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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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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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Tagged as web design, monthly payments, contracts, freelance web design, tips, and tricks

Mastering Meetings - 10 Tips for Freelance Web Designers

Posted July 25, 2008

If time really equals money, then I've spent a decent amount of money purchasing awkward silence with strangers over the years. What I'm talking about is the minor panic evoked by a sudden realization that I'm sitting across the table from a total stranger and neither of us has anything more to say,…

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Tagged as web design, freelance, freelance web designers, meetings, tips, being prepared, and business
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Shawn is a 28 year old freelance graphic and web application designer in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His other project is called QuoteRobot and it's coming soon!