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Make This Year Matter: Propel Your Freelance Biz Forward
Have you been wondering how to start freelancing or how to make your freelance business more successful? Stop dreaming and take action with this compilation of favorite freelance resources from HOWDesign.com.
Turn Slow Time Into Go Time
Most freelance designers are used to ebb and flow in their work schedules. There’s no guaranteed way for keeping work coming through your door, but you can take some steps to help make your downtime more productive.
Advice from 25 Design Pros
January has a way of getting us to reflect on our career and set new goals ahead. If only we could tap into some of the industry’s top designers’ minds to get guidance based on their experiences.
48 Things Every Good Boss Needs to Know
David C. Baker shares 48 tips on how to be a good manager to the members of your creative team. Making a difference is more than taking on a social issue, it’s about managing your employees well.
How to Deal With a Bad Boss
Following are three of the most common types of bad managers along with strategies for how to deal with a bad boss.
Do You Have a Design Hobby, Job or Company?
The lines can seem blurry. Design business consultant David C Baker will help you distinguish if your efforts are a design business, a design job or simply a hobby. Hint: Money is a good indicator.
How to Get New Clients: 4 Tips
Design business expert David C. Baker offers 4 strategies for how to get new clients. Start with these essentials and you’ll be finding new clients in no time!
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 run your design business more effectively.
Categories: Design Business & The Industry of Design, Design Business Clients: Communication & Management, Design Business: Industry Issues & Advice, Design Firm Owners, Design Management: The Process & Business of Design, Featured
Tags: business tips, client relationships, mind your own business, profit
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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.
3 Proposal Follow-Up Tips
If you’ve submitted a proposal and now the potential client won’t get back in touch, here are 3 steps you should take to follow up.
