We live in a wonderful era. Never has it been more accepted or as easy to become a work-for-yourself, freelancing, creative individual. We have opportunities that our parents and grandparents never had… to be able to work on some little machine from the comfort of our own homes and make as much or as little money as we are willing to work for. We don’t all wake up at 6:00AM, put on a suit or uniform and run out the door to meet the treacherous mundane tasks of the day. We are responsible for our own growth, our own wealth, and our own schedules. We run our own small businesses and we take greater care of our own personal lives (or at least we try to!). We are the no-boss, no-management, work at home generation… but will what we do today still be around tomorrow?
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In the last article we showed you how you could find your first clients, price them, deal with the deadlines, and then get paid. You should now have some work under your belt and now its time to show it to new possible clients. To do this, you’re going to need to set up your professional portfolio. You’re most important asset is your portfolio. The majority of the work you’re going to get from now on is going to most likely come straight from your portfolio.
In this article we’re going to discuss the right way to set up your portfolio as well as your options as to how and where you want to display your work online.
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I’m not the one to update a blog with the usual “Sorry for lack of content lately” but I thought I’d give every regular reader here a little update. We’re on a short temporary hiatus for the next few days due to the fact that I am just too buried with work to finish up my articles this weekend!
I’m currently juggling a good bit of work and need to hit my deadlines. Not to fret. A new “Freelancer Bootcamp” is right around the corner with some other new quality articles. Don’t change that station!
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Sometimes to get that idea across to the client (or vise versa) you need more then just notes, briefs, or even mockups. You need something visual but comprehensive as well. This is where mindmaps shine. A mindmap is basically a diagram that communicates notes, ideas, graphics, elements, lists (and more) in a visual and organized way.
As a web design freelancer myself, sometimes I feel lost in the documents, e-mails, and notes a client sends across. They seem so messy and all over the place and I find it hard to keep them structured. Sure, I could compile them all in one long document but that doesn’t seem organized enough. So for projects like these I fire up my web-based mindmap application and then compile all the information the client has sent across into something visually structured. I then send it across the mindmap to my client to make sure we are both 100% on the same page. Nothing else accomplishes this task as comprehensive as a mindmap! So today we will look at how we can create a mind map for an example Web Design project.
Keep in mind this information can travel into other freelance areas such as writing, coding, graphic designing and so on!
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Providing excellent customer service as a freelancer is essential if you want to succeed. One thing that freelancers can offer over big design firms is personalized customer service. We should take pride in extent of support for our clients. It can set us apart from the crowd and be the one single aspect of our business that pushes us to the top of the food chain. Take care of your clients and they will take care of you!
How do you really provide great customer service? By understanding what your client wants and needs and keeping them updated and in tune to your work on their projects. Here are some tips and advice that should help you if you are having a little trouble in the customer service department. Continue Reading »
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