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If your rates are lower than you want them to be, don’t blame the economy. Don’t blame the state of your particular industry. And for the love of the business, don’t blame the competition.
How to get your clients to respect your time and honor the boundaries you set on email, phone and in-person communication.
With so many holidays each year, the need for unique greeting cards has never been greater! Sending your clients unique greeting cards displays true professionalism and can have a much greater impact than sending them some cheap greeting cards from
Graphic Design Magazines are a key way for active graphic designers to further immerse themselves into the design community. They can inspire you, inform you and keep you up to date on the latest trends, hottest studios and new design talent.
Cross browser testing is a commonly overlooked, yet extremely important issue of launching a new website. Each browser displays websites differently, so its vital that your business site looks perfect on every one. This can often be a pain especiall
As new advancements in mobile phone technology continue to appear, so do the mobile phone tutorials. As these new cell phones are released many tutorial writers become inspired to recreate these beautiful new phones in Photoshop and Illustrator
Ok, today we are going to look at how to make grunge / worn style type to use in your art. The process is actually quite simple, and you can get endless variations
When you’re freelancing for a living, you’re trading time for money – so you want to make sure that every hour is time well spent.
There are 4 main reasons why I do consulting and how I think it helps my design business. Keep in mind that these can also be applied to any other business like writing, blogging, programming, etc…
The way that you talk with your clients can heavily influence their attitude and respect towards you. If you use the right language, and avoid talking yourself into a trap, it’s not too difficult to rid yourself of bad clients forever.
A wine store is a paradise for any graphic designer seeking inspiration. Most wine stores have thousands of bottles of wine, all of which are uniquely branded with a wine label. You could spend an entire weekend examining all the different wine labe
Ok, in this tutorial I am going to help you create clouds with rain ( you can choose to add the rain ) in Photoshop. I am using Photoshop CS2 for this tutorial, but if you are using any other version I’m sure it’ll work just the same! This tutorial
How do you use Twitter to find clients? Do you see Twitter as a cool marketing and networking tool or as a complete time-waster? Did potential clients ever contacted you via Twitter? Did you get the gig?
Door hangers are an often underestimated method of advertising and this is why we have decided to showcase some Door Hanger Designs that have been created for a variety of businesses and services. People often associate door hangers with hotels, but
Everyone knows the power having a website for a business, but a website is only as good as the design. If you have a poorly designed website that hasn’t been updated in 10 years, you could be losing money every day! Having your old website updated w
When I left my full-time job to strike out alone, I wondered whether the past couple of years had been a waste of time. Two years working in technical support didn’t seem like good preparation for a freelancing career involving writing and website c
Like many around the world, I’ve enjoyed watching the 2008 Summer Olympics. From the elaborate pageantry of the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing to the incredible perseverance of the Olympic athletes, the Olympics represent an ideal of what
Ok! This is a Cinema 4D Tutorial I’ve create for Cinema 4d which will introduce you to object manipulation, textures, fur and also general familiarity with the program itself. I’m using Cinema 4d 10 - And you can download the demo directly from Maxo
Huge list of freelancing tips written by and for readers of Freelance Folder - tips and tricks from people new to the freelancing world to experienced freelancers.
I you run a business chances are you will have to send out letters, such as business letters, invoices and or estimates and having a custom Letterhead Design for your business can really benefit you in terms of branding.
Graphic Design Forums are a great way to really immerse yourself into the graphic design community. You can meet other designers, ask questions, talk about the latest design news, ask for critiques of your work and much more.
As a freelancer, many of us have the DIY (do-it-yourself) attitude. DIY means more work, more potential portfolio pieces, and most importantly… more money. But sometimes, the DIY approach, and taking on too much, can kill creativity and make clients
Designing your own card is no easy task and that is why we created this guide on how to design your own business card. If you decided to have a designer create your cards be sure that the tips below are applied to the design.
These t-shirt designs were created for a variety of reasons such as for bands, apparel companies, events and so on. To see full size images of the shirts or to contact these t shirt designers click the images and you will find their profiles on Beha
The official launch of UCreative.com is almost here, but before our official launch we wanted to run a Beta test where our users can sign up to test out the site! Anyone can join the Beta test and submit designs and we would greatly appreciate any f
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