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The design industry is a saturated one. Especially if you’ve found yourself in a niche that involves small business owners or creative business owners. Someone can post in a Facebook group looking for a designer and within 20 minutes there are 50 comments on the post. All designers who want (or even need) the job. […]
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Top 10 Reasons Your Web Design Projects Fall Behind (And How To Fix It)
When a web design project falls behind, it causes a domino effect. First, you feel more stressed about each and every project you have going on. Then, you either find yourself working nights and weekends to catch up or letting other projects fall behind as a result. It’s never fun to feel rushed on a […]
Why A Custom Website Can’t Be Developed In One Week (And Done Well)
We all want to make our clients as happy as we possibly can. If they ask for something crazy in their brand or website design, they get it. If they ask for ooone more “little” tweak after they’re out of revision rounds, they get it. And if they demand an insanely quick turnaround for a […]
Resources And Tools For Your Design Business
Using the right tools to run your design business can make everything a whole lot easier. It can be the difference between emailing clients back and forth 4 times to schedule a meeting versus sending them one link. It can be the difference between an unreliable website that is down on a daily basis versus […]
Improve The Navigation Of Your Website Designs
It’s been a while since we’ve had a good design strategy post around here, so I’m excited to dive back into the topic this week with something a lot of you have been asking about: designing websites that are easy to navigate. When we think about the navigation of a website, it’s easy to consider […]
5 Details You’re Overlooking In The Development Phase Of Your Design Projects
Sometimes as a small business owner, we end up doing it all. As a designer you might find yourself doing client management, design, development, social media management, marketing, content creation, and a whole lot more. But sometimes, trying to do it all comes at a cost. I know when I was trying to take care […]
6 Things To Outsource In Your Design Business
We all get to a point where we’re trying to shove way too many tasks into each day. When we’re responsible for blog posts, social media, our inboxes, marketing, and our actual clients, it’s bound to happen. That can quickly lead our businesses to overflow into our personal lives or just being more stressful than […]
Get Clients To Deliver Content On Time
A couple weeks ago we talked about what a pain the revision process can be – constant frustration at a time that both you and your client should be excited to release your project into the world. What we didn’t talk about is another part of the design process that should be just as exciting […]
4 Ways To Use Quizzes In Your Design Business
Quizzes have been a hot topic lately and for good reason. They are fun to both make and take, while adding a layer of interactivity to a website. The way many are currently using them is for an email opt-in (like the one currently at the top of this page), but there are a lot […]
Your Design Projects Shouldn’t Be Stressful (And That Includes Revisions!)
When running a small business, you’re responsible for more things than any single human should be responsible for, right? Not only are you completing and managing each part of your design projects, but on top of that there’s everything that goes with keeping your own business moving forward. When there are so many responsibilities on […]
Why You Need To Take Note Of Your Design Decisions
It’s easy to get your strategy and design all planned out, dive into the design, and never look back. But if you’re doing things that way you’re missing a huge and valuable piece in your process. Instead of starting your mockups and just going to town, it’s important to take note of the decisions you […]
How To Boost Your Portfolio And Get Better Testimonials
As a designer, your portfolio and testimonials can be the difference between landing new clients and staring at your inbox, waiting for that next inquiry. On the surface, these things seem pretty simple and straight-forward, but there’s something big you could be missing in your process that can make showing off your work less effective. […]
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