Business, Marketing
The importance of client reports
Agency life is fast-paced and often hectic. Most of the time, your teams are juggling multiple deadlines for several clients who have widely different ideas… Read More
Flywheel, WordPress
Take advantage of these great Web Week deals
As the holiday season moves into full swing, the fast pace of fall typically begins to slow down for many businesses, creative agencies included. This… Read More
Business, Design
Four components of beautiful leave-behinds
When you take a meeting with a potential new client, you have anywhere between 30 minutes and an hour to impress them. In that time,… Read More
Business, Development
6 ways to improve your CTR in 2022
Do you know if your website is performing well? There are lots of indicators that work together to show how your website is actually performing. Read More
Business
Invest in your agency: a New Year planning checklist
This is the time of year when things start to settle down (at least compared to the usual frenzy of agency life). That’s why it’s… Read More
Business
How much work is too much? (And how to survive it)
Have you ever been completely swamped with work, with no real way of getting it all done and maintaining your sanity? For some, this almost… Read More
Design
Psychology of design: Shaping your online image
We covered the importance of color thoroughly in the previous two installments of our psychology of design series. Color choice, however, is just one… Read More
Business, WordPress
Cyber Weekend Deals for Web Designers (2021)
Cyber Weekend 2021 kicks off next week, and while this year’s holiday shopping season is expected to be a big one for… Read More
Business, Design
Talking Turkey: 5 quick tips for seasonal success
The holidays are upon us, and as the mad sales dash toward the end of the year ramps up online, the time to update your… Read More
Design, Development
Tools that make designers’ lives easier
When you’re deep in the throes of new design work, it can be easy to simply resort to the same tools you’ve always used. There’s… Read More
Business
Create a structure for creative, self-employed success
I spent the first 13 years of my career in office jobs. One of the most frustrating aspects of office life was clocking in for… Read More
Business, WordPress
20 easy ways to help your clients understand WordPress
Sometimes you get clients who are already familiar with WordPress. Maybe you’re doing a redesign for their site or they’ve had a blog before. Other times… Read More
Business
Selective is smart! Choosing your clients wisely
For fresh freelancers and young agencies, finding new clients and projects is how you stay alive. Oftentimes, this manifests as taking whatever work comes… Read More
Design
It’s time to put an end to free spec work
Speculative work, AKA work done for free, is objectively a bad thing. But for some reason, professionals in the creative field get asked to offer… Read More
Business
Why you absolutely need a contract for every project
Contracts are absolutely essential for your businesses, and you need one for every gig. They’re an important instrument that defines the scope of your project… Read More
Business
Tips to set a successful schedule and maximize productivity
One of my favorite things about attending conferences is the organization and flow that comes with the agenda for the meeting. When things are… Read More
Business
Useful tools for collaboration and communication
Thanks to globalization and ever-improving technology, remote working is a hot topic in the 21st century workplace. A team of designers no longer has to… Read More
Business
How to seal the deal with a new client
Whether you’re freelancing on your own or working with a larger organization, one thing you’ll need to be able to do if you’re going to… Read More