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  • Planning Your Next Step as a Freelancer

    Jan 4, 2018

  • THE EASIER WAY TO BE EXTRAORDINARY

    Jun 1, 2017

  • Privacy Notice (GDPR)

    May 25, 2017

  • How To Find A Creative Freelance Mentor

    May 21, 2017

  • MY BEST WRITING TIP [VIDEO]

    May 8, 2017

  • Say Goodbye To Uncontrolled Growth In A Project’s Scope

    Apr 19, 2017

  • Escaping The ‘Yes’ Cycle

    Apr 5, 2017

  • Blogging For The Non-Blogger

    Mar 28, 2017

  • How To Pick Your Next Sexy Domain Name: A Practical Guide

    Mar 23, 2017

  • BEHIND THE SCENES OF A PRODUCT LAUNCH

    Mar 8, 2017

  • YOU’RE AT A CROSSROAD. NOW WHAT?

    Mar 8, 2017

  • Agenda For Your Kickass Freelance Creative Career [Infographic]

    Feb 21, 2017

  • How To Make A Living as a Creative Freelancer Within a Year

    Jan 31, 2017

  • Creative, Win More Clients – 14 Proven Ways

    Jan 24, 2017

  • SELF-DRIVING CARS ARE THE BEST! AND THE WORST!

    Dec 8, 2016

  • I Need Clients. N-O-W.

    Nov 15, 2016

  • Freelancers, Listen Up: The Gig Economy Isn't For You

    Nov 8, 2016

  • Marketing For Honest Creatives – Free Ebook

    Oct 31, 2016

  • UPGRADE ME, SCOTTY

    Oct 8, 2016

  • WHEN LIFE GIVES BEYONCE A CHEATING JAY-Z, SHE MAKES LEMONADE

    Oct 8, 2016

  • Nailing The Face-To-Face Meeting

    Sep 20, 2016

  • WHO HAS THE UPPER HAND IN YOUR CAREER?

    Sep 8, 2016

  • The Stability Myth

    Sep 6, 2016

  • I Quit Freelancing

    Aug 23, 2016

  • THE BARISTA WHO DIDN’T GIVE A FUCK

    Aug 23, 2016

  • A Creative's Guide To Taking Criticism

    Aug 16, 2016

  • NEVER GIVE UP? REALLY?

    Aug 8, 2016

  • Creatives Need Hobbies. Here’s Why.

    Aug 2, 2016

  • Educating Your Clients

    Jul 26, 2016

  • Getting Everything Done Without Going Crazy: Here’s How

    Jul 19, 2016

  • Freelance Life – Get Through It With This Video Channel

    Jul 13, 2016

  • Self-Promotion For The Introverted Freelancer

    Jun 28, 2016

  • Planning For The Unplanned Emergency (The Freelance Way)

    Jun 20, 2016

  • Get Paid What You’re Worth Q&A

    Jun 15, 2016

  • A Brand Designer, A Pricing Problem, And The nuSchool

    Jun 13, 2016

  • Being Forced Into Ultimate Productivity (And The Willpower That Comes With)

    May 29, 2016

  • A Designer’s Sales Philosophy

    May 22, 2016

  • Freelancing With Depression: The Real Story

    May 17, 2016

  • How A Videographer + Motion Designer Used The nuSchool To Create A Career

    May 8, 2016

  • What I Learned From 60 Rejections From Design Studios

    Apr 25, 2016

  • How A Freelance Designer Uses An Onboarding Process To Attract Clients

    Apr 11, 2016

  • Don't Fear The Clients

    Apr 4, 2016

  • How To Price Web Copy

    Mar 21, 2016

  • The 20-Step Checklist For Getting Your First Clients

    Mar 15, 2016

  • Your Client Wants You To Charge Less. Don't.

    Mar 1, 2016

  • Mar 1, 2016

  • 10 Funniest Reactions To Facebook New Reactions

    Feb 24, 2016

  • How to Get Over Your Fear of Failing at a Job You Love

    Feb 23, 2016

  • Networking Doesn't Have To Suck (Here's How)

    Feb 8, 2016

  • Doing The Hard Things

    Feb 4, 2016

  • Honest Marketing For Creatives 101

    Feb 2, 2016

  • Most Clients Are Dead

    Jan 20, 2016

  • Clients Want the Solution, Not the Service

    Jan 11, 2016

  • The Tools Freelance Designers Need

    Jan 7, 2016

  • Designer Resolutions: What 2015 Was, What 2016 Will Be

    Jan 4, 2016

  • Creative Hangover Solutions For New Year’s

    Dec 31, 2015

  • Six Weeks From Broke To Fully-Booked

    Dec 28, 2015

  • How to negotiate better prices for your design

    Dec 28, 2015

  • Don't Try To Be Everyone's Flavor (What I Learned From Pasta)

