Wondering if you're ready to be a full-time freelance designer? These six signs will help you decide if it's time to make the leap.
Pricing Your Freelance Work
Don’t Set Goals – Track This Number Instead
Graphic designer earnings is not about setting out-of-reach goals. It is about tracking one number and building your earnings strategy around it.
Should You Price Hourly?
So many designers hate talking about money, which makes pricing one of the most dreaded aspects of being self-employed. Perhaps that’s why so many designers resign themselves to pricing their services by the hour. But hat is truly a tragedy—and here's why.
How to Earn More on Every Project with Tiered Pricing
Position yourself as an expert and give your client options with tiered pricing. Your bottomline will thank you.
What’s Your ROI? Demonstrating the Value of Design
Increasing the value of design means bringing to light that which can be measured about designers—in other words, the investment potential we offer to a company.
Clueless: Talking Pricing with Clients Who Just Want a “Small Job”
Pricing design work can be a challenge when clients approach you with a "small job." Here's how to respond.
The Future of Creativity: Understanding Value
Challenging to understand and even more complicated to define, the proper perspective on value creation is a critical function for the future creative.
Advanced Pricing Strategy: Equity Pricing
In this excerpt from Brad Weaver's new book, he outlines 7 different pricing models, or ways to price — proving once and for all there’s no right way to create a pricing strategy!
9 Ways Young Creative Pros Can Boost Their Value
Young creative professionals can prove themselves invaluable with these helpful tips from design experts.
Red Flags & Rose-Colored Glasses: A $625 Dollar Lesson
These red flags may cost you as a freelance designer.