Preston's Recent Articles Page 2
14 Best Project Management Tools for Freelancers (2023 Update)
Here’s a tough truth about project management for freelancers: no one tells you how much of your time you’ll spend managing projects as opposed to actually working on them. The upside? The...
24 Places to Get Freelance Jobs on Autopilot in 2020
Freelance jobs are a fantastic way to work for yourself or make extra money on the side of your day job. Thanks to the ever-growing acceptance of remote workers, quality freelancing jobs have also nev...
How to Present a Logo to Clients in 6 Steps (Tips from Experts)
Mastering how to present a logo to clients can take years of practice and experience. Plus, there’s the pressure of getting a client logo presentation right the first time in order to avoid starting...
14 Freelance Web Developer Jobs Sites to Get New Dev Clients
Knowing where to find high-quality freelance web developer jobs is critical to keeping your freelance dev business thriving. But with so many choices on where to actually find freelance web developer ...
7 Best Sites to Find Copywriting Jobs & Get Copywriting Clients in 2023
Finding copywriting jobs that pay well is easier than ever thanks to an always-growing need companies have for better copywriters. That’s good news for you, my copywriting friend, whether you’re o...
7 Sites with Freelance Illustration Jobs to Get Illustrator Clients in 2023
The demand for freelance illustration jobs continues to grow at a very nice speed (just take a look at the chart below of “illustration”-related terms searched in Google from 2004-Present.) That...
13 High-Paying Part-Time Jobs (You’re Actually Qualified For) to Boost Income in 2023
High-paying part-time jobs isn’t only a mouthful, it also feels a bit like an oxymoron. Can a part-time job really be “high-paying”? The truth is, yes, there are lots of high-paying part-time jo...
How to Get Paid As a Freelancer in 2023 (Apps & Advice That Work)
Getting paid as a freelancer can be extremely rewarding or terribly frustrating depending on your situation. Maybe it’s because most schools never teach students how to get paid as a freelancer—le...
Should You Give Free or Discounted Work Due to COVID-19?
“My clients have been impacted by Coronavirus and they’re asking for a discount. What should I do?” This question, in essence, was posed recently in our free Freelance Mastermind Group on Facebo...
15 Financial Relief Funds for Freelancers During Covid-19
The quick spread of COVID-19 and many governments lack of foresight to include freelancers, solopreneurs, and independent contractors in financial stimuli have left many freelancers wondering where th...
How to Start a Design Blog and Get Readers Fast (2023 Edition)
Learning how to start a design blog has gotten dramatically easier over the last decade. In 2009, while I was a college student, I started my first design blog: the one you’re reading right now. And...
19 Remote Writing Jobs Sites that Post New Jobs Daily for Freelance Writers
Remote writing jobs have seriously never been easier to find. Whether you’re a long-time freelance writer looking for more regular clients, or you’re just getting started and looking for freelance...
What’s the Best Subject Line for Sending an Invoice? (5 Options)
Email subjects for invoices aren’t all that different from subject lines in any other scenario. There’s just one hang-up: Sending an invoice can be a little awkward. Which means lots of people h...
How to Start a Lifestyle Blog in 6 Easy Steps (20-min Tutorial)
Learning how to start a lifestyle blog can be exhilarating and exciting process. What’s unfortunate is far too many people who want to learn how to start a lifestyle blog end up giving up before the...
10 Steps to Becoming a Successful Freelance Designer in 2023
Becoming a freelance graphic designer is no easy task—but it’s completely worth the effort. Of course you could just stay at your desk, hating your job forever. Or, you could take my advice below ...
5 Pro Tactics to Get Graphic Design Clients Right Now
Learning how to get graphic design clients can be overwhelming. A simple Google search will reveal thousands of ideas—some untested, others outdated. But after working with thousands of freelancers ...
How to write an invoice (and get paid) in 5 easy steps
If you provide any sort of service or product to a client or customer, then you need to properly learn how to write an invoice. Learning how to write an invoice can be incredibly simple, but there are...
Freelance Invoice Template — Free download + answers to most common invoice questions
Finding or making the right freelance invoice template isn’t always easy. And finding one that simplifies your freelance process instead of making it more difficult further complicates the whole pro...
How to write a One Page Business Plan: templates, ideas, and a step-by-step guide
Writing a one page business plan (instead of a hundred-page, in-depth business plan no one will ever read) has become a popular and efficient way to get your small business moving in the right directi...
6 Photography Invoice Templates – Free Download
You’re a photographer. Which means creating a photography invoice definitely isn’t something you learned in school like your designer or accountant friends. And yet, sending a photography ...
Why “charge what you’re worth” is terrible advice
It’s a pretty common phrase around the freelancing world—“charge what you’re worth.” But I think it’s doing more harm than good. In fact, I think it could be completely killing or holding ...
14 Freelancing mistakes you might be guilty of
This article contains a list of common mistakes that freelancers make. If you enjoy this article you may also want to read “10 Steps to becoming a successful freelancer” and “22 logo...
Artist vs. Entrepreneur: When should you wear each hat?
You know in cartoons or movies when the main character is trying to make a decision and there’s a little angel and devil perched on their shoulder taunting or encouraging them in either direction? T...
What I learned from getting designer bids and being the client
Recently, we redesigned the Millo logo with the help of Dina Rodriquez at Letter Shoppe. (Stay tuned for the final logo reveal + lots of cool swag by subscribing to our email newsletter.) Getting our ...