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• “Make Beautiful Things” – Tips from Saul Bass

  • Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010, 12:13 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: Jacob Cass, Just Creative Design

  

  I recently came across this series of short video clips taken from Saul Bass‘ documentary and this one really stood out for me: Making Money VS Quality Work. I highly recommend watching this short video.
  The fact of the matter is, I want everything we do, that I do personally,…

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

  • Tuesday, 9 Mar 2010, 10:34 GMT+7 (Yesterday)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  
  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…

• Why Designers Shouldn’t Settle

  • Monday, 8 Mar 2010, 09:47 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Walter, Webdesigner Depot » Business

  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

  • Monday, 8 Mar 2010, 09:29 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  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.

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

  • Monday, 8 Mar 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: James Chartrand, FreelanceFolder » Lifestyle

  I 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…

• Why Better blogging equals better business for freelancers

  • Monday, 8 Mar 2010, 05:00 GMT+7 (2 days ago)
  • By: Mike Smith, Guerrilla Freelancing

  Lets skip past the topic of “should a freelancer have a blog” for a moment because we all know the answer (yes). I believe the real question we should be asking is ‘how can I get more out of my blogging for my business?’ – and the answer is simple;…

• Design Ignites Change Grants Awards

  • Friday, 5 Mar 2010, 14:21 GMT+7 (5 days ago)
  • By: Business, Business

  The Design Ignites Change Implementation Award is granted twice a year to student initiatives that exhibit a powerful and provocative solution to a pressing social problem. read more

• Attend Acrobat Connect Pro Meetings with an iPhone

  • Friday, 5 Mar 2010, 14:21 GMT+7 (5 days ago)
  • By: Business, Business

  With this free iPhone app, you can lead or take part in a meeting anytime and anywhere.read more

• BBC’s Dr Aleks Krotoski on Working For Yourself & Working From Home

  • Friday, 5 Mar 2010, 06:04 GMT+7 (5 days ago)
  • By: Michael Rose, Freelance Advisor

  Yesterday Brighton’s Media Jobs and Skills fair was a huge success. We talked to hundreds of potential freelancers from the recently redundant and looking to start a new career to students wanting to go straight into freelance — avoiding the traditional desk job altogether. It was really inspiring to see…

• The Perils and Plusses of a Persistent Project

  • Friday, 5 Mar 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (5 days ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  
  As a freelancer, I’ve tackled plenty of projects. Not all have been enjoyable, naturally, but I’ve been able to keep a steady flow of work. I don’t think every job has to be perfect, and as long as I’m making good money and maintaining my freedom, I’m generally satisfied with…

• Upcoming eBook: Online Self Promotion for Creatives

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 15:24 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: Jacob Cass, Just Creative Design

  

  I recently got hold of Alex Mather’s new eBook ‘10 Steps to Powerful Online Self Promotion for Creatives*’ (review copy) and although I didn’t have time to read it front to back, I thoroughly enjoyed looking through each of the chapters and from what I saw, it was definitely worth…

• 9 Ways Freelancers Disrespect Their Own Time

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 12:47 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: Steven Snell, DesignM.ag » Business/Freelance

  As a freelancer or independent designer, the most valuable asset you have is your own time. Your ability to earn a living relies upon your own time management, which will allow you to perform income-generating services for clients. With effective time management you may be able to earn more and work…

• How to get paid quicker

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 12:01 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  
  The fantastic people at Freshbooks have looked over their data and searched for insights that will help their customers get paid faster.
  In their post, The Best Invoice Terms to Get you Paid Faster, they look at how politeness, payment deadlines, and interest on late payments affect how soon you get…

• Join Me for AIGA Seattle’s “Following the Green” — March 10th, 2010

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 09:38 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: David Sherwin, ChangeOrder

  

  Next Wednesday morning, David Conrad—Studio Director at Design Commission—and I will be co-presenting “Following the Green,” the next talk in the Design Business for Breakfast series for the Seattle chapter of the AIGA. (We’ve just added a fourth talk, see the end of this post for details.)

  The primary topic…

• Why are there so few truly remarkable products?

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 08:30 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: DT, Design Sojourn » Design Articles

  It’s quite simple really.
  Our industrialized economy, founded on mass manufacturing and economies of scale spurred by consumerism, is the greatest enemy of remarkable products.
  Of course many products will come close, in fact many will be hailed as fantastic or even great, but the truly remarkable will be few…

• Uh-oh! Seven Steps to Deal with an Unhappy Client

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: Lexirodrigo, FreelanceFolder » Marketing

  It can happen to the best of us: a client is disappointed with the work we turned it. Perhaps we completely missed what they said they wanted. Or, maybe we’ve been tired and didn’t produce stellar work. Maybe said client was having a bad day.
  Whatever the reason, the bottom…

• How to Work with a Marketing Expert if You’re a Freelancer

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 05:20 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  
  As a freelancer, you may find yourself either a) too busy or b) too clueless to handle your own marketing. This happens more often than you might think, and even some excellent freelancers with a strong reputation aren’t doing a very good job at marketing.
  But you, you’re smarter than…

