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Freelance, don’t forget your business card

It doesn’t matter if you’re a programmer, writer, etc. freelancer, this will help you all so you can generate great business contacts.Never leave your business card at home, you can leave home anything and meet a potential customer or you can even find somebody who can recommend you for a job.
Don’t be shy, I know [...]

[ More ] February 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Ads, Articles, Freelance |

The freelancers “yes”

We cannot say “no” to all the things our clients say. Or we would be limiting, not to say killing, our designer careers. In this article you’ll learn how and why saying “yes” to your customers is good.
Would you tell me your prices or rates? yes
Even if some people take a long time before [...]

[ More ] February 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

It’s crazy to design a web site if…

Many people might come to think that designing online is the best thing in the world, because there are not limitations. Big mistake! In fact, “limitations” are the most common problem that happens when designing online.
Not playing by the rules
If we don’t state from the very beginning the rules of the game, everyone will be [...]

[ More ] January 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

The 10 greatest freelancer no-no’s!

Once you’ve just started your freelance career, we want to say “YES” to every single project that crosses in front of our eyes. Without even taking in consideration the time we have available, or the technical knowledge we might have about the project. Sometimes a no here will go a long way.
1. Could you show [...]

[ More ] January 23rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

5 skills to impulse your graphic designer career

Communication:
To be able to earn your money you need to prove to others that you can communicate effectively, whether it’s in an interview you have or with co-workers. Modern graphic designers have to communicate with many people from different positions and even customers to print in our designs their message.
Utility:
The thing of outermost importance in [...]

[ More ] January 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

Freelancer myths

Many of us think that been a freelancer is the best thing that could happen in the world. Nothing like working from home. Been able to watch TV and having no one bossing you around. But not everything that shines is gold. Here I present you the most common freelancer myths.When we work at home [...]

[ More ] January 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

A balance between your job and your freelance works

As we all know, starting a business is not easy. And many of us have many responsibilities that we have to fulfil. And at the same time we have to live the adventures of freelance.Some people would rather have a “safe job” than “risky” freelancing activities.
Having a night shift:
It might be weird at the beginning, [...]

[ More ] November 29th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

10 ways to market your freelance work

One of the most difficult things to do is to market your work. A lot of of people will not want to be freelancers because they usually says: “Nobody knows me”. Relax!
Blog
Email friends and family
Email publication
Guest writing
Collaborate
Partnetships with other freelancers
Teach
Join organizations
Create buszz
Contect potential clients
With this 10 essential marketing tips everybody will get to know [...]

[ More ] November 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

10 ways of self-promoting

One of hardest things to do is to promote your own art. Many designers fear doing this because: NOBODY KNOWS ME. Relax! There are many ways to let people know you-
1. Blog: this is the best and most of time free-promoting engine.
2. Send E-mails to your family and friends: let them know what type [...]

[ More ] November 21st, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Articles, Freelance |

Searching for imagess without copyright

There are many websites in which you are going to be able to download images. But, thanks to yotophoto.com we will be able to search in all of them at the same time. This search engine was specially design to look for images without copyright, that are store in free domain, GNU, FDL.
I tried [...]

[ More ] November 14th, 2007 | No Comments | Posted in Freelance, Photography, Resources |

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