Is Your Email Address Losing You Clients?

“New freelancers make a few mistakes that no one will tell you are mistakes, because they don’t want to offend you, or they may have already disregarded you because of this stupid mistake and don’t wish to become mired in the soup of your (sure to be squalid) company.”

How to Make a Positive First Impression with Potential Clients

“Part of being a freelancer or an independent designer is communicating with potential clients and landing new work. This is part of the business aspect that is not a favorite with many designers, but it is critical if you want to establish a successful business.”

File Management and Organization Tools and Ideas

“Managing the files and reference materials that you’ve compiled over the course of a project (or even your entire career) can be a daunting task. You need to organize invoices, proposals, creative files, mock-ups, research sources and a myriad of other folders and files for later reference. And let’s face it: most operating systems have inadequate file management tools for power users.”

8 things you should know when starting your freelance business

“Starting a freelance business can be a rough, scary, fun, exciting, anxiety filled, awesome time in your life. You’ll be bundling 20 different feelings together on a daily basis, from the regular “wow, I love working from home” feelings to the “why can’t this client just get hit by a bus” feeling, so you better get used to it now.”

14 Simple Tips for Super Fast Web Browsing

“As someone who does most of his work on the web, I’ve developed some habits to allow me to work quickly, without distraction, so that I can get my work done easily.”

How To Maximize Your Freelance Income

“Freelancing income often seems as though it is a limited commodity. It seems limited by time, limited by ability, and limited by the number of opportunities available. Many freelancers behave as though there is a specific number of freelancing jobs out there, and that once those jobs are gone there are no more jobs to go around.”

The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Email Marketing for Your Blog

“Email marketing complements your blogging in a different and even more powerful way than social media. There’s a surprising amount most people don’t know about using email to further their business marketing, especially in conjunction with a blog. I’ve been using email to successfully market my blog coaching services and information products, all the while providing valuable information to my subscribers and getting to know them better.”