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Valuable Moneysaving Tips for the Smart Freelance Designer

Being a freelancer is challenging, VERY challenging. In a way you have to know how to do “everything” at once, and if you’re not planning well it can all be gone within just weeks. In this article we’ll give some quick tips related to the economy part of it. These tips can help you save some money and help you keeping your business alive. Many freelancers are some of the best at their field, but generally not that good with economy. This has stopped many from being successful. But you can learn some tips that can help you out a lot in the process.

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We hope you will find these helpful!

A good overview

Take the extra hour or two to make a good overview of the money going in and out every month. Not only do you to some degree need this in most countries for your taxes, but it’ll also help your business a lot. Instead of getting any unexpected “surprises” at the end of the year, keeping track monthly is important.

Where can you save costs?

Once you have your overview it’s easier to contact insurance companies, phone and Internet companies and check other costs to see if there are any better options available. My own experience has shown me that there can be hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars to save from looking through your options.

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The Newbie Design Mistakes You Have to Stay Away From

Did you ever think through how seemingly “small” mistakes and moments of bad judgement can ruin your reputation and steal clients away from you? Especially if you’re new as a freelancer/designer, there are many things you need to think through. Today we have put together a list of some of the things we think you should be especially aware of. We hope this can be a helpful tool for you.

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Good luck!

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Distractions You Need to Avoid to Get Work Done

Being a freelance designer means a lot of challenges to fight on a daily basis. How we do business today is extremely different to what we were used to just a decade ago. Now it’s all about being present on many stages and being accessible in a more stressful way than before. Obviously the revolution of social media and Internet in general gives us many great sources of inspiration and access to millions of potential clients outside of our own home areas.

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In this article we’ll have a look at some potential time-consuming factors that can ruin your efficiency during the workday.

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