Many freelance designers struggle with boundaries, taking on and putting up with bad clients. But setting boundaries with clients means good clients and a better, more profitable creative business. Find out 10 signs you need boundaries and how to set them.
Category: Business/Career
Episode #146: How to Make More Money in Graphic Design (and Work Less) With Adrienne Johnston
Graphic designer Adrienne Johnston shares how she went from being stressed out and overworked in a $60k-a-year creative business to working less and without stress making more than $200k a year by focusing on presentation design in PowerPoint.
How to Make More Money in Graphic Design (and Work Less) With Adrienne Johnston: Read or Listen
Episode #144: How to Raise Your Prices and Keep Your Clients
Raising your prices as a freelance graphic designer is vital for a viable, profitable creative business. Find out when you should raise your rates, how to raise them, how much to raise them and what to do if clients react negatively when you do.
How to Raise Your Prices and Keep Your Clients: Read or Listen
Episode #143: How to Get Google Reviews From Clients With John Falke
Google reviews are a free tool designers can leverage to make the marketing and sales process easier. They also increase your chances of getting new clients. Hear how Google reviews have helped John Falke's design business and how to get Google reviews from your own clients.
How to Get Google Reviews From Clients With John Falke: Read or Listen
Episode #142: How to Make 6 Figures as a Freelancer
Want to make $100,000 a year as a full-time freelancer? Find out what I did and what you can do to make 6 figures as a freelance designer, even in your first year of freelancing full time. Also find out what to do before you do it.
Episode #140: Affordable Health Care for Freelancers
Medical insurance for self-employed freelance designers can be cost prohibitive. Find out some affordable health insurance alternatives that will save you money along with what to consider before going with one of these options.
Episode #138: 12 Ways to Motivate Clients to Send Content
Getting content from clients is definitely high on the list of complaints from designers. Find out 12 ways to motivate your clients to send you content, so that you get projects done on time and profitably.
Episode #137: The Difference Between Consultation and Discovery
Many graphic designers give away their advice, expertise and ideas in the sales process for free. Learn what to stop doing on consultation calls and how to get paid for discovery calls, so you get more respect and are more valued as an expert.
The Difference Between Consultation and Discovery: Read or Listen
Episode #136: How to Get More Leads From Your Website With Josh Hall
Just because you put up a website and have a nice portfolio doesn't mean potential clients will find it or contact you. Learn strategic steps you can take to get people to your site, keep them on your site and taking action, so you build a profitable creative business.
How to Get More Leads From Your Website With Josh Hall: Read or Listen
Episode #135: Top 11 Creative Business Books for Designers
Find out what books are on my list of top creative business books for freelance graphic designers to help you with starting your own business, sales and marketing, getting clients, positioning, pricing and profit, confidence, mindset and more.
Top 11 Creative Business Books for Designers: Read or Listen