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5 Dreaded buzz kill phrases every freelancer should avoid

posted on February 15, 2010 in General Freelancing with 53 Comments

If you’ve been freelancing for more than a week, I’m sure you’ve heard these phrases before. Maybe you’ve been good at spotting them out when someone emails you or maybe you’re new to the freelance life and want to find out what phrases are going to be most common – and ones you should look [...]

How to secretly find out what your competitors charge

posted on February 11, 2010 in Money with 21 Comments

When you’re first starting out as a freelancer, you may not know what to charge. There are ways to find out what hourly rate you should charge, but what about if you’re wanting to find out what the ‘industry norm’ is, even if they won’t openly tell you? What I am going to show you [...]

The ups and downs of launching your first startup

posted on February 8, 2010 in General Freelancing with 21 Comments

Today’s post is a personal post. It’s about the trials and errors I went through to launch my first start up, Giant Themes. I hope you enjoy the post and it helps anyone who is on the verge of launching their first start up. It’s been a fun ride and definitely one that I am [...]

10 guerrilla marketing tactics for illustrators

posted on February 4, 2010 in Guerrilla Marketing with 3 Comments

This is the second installment of our Guerrilla Marketing tactics series – you can view the 10 guerrilla marketing tactics for designers by clicking here. Illustrators are some of the most talented people that I know. I’ve admired illustration work for years and I have dabbled in drawing since I was very, very young, but [...]

Curious to know what the top 25 design blogs make from ad sales?

posted on February 1, 2010 in Blogging with 21 Comments

Any person reading this blog right now that is in the design field has probably wondered this very exact question: What do these design blogs actually make in ad revenue and is it possible for me to make money with my own design blog? Hopefully, by the end of this article you will walk away [...]

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