• How to Kick Your Own Butt

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 05:00 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: Steve Slaunwhite, The Wealthy Freelancer

  

  Imagine that you’re having a tough day. Things aren’t going well. You’re feeling drained and unmotivated. It’s hard to paint a smile on your face. And when you do, it looks more like a grimace.
  Of course, we all have days like these from time to time.
  The problem is,…

• I wish I would have known: Answers from 11 top freelancers

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 05:00 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: Mike Smith, Guerrilla Freelancing

  Today we’ve got an awesome article for any first time freelancers. I’ve rounded up a few of the top freelancers out there and had them answer the question “What do you wish you would have known starting out as a freelancer?”. Needless to say, this article is full of over…

• Create a publishing empire from your home

  • Thursday, 4 Mar 2010, 01:34 GMT+7 (6 days ago)
  • By: Emma Jones, Freelance Advisor

  Do you have content you would like to share with an interested audience of existing and potential customers? It’s never been so easy to package your content in a stylish way, and distribute it in a cost-effective way. Enter the age of home publishing.

  Technology, the great leveller

  It used…

• Coming Soon: How to Write Great Copy for the Web

  • Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, 22:47 GMT+7 (1 week ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  A couple of years ago, FreelanceSwitch brought you How to Be a Rockstar Freelancer by Collis and Cyan Ta’eed, which helped a lot of you find your feet in the world of freelancing. Since then, FreelanceSwitch and Rockable Press have been working together to bring another great guide to your…

• Just throw it out there

  • Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, 08:59 GMT+7 (1 week ago)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  
  In last week’s Quick Tip, I talked about how it doesn’t matter what you send – as long as you send something.
  Along those lines, it seems that sometimes, the things you expect to get a big response don’t – and the ones that you “just throw out there” do.…

• Free Event: Drumming up Business

  • Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, 08:01 GMT+7 (1 week ago)
  • By: Michael Rose, Freelance Advisor

  The very heart of any digital consultancy or freelancing business is the sales you bring in. You will literally live or die by this.

  Sales tactics for the digital freelancer

  Digital veteran Darren Fell, founder of Pure360.com, freelance advice site FreelanceAdvisor.co.uk and the ground breaking online Accountancy service Crunch.co.uk tells…

• Becoming a self-employed graphic designer

  • Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, 06:43 GMT+7 (1 week ago)
  • By: David Airey, David Airey, graphic designer » Designers & clients

  
  Graphic designers often ask how I made the switch to self-employment. Here’s a quick overview of that period in my life in 2004/05.
  I was working as publications officer for Myeloma UK, a cancer charity in Edinburgh. My responsibilities included print design, print buying, and managing the web content.
  In…

• Freelance Review: Pretty pink Pogoplug powers unprecedented personal productivity

  • Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, 05:59 GMT+7 (1 week ago)
  • By: Michael Rose, Freelance Advisor

  The guys and girls at Cloud Engines are my new best friends!

  As a roaming freelancer (working on contracts in other people’s offices, working from home and, sometimes, working from bed) the problem of where to keep my data has always been a difficult one to solve. Not any more.…

• Bad First Impressions That Can Drive Potential Clients Away

  • Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, 05:30 GMT+7 (1 week ago)
  • By: Brian McDaniel, FreelanceFolder » Business

  You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Those initial defining moments can be the determining factor for whether or not a client hires you, so it is critical to make them count.
  When a potential client makes first contact–by email, phone, IM, social media or in…

• 20 excellent portfolio guides and resources

  • Wednesday, 3 Mar 2010, 02:54 GMT+7 (1 week ago)
  • By: Mark, Creative Agency Freelancing

  Getting your portfolio right is important as a freelancer, as you need to market yourself well. To help you, I’ve gathered this big list of great resources.

• Tales of an Ex-designer

  • Tuesday, 2 Mar 2010, 23:54 GMT+7 (2 weeks ago)
  • By: marshallrake, Fuel Your Creativity » Freelance Tips

  Tired of clients? Sick of toeing the line between artist and “mad man” (without the added bonus of the martini lunches)? Want to get paid? Want to get paid on time?
  Me too.

  photo by yushimoto
  I was sitting on the plane from New York to Los Angeles racing to…

• Keeping Yourself Motivated

  • Tuesday, 2 Mar 2010, 16:58 GMT+7 (2 weeks ago)
  • By: FreelanceSwitch.com, FreelanceSwitch

  Staying motivated isn’t easy – we often convince ourselves not to be. We often give ourselves excuses, allow other people to put us down, or look at the success of others and think, “That’ll never be me.”
  There are two basic types of motivation: intrinsic motivation, and extrinsic motivation.
  Intrinsic…

• Many New Tax Savings for 2009 Returns: Ask your tax pro about the Making Work Pay tax credit

  • Tuesday, 2 Mar 2010, 10:47 GMT+7 (2 weeks ago)
  • By: MarketingMentor, Creative Freelancer Conference Blog

  
  As you indies probably know, I do not encourage self-employeds to prepare their own tax returns. And I don’t explain tax forms on my blog. However, I don’t want you to miss out on this goodly amount of money so I’m breaking my own rule and am giving you a…

 
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