Freelance Tutorials

5 Ways to Promote Yourself as a Freelancer

Success as a freelancer, whether writing, graphic design, etc., depends on self-promotion. Many of us were taught as children that it is considered impolite to brag about ourselves. However, that is exactly what we need to do as freelancers. Here are five ways to promote yourself as a freelancer: learn more  Read More →

10 Tips for Meeting Deadlines

If you do any freelance work, chances are you work from home. Everyone who works from home knows what distractions and challenges come with that particular work environment. When that happens, how do you meet deadlines? Here are ten tips for meeting internal deadlines set by you and external deadlines set by an editor: learn more  Read More →

Information Architecture And You

Information Architecture (IA) is defined as… “The art and science of organizing and labeling websites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability.“ On the web, information is exponentially growing at a pace that is almost impossible to keep up with. Companies these days need personnel and proven architectures in place to get their message out to the minions of prosumers in a highly efficient manner. Notice I said prosumer instead of consumer. Applications are... learn more

Eight things I learned from getting screwed over by clients

Not long ago, I took on a new client who wanted me to rewrite his Web site and add a few new pages of content. From there, things went downhill. It starts with a phone call from the soon-to-be client’s assistant on a Wednesday. We set up a time for me to meet with the boss on Friday. That day, I drive to his office (a 2-hour round trip) only to find he isn’t there. Evidently, he left town without telling his assistant. English as a second language The boss calls me about 8:30 on Sunday... learn more

One or multi paged portfolios

When an artist starts to make a personal portfolio, they always make at least 2 different kinds of portfolio templates ( well, I made 5 ). and then they have to consider many styles, single page, multi, flash and so on… I’m going to make your life just a little bit easier explaining the pros and cons of one-page versus multi-paged portfolios. learn more  Read More →

Freelancers: Why Estimates Are Important + Free Starter Template

Having a template for your estimates is a must for any freelancer. Here’s why: learn more  Read More →

Freelancers: Manage your projects

Today we take a look at software and web apps to help you manage your freelance projects. An essential tool for any freelancer who wants to stay organized, keep the client up to date and keep records of milestones, deadlines and project files… learn more  Read More →

Freelancers: Track your time

Its important to track your time accurately when working as a freelancer for your records and for invoicing clients – here we round up 10 handy tools to allow you to do just that… learn more  Read More →

20 Resources for Freelancers

Many people are deciding to take the plunge and leaving the relative security of their job and take up a career as a freelance designer these days. Its a brave step and you will need all the good help and advice you can get. Today TutorialBlog rounds up the best online resources to help you on your way … learn more  Read More →

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