Does putting pricing on your website help or hurt creative freelancers when it comes to getting new design clients? Find out the pros and cons to help you decide if you should put pricing on your website.
Episode #85: The Client Is Not the Enemy
Situations may arise when working with a client that make you feel like you’re on two different sides. But the client is not the enemy. Find out how to deal more effectively with situations that make you feel like you’re on two different sides. Read or Listen “The Client Is Not the Enemy”
Episode #84: Stop Spamming and Seeing What Sticks
If you send messages to prospects that are all about you and your services, you’re turning them off. Stop spamming prospects and seeing what sticks. Learn how to reach out to prospects and how to send cold emails that will help you get noticed. Read or Listen “Stop Spamming and Seeing What Sticks”
Episode #83: Responsibility and Revenue With Website Policies With Donata and Hans Skillrud of Termageddon
Are you unknowingly taking on liability with privacy policies? Find out your responsibility with website policies, common mistakes web designers and developers make and how to make recurring revenue with them in this discussion with Donata and Hans from Termageddon. Read or Listen “Responsibility and Revenue With Website Policies With Donata and Hans Skillrud of Termageddon“
Episode #82: Break Away From These “But’s” and Stop Wondering Your Worth
Many graphic designers undervalue their expertise and their work. You might undercut or reduce your pricing to win new work and clients. But if you don’t value your work, no one else will! Stop wondering about your worth and break away from these “but’s.” Read or Listen “Break Away From These “But’s” and Stop Wondering Your Worth”
Episode #81: “Freelancer”—The Other F Word
Many designers call themselves freelancers when they really aren’t. They’re doing much more than what a freelancer does. In many cases, the word can actually hold you back. Find out why I think “freelancer” is the other F word. Read or Listen ““Freelancer”—The Other F Word”
Episode #80: Which Fish Are You?
Are you a small fish in a big pond, or a big fish in a small pond? If you’re a small fish in a big pond, you need clarity, so you can be a bigger fish in a smaller pond and get the right clients and the right design work. Read or Listen “Which Fish Are You?”
Episode #79: Reflect, Refocus, Recharge
Let’s talk about reviewing our goals, celebrating our wins and refocusing ourselves and our businesses for the next year. Reflect, refocus, recharge. Read or Listen “Reflect, Refocus, Recharge”
Episode #78: Color Blind by Design
Hear how Jake Albion pursued his passion of a creative career despite being told it might not be possible because of his color blindness, how he became more driven by his disability and turned it into an advantage, and how he got into accessibility. Read or Listen “Color Blind by Design”
Episode #77: How Your Unsecure Website Is Costing You Business
If you use WordPress for your website but don’t take security measures to keep it safe and up and running, potential clients may leave your site because of a warning, or, one day, they may not see your site at all. Find out how your unsecure website is costing you business and what to do about it. Read or Listen “How Your Unsecure Website Is Costing You Business”