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6 Phrases in Freelance Job Ads That Scream "DON’T APPLY"

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Suppose you set aside an hour every weekday combing through the 300+ new jobs on your Odesk or Elance feed. That translates to 20 hours per month (for 20 working days) spent on job hunting alone. That’s a lot of time spent on a task not directly related to your work. And, as you know, time is something you can’t afford to waste as a freelancer.
Designers: Why Flat Rates Can Raise Your Value

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Plenty of designers have a set pricing strategy when it comes to charging clients for their work. Many prefer to charge an hourly rate, which is specific and ensures that you won’t be undone by scope creep or other issues. But what if you feel undervalued by your current clients, … Continue reading »
Emotion & Storytelling: How Telling Stories Can Nail You More Clients

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Everyone is a storyteller. Stories are how we explore our surroundings and communicate with others, whether it’s to persuade them, inspire them, or simply to entertain them. As designers, storytelling is an integral part of our creative process, because we use stories to connect with our clients, and especially with … Continue reading »
7 Tips To Turn You Into The Writer Everyone Wants To Read

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Have you ever wondered what exactly it is that separates a great writer from an average writer? The obvious answer would be talent. However, ask any great writer and they would argue the point. There are a ton of average writers out there with as much talent as anyone. It’s … Continue reading »
How To Find The Writing Zone And Stay There

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The runner’s zone is a situation that occurs when you have run for a long time, and your body finds a "place" where it hits its peak performance. Your body synchronizes your breaths and move more efficiently, essentially putting you "in the zone". Well, writers have a zone as well. … Continue reading »
Entrepreneurs & Freelancers: Add More Value or Find Another Job

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Everything changes. Change is the only constant in this Universe said Heraclitus of Ephesus. It’s funny how something talked about 2,500 years ago still isn’t understood by the majority of people. If you’re trying to succeed in business, whether you’re a freelancer or an entrepreneur, your first objective is growth. … Continue reading »
How To Escape From Writer’s Block

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If you are reading this, that means you are probably looking for that magic trick or golden secret to finding an escape from that wall that is blocking out all your inspirational ideas. Before that, it will help you to understand what being a writer is all about. For this, … Continue reading »
A Look Inside The World Of Freelance Writing

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Freelance writing is a profession that can be as harsh and unforgiving as it is alluring. Even the title, freelance writing, is deceiving. It sounds like a carefree form of creative expression. If there is one thing that almost every new freelance writer learns rather quickly… it is that freelance … Continue reading »
How To Be A Writer – Tips and Resources

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I was previously part of a group of freelance writers who were convinced that they were special. In the group are content writers like me who make a living off writing, and also people who have always wanted to write but never really had the chance to learn. One of … Continue reading »
Freelancers: What Do Clients Actually Care About?

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A lot of freelance designers find themselves stuck in the same place, year after year, serving the same types of clients despite their desire to move on to bigger and better opportunities. There are any number of reasons for this, but one of the most important ones is that many … Continue reading »
How To Balance Marketing Yourself With Getting Work Done

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We all know that marketing is vital to any freelancer’s career. Freelancing is a business, and if you’re not spending time growing your business, you’re going to eventually be out of business altogether. However, if you’re a good designer, your work takes up a lot of your time. At the … Continue reading »
10 Signs You Have Gone Too Far Into Freelance Design

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Freelance design is great, but nobody I know so far has remained as he or she was before after years of running a (often traumatic) freelance experience. After a while, we’d like to think that bit by bit, we have evolved into something beyond human, with either supernatural abilities or … Continue reading »
Do Designers Live In A Bubble?

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It’s a provocative question, I know. The question of whether the design community is too insular is one that many in the design community have wondered for some time. There are more designers working than ever before, and design plays a very prominent role in today’s tech-forward industries. Personally, I … Continue reading »
Stop Debating Design Minutia And Start Making The Big Decisions

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So many designers waste their time contemplating things that, in the long run, are completely useless to their development as creative professionals, freelancers, or better designers in general. (Image source: Montgomery County Planning) They whittle away at meaningless details – what font size their name should be on their business … Continue reading »

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