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Freelance Resources – 5 Great Articles

It’s been a busy week for me and trying to keep up with all the great resources posted on Twitter is hard work. I’ve taken 5 of the most useful ones aimed at helping freelance creatives.

Ways to Improve Your Customer Service
Critical to success as a freelancer, here’s 11 tips to make you you exceed your clients expectations and maintain your reputation. Click HERE to read more.

How to Market Yourself
Solid advice, nothing that’s rocket science particularly but useful none the less. Drawing timeless advice from Paul Arden’s book ‘It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be’, you cn check it out HERE.

10 Nos for Freelancers
Good article HERE, I would totally agree with every one of these points on when to say no. Quite difficult to stick to but really important in order to retain credibility, your  integrity and ending up saying yes to everything.

What to Include In Your Design Contracts
Really valuable post from Brian Hoff HERE on the basics to include in your design contract or terms & conditions documents. Essential reading.

And Finally…

How to Effectively Organise, Manage and Maintain Your Freelance Design Business
Again, thanks to Brian Hoff for this extensive article which provides a glimpse at his own workflow, resources and processes that help him stay incontrol of his own business and retain focus on the important stuff. Check it out HERE.

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