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How to Stay Motivated as a Freelance Designer

Sure, you get to sit at home all day with no worries about a morning commute; or a busy office filled with annoying coworkers; or a world in which your boss can drop the hammer on your career at any point in time. However, despite all the benefits freelancing...

Dealing with the Pitfalls of the Design World

Are you a freelance designer? Perhaps we should rephrase that: Do you fluctuate between starving to death and working your butt off to make the bills? If so, Design Contest understand your pain. Freelance designing can be one of the most challenging occupations on the planet, and without the...

How to Keep Clients Coming Back And Begging for More

If you’re running a freelance design company, we’re guessing we know your pains fairly well: You’re always in need of work, and when you do land a project, you’re constantly concerned about the longevity of that connection. In fact, we imagine you spend a lot more time pondering how...

Top Reasons to Schedule the Weekend Off

We’re freelancers. This means we spend ungodly amounts of hours struggling in front of the computer, cranking out graphic designs for clients that more often than not require more revisions that we often desire. It’s long, it’s often hard, and at times it feels completely unrewarding. However, we are...

Improve Your Client Relations

If you’re a medical doctor, you have to developer truly stellar bedside manner. If you’re a sales representative, you must learn to interface well with any and all customers, if you’re intending to keep the business afloat. In a similar manner, as a graphic designer you have a responsibility...

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