Resourceful Designer - A Graphic Design Podcast

To the uninitiated, running a design business sounds easy. You find clients, you create designs for them, they pay you, repeat. Freelancers, however, know there is so much more to it than simply designing. And yet, even armed with that knowledge there are still several mistakes freelancers make when it comes to running their business.

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It’s November, and that means the holidays are just around the corner and everyone is looking for gift ideas for friends and family. I don’t know about you, but every year I dread the question “what do you want for Christmas?” I don't know what to say when someone asks me that question.

One of the best marketing tools available to your design business is your local Chamber of Commerce. If you are not taking advantage of how this organisation can help you grow, you are missing out. Big time.

Sometimes, all it takes to improve your designs or to break out of a creative slump is to alter your perspective on how you go about designing.

I created Resourceful Designer to help designers run their full-time home-based design business. However, a large number of you are not full-time freelancers. Many of you have another job and freelance as a side gig.

In this week's episode of Resourceful Designer, I share a case study where a poorly written design contract cost a web designer her fee for the client site she built.

Running a home-based design business is stressful work. It takes motivation and dedication in order to avoid burnout. But what do you do when that motivation and dedication is waning?

How many times have you asked yourself that question? It doesn’t matter if you are new to the design life or a veteran designer, that nagging question is always around. How much should you charge for your design services?

I love that line “Failure is always and options”. I first saw it on a T-Shirt worn by Adam Savage of Mythbusters. In his case, it applied to science and engineering, but it applies just as easily to the world of design.