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June 7, 2018
The most important tools for the remote worker
The most important tools for the remote worker

Whether you are an employee who occasionally works from home, a stay-at-home freelancer, or you just work on your train rides to your office, you probably have been confronted often to the challenge of remote work. Actually, with the tools available nowadays, remote working is not so much of a challenge as it used to […]

May 31, 2018
9 Top Invoicing and Time Management Apps You Need
9 Top Invoicing and Time Management Apps You Need

Physicists can’t explain what time is. No one else can either. All we know is that there are situations in which we can’t get enough of it. When it isn’t used wisely, bad things can happen. Still, we can take time, make time, pass the time, and track time; and whatever time may be made […]

March 25, 2018
How to make a great freelance portfolio for yourself
How to make a great freelance portfolio for yourself

If you’re a freelancer, you know your portfolio is going to be your selling point.  If you are just starting out and have little work to add to your portfolio, you might wonder how you can build up your business? It might feel like a Catch 22 situation, where lack of experience prevents you from […]

Communication is key in business: 5 ways to talk to your customers online
Communication is key in business: 5 ways to talk to your customers online

Regardless of the nature and the sector of your business, whether it’d be B2B or B2C, downright online or also on location, your customers should be your primary focus. With such vast competition and so much on offer in the market these days, the quality of your customer service and relations can be the breaking […]

March 16, 2018
4 Tips For Getting The Right Talent For Your Design Team
4 Tips For Getting The Right Talent For Your Design Team

Design plays an important role in business. It can be expected to increase revenue, improve net operating profits, and even boost exports. The smartphone, for example, is a revolutionary piece of technology, offering remarkable functionality. But without designers compensating for the smartphone’s weaknesses, like the ugly camera bump and its fragility, it would not be […]

March 6, 2018
Who Is Your Ideal Customer?
Who Is Your Ideal Customer?

 If you have yet to answer this question, you’re also probably wondering why your business is underperforming. Satisfied customers are the foundation of any company. However, to satisfy someone, you have to know their needs. With the vast number of people in the world, it’s impossible to satisfy everyone. You have to focus your efforts […]

February 21, 2018
How Web Designers can Turn Talent into Recurring Revenue
How Web Designers can Turn Talent into Recurring Revenue

Working as a freelance web designer has some serious perks: you meet a variety of interesting people, you (mostly) choose your own hours, and you can apply both your artistic side and your technical skills to helping clients get the most out of their web presence. At the same time, it has one major drawback: […]

February 9, 2018
How to balance your freelance business with your personal life
How to balance your freelance business with your personal life

For most people, embracing a freelancing career looks challenging because it doesn’t offer any safety in terms of income at the end of the month. For others, the challenge doesn’t come from the money side, but from balancing work with life. In fact, when companies hire freelancers, they often expect high flexibility they would not […]

January 30, 2018
The Best Tools and Services to Try in 2018
The Best Tools and Services to Try in 2018

Have you thought about how you can cut costs in 2018? After all, money is the lifeblood of every business, so it makes sense to cut expenses wherever you can. These tools will help you save both time and money in the long run, so don’t hesitate to try them out! ActiveCollab You can’t expect […]

January 23, 2018
Career Tips for Graphic Designers
Career Tips for Graphic Designers

Junior graphic designers provide a visual representation of a client’s brief.  This means using typeface, images, animation, color and composition to communicate ideas.  Designers create advertisements, websites, multimedia products and illustrations. If you are starting out in the field of graphic design as a recent graduate (or even if you’re a design student) the following […]

November 29, 2017
Protect Your Website! 3 Reasons Why Privacy Policies Are Important
Protect Your Website! 3 Reasons Why Privacy Policies Are Important

When many people develop their website, they often forget to include a privacy policy statement.  While this may not seem like a big deal now, it can be in the future.  Privacy policies are put into place in order to protect not only the site user but the site owner as well.  Today, we are […]

May 2, 2017
Advice for beginners on ThemeForest from 5-Year Experience Power Elite Author
Advice for beginners on ThemeForest from 5-Year Experience Power Elite Author

The WordPress theme development business has become very competitive today and even Power Elite Authors at ThemeForest are thinking about their future. It is very hard to enter the market with the new product now. The authors have already experimented with prices and products, so the barrier entrance is incredibly high now. Let me introduce […]

December 18, 2016
5 Helpful Tips to Create a Successful Blog as a Freelancer
5 Helpful Tips to Create a Successful Blog as a Freelancer

As a freelancer, you need to have a blog, where you can showcase your work, share your thoughts and experiences, so that people can get to know you. This will also help to promote your services to your target customers. Creating a successful blog would not be much of a hassle if you knew exactly […]

July 31, 2016
This video shows you how people react to the ridiculous requests that designers have to deal with
This video shows you how people react to the ridiculous requests that designers have to deal with

If you have been a freelance designer for over 5 years, you have probably heard it all already: free work for exposure, having to design something based on the boss’ wife’s sketches, getting free mockups,… All these things seem perfectly reasonable to some people who are seeking a designer. One could think that it is related […]