrifice quality for speed. Having the right productivity tips and making effective use of them can make a whole lot of difference in how fast you succeed as a freelancer and it can mean the difference in you making four figures in a month or you making five figures in a month. Below are some of the tips that have helped double my productivity and thus increased my income over the months.
20 Most Inspiring Interview Statements
Ruben D'OliveiraIn one of my latest posts - 9 Tips on How To Improve Yourself as a Web Designer, I made a quick reference to the fact that reading interviews is as important as reading magazines and books. That's because in interviews you get straight and direct answers from the best in the field. For the purpose of this article, I've selected some of the best interview statements of several different professionals. Interviews give you great insights about how a person thinks, works and feels about his job and life. If you don't usually read interviews, this is an opportunity to get an idea about how reading them can be an extremely useful learning method. Let's get started!
