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Time Tracking - Hassle or Help? Freckle Enlightens

Posted March 3, 2010

I have a confession to make. I've been designing web sites for almost 15 years, in a variety of capacities, and I had never once logged my actual working hours... until late December of 2009, when I met Freckle, Amy Hoy and company's latest app. Oh, I had an awareness of how long things took, of cou…

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Posted in Tips For Freelancers
Tagged as time tracking, freelance web design, tips, letsfreckle, blinksale, shawn adrian, and amy hoy

Most People Want to Pay Monthly for Web Design

Posted October 31, 2009

As a freelance web designer, I'm always thinking of ways to smooth out the natural ups and downs of project based income. One of the ideas I've been toying with for a while is offering to build websites for a monthly cost, rather than an up front cost to the client. My research about this produced s…

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Posted in Tips For Freelancers
Tagged as web design, monthly payments, contracts, freelance web design, tips, and tricks

Art vs. Design, Passion vs. Cash

Posted March 20, 2009

Over the last 3 months I've been struggling in my mind with the balance between doing what I love, and making a living as a responsible adult.

The 9 to 5 Dilemma

Back in January of 08 I joined up with the Viviti team as the only UI designer on board - it was fresh, exciting, and I told myself I'd gi…

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Posted in General
Tagged as design, 9 to 5, passion, art, creativity, inspiration, freelance web design, and how to freelance

Freelancers: Two Methods for Making Sales the Easy Way

Posted September 20, 2008

Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs I was constantly told, "You can have the best product in the world, but if nobody knows about it you're still going to be broke." The point is, if you're going to succeed in this (or any) business, you need to be in the business of selling.

So, what are you se…

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Posted in Tips For Freelancers
Tagged as selling, web design, freelance web design, sell yourself, how to sell, closing sales, direct selling, and selling web design
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Shawn is a 29 year old freelance designer in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Check out his other project QuoteRobot:

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