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Why You Should Let Your Project Cool Off

posted on April 29, 2011

Before you really dive into this article do me a favor. Open up your freelancing weapon of choice, whether it be a writing, designing, or development program. Go ahead, get it going (if it’s not already running in the background) and open up a recent or current project. I’ll wait…

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Seven Days of Freelancing Tips

posted on April 28, 2011

How quickly can you improve your freelancing business?

As freelancers, we tend to think that improving our business is a huge effort that will eat up tons of time that we could be using to work on paid projects for clients. As a result, a lot of things that we should do to help ourselves and improve our freelancing business never get done.

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Get More Done

posted on April 27, 2011

I’m sure most web designers would love to get more done in a given day. Those that don’t probably wish they could get the work they do have done faster, giving them more free time. The good news is that you can do both: shorten your work day and get more done.

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Branding for Your Freelance Business

posted on April 26, 2011

Freelancers typically struggle with branding. They think great charisma and good skills with a nice, zen-white site are all they need in the ocean of competition out there. And sometimes, that works. Charm and skills goes a long way in business.

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9 Principles of Logo Design

posted on April 25, 2011

Put yourself in this scenario.  You are invited to several job interviews, much of them for the kind of jobs you have only dreamed about getting.  The kind you jokingly told your friends about when you figured out what you wanted to be when you grew up. You want to impress your future clients.

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