As Duffy & Partners celebrates 30 years in the design business, founder Joe Duffy shares some of his secrets to finding success in this "crazy business."
Design Firm Owners
Article/Podcast Round Up: Self Promotion & Pricing for Creative Pros
I can’t take credit for this idea but recently a neighbor of mine suggested I record some of the articles I’ve written over the years. So I created a podcast series I’m calling, Audio Articles, and I’ve started with some of the tried and true, feature articles I’ve written for HOW Magazine. Here are the...
Primer: Pricing Tips for Freelancers & Solopreneurs
Pricing design work is an important and challenging topic for creative professionals, so here’s a roundup of the most popular posts on how to price creative services. 3-Tier Pricing Strategy That Works Like Crazy via Ed Gandia’s Smarter Freelancer Podcast. How Laura Foley used the 3-tiered pricing technique the day after she learned it from Jason Blumer at...
Good Design Needs No Translation
HOW's International Design Awards invites graphic & web designers from around the globe to enter their work into this prestigious design competition, showcasing 300+ projects from numerous countries.
Time for a Marketing Reboot?
If your marketing has slowed down lately, you’re not alone — and there are lots of possible reasons why…. It could be the effect of the summer lull. Or maybe you’re coming off a monster project that consumed every bit of your time and energy and you literally couldn’t focus on anything else while it was going...
Proposal Due This Week? Read These 2 Articles First.
If you’re working on a proposal this week (and even if you’re not), check out these new articles and make sure your next freelance proposal is a “winning” proposal — otherwise, it’s a waste of your time! Here are excerpts… On PaperSpecs.com, read “Should I Even Write That Proposal?” Many of the problems that arise...
Speaker Podcast Series for CFBC 2014
If you've missed any of my Q&As in the Creative Freelancer Business Conference Speaker Podcast series, here's where you can find all 7 of them.
Breaking Free: 7 Tips for Opening Your Own Agency
As you welcome the bold embrace of the New Year, you may be contemplating change; not just in the months to come, but well into the future. Are you currently working in-house and thinking about opening an agency of your own? Before you quit your job, wait! You should have a solid strategy in...
Create a Nurturing Environment for Bold Ideas
Bold, unsafe ideas are useless to the organization unless those ideas are grounded in strategy, grounded in the essence of the brand, grounded in the wants and needs, hopes and dreams of end users. Find tips for ensuring a safe environment to nurture big ideas.
Riding the Seesaw: 7 Tips to Find Work-Life Balance
Bryony Gomez-Palacio wears many hats, including design business owner and mother. She dishes seven tips that keep her children mature and business booming on the daily seesaw ride that's her life.














