A defining factor in any freelancer or agency’s success in gaining new business is their ability to market their skills effectively. In this three-part series, we will explore ways in which designers can strategically promote themselves to get new clients. Securing new business by approaching companies...

If you get a freelancing gig, how much should the client expect from you? Does hiring you give a company the right to automatically expect that you: Are only working on their project Will be available during certain hours of the day or night Will give the client free advice for other projects Should...

WordPress allows bloggers to easily integrate Google Adsense inside wordpress using plugins. Google Adsense has become the most popular advertising program, but adding it to WordPress isn’t always the easiest thing to do.  Many people don’t know where to put the code or how to keep track of it. ...

There are a lot of resources on the net on the subjet of earning online. But lately I got across Alan Liew’s website. He has been in blog marketing and SEO fields for two years only, but managed to go further than expected. Has a great blog on how to make money where he shares knowledge and experience....

Almost everyone out there who runs a website has toyed with the idea of selling ads on their website. So many options are available. Dozens of ad and affiliate networks exist, and you have different ad formats to consider. Should you sell text ads or banner ads? Should you allow Flash ads? What about...

Efficiency and organization are critical for freelance web designers. Managing finances and tracking down payments is not what drew most freelancers into this line of work. Fortunately, while handling finances is a necessary part of the business of freelancing, there are many tools and resources to that...

In this articles I want to illustrate a simplified top-down process to estimate times and costs of a web process using a simple spreadsheet (in this example I used Google Spreadsheets but if you prefer you can use Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice Spreadsheet or a free online service such as Zoho or EditGrid). Process...

Google Adsense publishers often commit common  mistakes that could ban their Adsense account. Google Adsense is a popular web advertising program which provides a good income source for many websites. There are well defined terms of service to strictly adhere to when participating in the program. On...

Sometimes, it seems absolutely impossible to keep up with all the design work you’ve got coming in. But, other times, it may seem like you just don’t have enough work to meet your income goals. In these times, it makes sense to offer a few more services to your clients — to make sure that you can...

Social media sites and technologies like Twitter and Digg are something that the tech savvy take completely for granted. We just automatically assume that if you are on the Internet, you are using social media. This isn’t really the case. There are some very important people that are not yet aware...