    Dec 21, 2015

  • What Freelance Health Insurance Looks Like

    Dec 10, 2015

  • Muzli – Designers’ Secret Source

    Dec 9, 2015

  • Clients Don’t Care How You Do Your Work

    Dec 2, 2015

  • Thankful For The Women Before Me

    Nov 23, 2015

  • How to Sell Without Selling

    Nov 17, 2015

  • Things I’ve learned as a freelance designer

    Nov 9, 2015

  • How to Tell Your Client They’re Wrong€” Without Getting Fired

    Nov 4, 2015

  • When And How To Say No To A Project

    Sep 29, 2015

  • How I got unexpected money for a design job [case study]

    Sep 8, 2015

  • Why clients are not lining up at your doorstep

    Sep 2, 2015

  • Setting Boundaries Like a Boss

    Aug 26, 2015

  • It’s Not Talent, It’s Willpower

    Aug 5, 2015

  • How to price a logo design: free tools and tips from the pros

    Jul 28, 2015

  • How Designers are Profiting from Ecommerce

    Jul 27, 2015

  • My client hurt my feelings

    Jul 20, 2015

  • Inspirational Videos For Designers – The Big Collection

    Jun 25, 2015

  • How a Web Designer Used the Pricing Class to Create an Outstanding Proposal

    Jun 22, 2015

  • How a Graphic Designer Used the Pricing Class to Raise Her Rates

    Jun 16, 2015

  • All Designers are Liars

    Jun 15, 2015

  • Designer's life hacks by Aaron Draplin, Gemma O’Brien and more (VIDEO)

    Jun 4, 2015

  • The Worst Project Proposal In History (Case-Study)

    May 31, 2015

  • Start Here

    May 26, 2015

  • 3 Questions to Ask Yourself (and Your Client) Before Writing Copy

    May 25, 2015

  • Getting Paid As A Freelance Designer

    May 18, 2015

  • Common Freelance Mistakes

    May 13, 2015

  • Freelancers: Why you need a contract for every project

    May 4, 2015

  • Writing Tips for Designers

    Apr 20, 2015

  • Pay Me Or Else – our new free ebook

    Apr 13, 2015

  • How to Stay Productive as a Remote Worker (Without Missing Out on Traveling)

    Apr 6, 2015

  • Freelance Creative Professionals Protection Act: What you need to know

    Apr 1, 2015

  • The Badass List of Free Stock Photos Websites for Designers

    Mar 25, 2015

  • Learn from bad clients

    Mar 22, 2015

  • How I Found My First Paying Client

    Mar 18, 2015

  • Who’s afraid of a $50 logo?

    Mar 9, 2015

  • The loneliness of the freelance designer

    Mar 4, 2015

  • 5 Google Tips for Creative Professionals

    Mar 3, 2015

  • Who’s responsible for setting up a website hosting for my client? nuAnswers

    Mar 3, 2015

  • How I eliminated fear from my negotiations

    Mar 2, 2015

  • The clients misses deadlines - nuANSWERS

    Feb 24, 2015

  • Create your WordPress website without coding in 15 minutes

    Feb 23, 2015

  • How To Get Started As A Freelance Graphic Designer

    Feb 19, 2015

  • Selling your digital art - nuANSWERS

    Feb 18, 2015

  • Working on Weekends

    Feb 12, 2015

  • Why Design Students Should Freelance

    Feb 10, 2015

  • How to deal with creative block

    Feb 2, 2015

  • Be a Better Freelance Designer

    Jan 22, 2015

  • Portfolios: Your First Date with A Client

    Jan 21, 2015

  • How I’m going to make 2015 more fun and more profitable

    Jan 15, 2015

  • Leading Designers Share Their New Year’s Resolutions for 2015

    Dec 30, 2014

  • Have a fresh start in 2015: Accomplish those things during the holidays

    Dec 22, 2014

  • Why Should I Pick YOU?

    Dec 11, 2014

  • Can designers beat Fiverr and 99Designs?

    Dec 3, 2014

  • Can designers steal the best pricing techniques from restaurants?

    Nov 25, 2014

  • How to take a vacation

    Nov 19, 2014

  • Your Free Design Work Will End Up In The Trash

    Nov 11, 2014

  • Bilingual Freelance? Watch Your Language!

    Oct 28, 2014

  • 5 Ways To Increase Your Value To Your Client

    Oct 27, 2014

  • The Reasons You’re Losing Design Contracts

    Oct 20, 2014

  • You should be napping – Yeah!

    Oct 13, 2014

  • Awesome pricing technique for writing design proposals

    Oct 10, 2014

  • “How Much Should I Charge?”

    Oct 8, 2014

  • Our Manifest

    Sep 18, 2014

  • 4 Mistakes To Avoid On The First Call With The Client [Video]

    Sep 15, 2014

  • How To Get Your Focus Back. Your Time Too.

    Aug 27, 2014

  • How To Manage Yourself

    Aug 27, 2014

  • Three principles your contract must align with

    Aug 27, 2014

  • F*ck You, Pay Me!

    Aug 26, 2014

  • These Client Stories Will Make You Cry With Laughter

    Aug 4, 2014

  • Save Yourself From Endless Client Requests

    May 21, 2014


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