You know you should use a project management tool, but you don't know where to start.
But there are so many out there. How do you choose which one to go for? How do you choose the best one for your business?
Well, you don't need to stress anymore because I'm going to show you the top three project management tools for freelance designers.
So you want to clean up your client onboarding process because it’s unorganized right now. You feel like you’re in a total mess, and you KNOW that if you’re feeling confused by your process, so are your clients.
You’re in luck, because by the end of this post you will know my ultimate 5 step client onboarding process and you can implement it in your own design business, so that you can stop stressing about every new client you take on and start wowing them instead.
When I first started my design business, I thought the only thing I had to do was design (and be good at it).
Boy was I surprised when I realized everything else I had to do to keep my clients happy and keep myself sane.
There's so much that comes with running an online business! The key to running a profitable & enjoyable business that doesn't take over your life and drive you crazy?
Streamlining your business as much as possible.
You started your creative business because you wanted to do creative work. You wanted to make things, design things, code things and get PAID for it. When your first started your business, the prospect of getting paid to do what you love was suuuper exciting, right?
What's not so exciting is realizing that your usual business day will be about 30% creative work, 70% business tasks.
For weirdos like me who geek out over systems and tools, the techy-admin side of business is actually really fun. (I know- I'm crazy!)
But for the majority of creatives and designers out there, doing all the business-y stuff like replying to emails, writing blog posts, scheduling social media and organizing the client process is hard work.
Getting organized, setting up systems, automating your business… it’s the unglamorous part of running a design business.
You put it off because you just don’t WANT to do it. It seems boring. It seems hard. And you have more important things to do- like finishing up that logo design for a client, or tweaking that bit of code.
I know that’s how you feel because I used to feel like that too.
Here are 5 reasons why you should stop procrastinating and get organized!
