For designers, the quality of our work usually speaks for itself. But what happens when the quality of the designs say "yes" but the quality of the content the designers publish says "no"? How can we sift through the self proclaimed gurus and find the true quality? This article was brought on by a question that Jan Simpson asked me on twitter in regards to the Build Your Network article I wrote. I answered on twitter ...
One of the things I've been thinking a lot about lately is how much freelance designers (and people in general) look for the approval of their peers more than anything else. We value our friends opinions on what we're doing over the actual results we get from the work we're putting in. Case in point, my blog design portfolio. By most standards in the design community, it looks great - it's clean, screams professional & lays out every aspect ...
Assets and Liabilities. The people around you are one or the other & there's no middle ground to stand on. Harsh? Maybe. True? Yes. The sooner you realize this hard truth, the sooner you can start to surround yourself with people who are going to be a positive influence on you & your freelance business. Cutting out the bullshit in your life might seem hard at first, but I assure you that it can only lead to positive results. If you're anything ...
Keeping your mind sharp is one of the greatest ways of building a solid freelance design business because when you know more today than you knew yesterday, you're bound to run your business better. So keep your eyes open while reading this post because I'm going to list 10 different design blogs for you that you need to be reading on a regular basis. This post is a follow up to the post we published yesterday, 10 blogs that every ...
Dear freelance writer, are you making the most of your spare time? You know, the time you set aside for learning and perfecting your craft? If not, you might want to keep your eyes open for a minute because today I am going to show you ten blogs that every freelance writer should be reading. Below you will find the list along with some information about each website and links to some of my favorite articles they've written - sort of ...
As freelance writers, you might find it hard to find work from job boards because a lot of the larger job boards that we listed previously in our freelance job board post cater to designers and developers. However, there are a great amount of places to search for work that don't just involve job boards. So today I want to go ahead and show you ten great places you can go right now to find quality work as a ...
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