Your 10-step Plan To Organize Your Freelance Business

Your 10-step Plan To Organize Your Freelance Business

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.

Are You Self-Sabotaging Your Web Design Business?

Are You Self-Sabotaging Your Web Design Business?

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.

5 Urgent Reasons To STOP Procrastinating And Get Organized

5 Urgent Reasons To STOP Procrastinating And Get Organized

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!

How To Find Time To Work ON Your Business, Not Just IN It

How To Find Time To Work ON Your Business, Not Just IN It

So you want to spend some time working on your design business, not just in it. But you can’t find the time.

You spend all your time looking for clients or designing for clients, and by the time the evening comes, you’re shattered and just want to watch Netflix.

How do you find time to work on your design biz without giving up your client work (which brings in the money), and your free time, which helps you stay sane?

How To Get Design Clients From Facebook Groups

How To Get Design Clients From Facebook Groups

One of the most popular questions I get is, ‘how can I find and book more design clients?’  

It’s the most important aspect of being a freelance designer: finding clients so you can:

  • Pay bills
  • Live comfortably
  • NOT have to go back to a dead-end day job

Most designers get the majority of clients through referrals. They don’t actively market themselves - they just hope that friends, clients and designer friends will send work their way.

But what happens when they DON’T?