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HOW Singles: The Designer's Guide to CSS3
As a web designer, the more you understand about what's possible, what's not possible and how you might work with it, the more valuable you'll be. In this article, Patrick McNeil looks at the possibilities of CSS3 for the people who aren't working with code.
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Protected: Find Your Way Through the Tax-Time Maze: 12 Tips for Freelancers
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Categories: Design + Business, Freelancing
Tags: freelance, tax advice, taxes
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Big News: health insurance in NY, NJ & OR!
Freelancers Union was awarded $340 million in federal loans to create member-driven, nonprofit health insurance options in New York, New Jersey, and Oregon. This is a huge step toward making health care more affordable, more accessible, and more respon…
Categories: Freelancing
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21 Free Web Tools for Your Creative Business
If you want to work more effectively, be more productive and not spend more money doing it, join Grace Dobush of HOW Interactive for this live designcast on Monday, February 27 at 2-3 PM ET. Continue reading →
Categories: Freelancing
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How to say, "Your (blank) needs help!"
Have you ever seen a really bad web site (or brochure, etc.) and wish you could tell the company how bad it is and how much better it would be if they hired you to fix it? Continue reading →
The New Me: Reinventing My Solo Business
CFC Veteran, Laura Foley, describes how she retooled her freelance business, found a niche she can succeed in and which marketing tools get her the big clients. Continue reading →
6 Tips for Generating Business Through LinkedIn
You may have established a LinkedIn profile, but you’re likely not taking full advantage of it. Learn how designers can maximize this social networking tool’s potential to find new client prospects.
More on: Too old to find design work?
I’ve received several messages so far this year that start off, “I’m 45 years old and starting over as a designer.” They usually go on to ask if I think there is a future for them in the design world.
This echoes our most commented topic in 2011 on t…
Marketing Monday: An Unexpected Mentor
Copywriter, Henry Alpert, shares a story of how his ongoing marketing efforts have brought him something perhaps more valuable than an actual client. Continue reading →
9 Steps to Freelance Success
It’s not too late to make this your most successful year yet as a freelancer. Check out these 9 steps that’ll help you jumpstart your freelance business.
Categories: Design + Business, Featured, Freelancing
Tags: business tips, freelance, grow my business, self-employed
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Mastering the Power of “No” in Client Relationships
Caring is good, but it also can be dangerous when you don’t know where to draw a line in a client relationship. Business expert David C. Baker divulges tips for when to say “no” in order to maximize profit, impact and fun when running your design business.
