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  • Patient User Interface

    Patient User InterfaceSitting down in the naughahyde dentist’s chair, I was confronted by the following screen:

    In this blurry iPhone photo, you probably can’t see the details of the UI, so I’ll briefly describe them.

    At the very top of the screen, the dental technician could select from a series of options,…

  • How Do You Do What You Do?

    On FreelanceSwitch, you’ll meet a lot of boss-shunning, solo-working rebels. But there may come a time when the freest of freelancers will need to hire employees. Or subcontractors.
    Or you might want to sell your freelancing business, and the buyer will want to know how you’ve been handling things.
    In…

  • Model Release Forms Go Mobile with New iPhone App

    For $9.99, you can replace paper release forms with an app that incorporates industry-standard legal language that is accepted by the world’s leading stock photo companies.read more

  • The 10 biggest mistakes people make on Facebook

    :)Keeping with theme of two previous articles written here on Guerrilla Freelancing, today we’re going to check into facebook and showcase some of the mistakes people make on facebook. If you’re interested in reading the other articles, the links are below.

    The 10 biggest mistakes people make on Stumbleupon
    The…

  • How to Be Corporate and Still Be Creative

    If you’re like me, you graduated from art school and had dreams of working as an art director at a small agency. You envisioned having your own office on the top floor of a loft with 30-foot ceilings.
    Designers would play ping-pong below; people were allowed to drink beer at…

  • What are clients looking for on your website?


    I talk a lot about how creatives should have “marketing-smart websites.” But what actually makes a website marketing-smart? I’ll let you in on a little secret… It’s whatever your client says. What your clients want to see on your website is what makes it marketing-smart.
    Most creatives haven’t asked their…

  • Milton Glaser & Chip Kidd In Conversation

    This is a guest article by Ana Paula Rodrigues* recounting her attendance at the Chip Kidd / Milton Glaser lecture recently held in NYC.

    The Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York hosted a lecture between design royalty Milton Glaser and writer/graphic designer Chip Kidd on March 2. The…

  • An Interview with Steve Gordon

    If you attended the first Creative Freelancer Conference in Chicago, you may have met Steve Gordon—one of the people who added a real spark of energy to the proceedings (I’m thinking of Kendall Ridley and Velvette Delaney here, too). Steve is planning to be in Denver this year; in addition…

  • 5 Ways to Regain Your Creative Joy


    One of the most difficult parts of freelancing is the tendency of the freelancer to eventually lose joy for the work. You may have come, like me, from a gig that paid well but didn’t fully capitalize on your talents. You decided to start working as a freelancer in order…

  • Dealing With Negative Criticism

    angrymobAs freelancers, we do everything we can to get our names out there. Whether it’s writing blog posts, twittering, using other social media, or just dealing with clients, we try to be everywhere on the web.
    Unfortunately, the more you put yourself out there, the more you open yourself up…

  • Freelance Video: Paul Silver on Going Freelance, Networking & Clients

    Brighton Farm’s Paul Silver on freelance life, networking and working for clients

    Part 2

  • Does Workshifting Make You Fearless?

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    Two business researchers have a study coming out that suggests that many workers are afraid to speak out lest they be mocked by their peers and bosses. According to an HBR blog post, “we relentlessly work to avoid ‘image risks,’ … In an analysis of responses from 425 employees in…

  • Great things can be accomplished through design


    Jonathan Cleveland of Cleveland Design in Boston just got interviewed by Wicked Local about the new book that he co-authored with Peleg Top, Designing for the Greater Good. When asked, “What do you hope readers get out of the book?” he said:
    This book is important because readers can see…

  • Matte Red And White Square Icons Business

    This matte red and white square icons business set includes a wide assortment of business and e-commerce icons (shopping carts, email, locks, keys, currencies, folders, documents, pens, pencils, computers, laptops, printers, keyboards, mouse, mouse pointers, batteries, clocks, chairs, phones, thumbs up, thumbs down, trademark, copyright … Etc) as well as…

  • Winning new business! 6 Simple Rules for Success

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    Winning new business the easy and fun way

    By following 6 simple rules you can build the freelance life you always dreamed of. Lucky you! You could be getting yourself shed-loads of new business starting from today.

