Everything money related, from what your salary should be as a Graphic designer to what you should charge for each product.
The growth of e-commerce has drastically altered the way the world does business. Consumers prefer shopping online because it is convenient, comfortable, and budget-friendly. In this present competitive world, it is critical for any e-commerce business to deliver a great shopping experience to users or you may lose them to your competitors. Yes, you have […]
When business owners try to think of new strategies to improve sales, chances are, thoughts immediately go to promos, lower prices, and gimmicks. While these factors do play an important role in the decision making process, it’s important to know that in e-commerce, there’s so much more at play, and that there’s another major factor […]
As a web designer you know that redesigning a website can be tricky, but re-designing a poorly made website can be even harder, so it’s only fair to say that your paycheck should reflect your effort. However, in any line of business, the topic of money is an awkward subject to approach, even more so […]
I bet you do lots of tasks now that even a few months years ago took you 10X the time it does today. I also bet (even though I don’t gamble) that you as a creative feel slightly embarrassed to charge for doing something quickly. Please banish that thought from today. Like you I work […]
If you’re a designer, you probably already know how important a great t shirt template or mockup can be for your client – and for you. Being able to display the awesome design that you’ve created in an appealing way is crucial for them to be able to sell their products. But have you ever thought […]
In the same way that Uber extracts more value from the taxi business by not owning taxis, design sites like Fiverr and Upwork exploit the creative value that freelancers offer and on-sell it, without any obligations to quality or professional standards. As a freelancer, you might think you are establishing valuable connections with new clients, […]
We’ve all had that client email haven’t we? The one that comes a couple of days after we send off our estimate for a contract. After chatting away about concept ideas and what exciting directions we could take? It usually reads a little something like this; “Hey Awesome Designer Dude – thanks so much for […]
You know what I miss about being an employee of a company? Ladders. You know what I’m talking about; the climb. The clear next step that you’d have to take to progress your career, to take another step up the ladder. From team member, to assistant manager, to manager, to area manager and so on… […]
Every industry has it’s Dark Arts. Skills so mysterious and incomprehensible that only a chosen few dare wield their powers. Yet these impenetrable abilities are so sought out by the masses, so utterly required that many will shower gold on any who can truly claim a mastery of these magnificent proficiencies. So what are these […]
If you’re a regular reader of the Design Range, then I’m sure you know that I’ve spoken before about how as designers we should be selling products and not just our services online. By selling products (especially digital ones) we can create a revenue stream that is entirely separate from our client based work and […]
As freelancers, we have a love/hate relationship with money. Unlike our salaried counterparts, we have no promise of a regular pay check in our bank account every Thursday. But when our phone just keeps ringing and those jobs keep rolling in, the pay checks can come more often and be bigger in size than most […]
Graphic Designers are a multi-talented breed of professional, whilst once we were bastions of the print industry, in today’s society we’ve become a one stop shop for pretty much everything media related. As it’s so difficult to nail down exactly what a graphic designer is, it makes it all the more difficult to know what […]
These days a designer really doesn’t have to be an island, waiting for clients to come passing by with work. In fact, if this is the only thing you rely on to top up your graphic design salary then you’re shooting yourself in the foot. Every designer out there should be practising every single day, producing piles […]