    You may to want to earn good money, have long holidays and be…

  • Do Freelancers Need to Have a Blog?

    Guest Post: Michael Martine is the world’s #1 ranked blog consultant. In addition to the tons of free content at Remarkablogger, you can also take a free course valued at $49 on how to grow your blog traffic. You’ll find Michael on Twitter a lot (probably too much).
    Do Freelancers…

  • New freelance portfolios feature

    We will soon be starting a new feature called Freelance Folios. Essentially the idea is to feature the best online portfolios of freelancers from around the world. Want to show yours?

  • eBook: 10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives

    Alex Mather’s new ebook ‘10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives‘ has just been released and it’s definitely worth checking out. I’m not here to ‘sell’ the book to you but seeing though it’s one of the most common question areas that I get asked about, I thought…

  • Our Latest Book: How to Write Great Copy for the Web

    Last week I introduced you to the latest collaboration between Rockable Press and FreelanceSwitch, How to Write Great Copy for the Web by Donna Spencer. I am happy to announce that the book has been launched today and Rockin’ List members get a $5 discount on the digital book, bringing…

  • What can “Jersey Shore” teach you about negotiating?


    Have you seen MTV’s Jersey Shore? I sampled it once for 10 minutes and clicked off. I don’t suffer fools gladly, so I have little patience for someone like “Snooki” – who thinks Canada is one of the 50 states. (Don’t believe me? Check out her appearance on The Ellen…

  • Podcast 22: Drumming up business

    Crunch MD and Freelance Advisor supporter Darren Fell talks about the steps freelancers should take to ensure a sustained supply of business.

    The changing landscape
    Putting on your sales hat
    Enthusiasm is key
    Managing a pipeline
    Networking & Social Media
    Drumming Up Business – workshop

    Podcast links:

    Follow TeamCrunch on…

  • 3D on the Web

    Twenty years ago I was playing Rad Racer and watching Captain EO in 3D. I would have predicted that by now, we’d be well into the 3D era of entertainment. However, films like Up and Avatar have only recently brought 3D into the mainstream of Hollywood. Going forward, I can’t…

  • How to Give Yourself a Raise Without Losing Business

    This post is an excerpt from my eBook, The Blog Business Funnel. It teaches freelancers how to run a profitable freelance business, fed entirely by a healthy and thriving blog. This excerpt is from Chapter 7: Scaling Up. FreelanceSwitch readers can claim a special discount at the end of this…

  • The Slippery Slope of Creeping Scope

    steep-slopeUncontrolled scope creep costs you money.
    When a client asks you to do something that wasn’t part of the original agreement it’s called scope creep.
    Some scope creep is relatively minor and doesn’t really make much difference to your freelancing business. Doing a little bit of extra work for a…

  • Take Time to Incubate

    We’re doing an exciting promotion this week for our new book, The Wealthy Freelancer. So in keeping with the spirit of things, I decided to make today’s post an excerpt from the book. Enjoy!
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    Take Time To Incubate
    Before I sat down to write this chapter, I made some…

  • Why Designers Shouldn’t Settle

    Ugly designs abound on the web, and behind each and every one of them is a “designer”.
    In many of these cases the designers behind the sites are simply incompetent.
    They’re often amateur designers or those who have little or no design training or people who design their own sites…

  • Word of mouth can land you in hot water

    Check out my latest article for ADBASE, Word of Mouth Ain’t All That, and find out why word of mouth can put you in a precarious position, and how to be proactive and strategic about drumming up new business.

  • The Elements of Design Studio Experience

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    For some time now, I’ve been questing for a template that describes the ideal components of a self-sustaining design studio. This template would be something that any designer could use to start determining the kind of studio they would want to own, or work at in the future.

    In partnership…

  • How to Tell When It’s Time to Take a Break

    sick-dayI threw my neck out something fierce not long ago. I don’t know how it happened. I must have been fighting this big monster in my sleep, rolled over so I could grab a rock to clonk him over the head with, and was suddenly awake, clutching my neck in…

  • Freelance Freedom #146


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