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Name: Phil Matthews Location: Weymouth, UK Freelancing for: 6 years Website: http://www.weymouthwebdesign.com/ and http://www.thewebdesignblog.co.uk Firstly can you tell us a little about yourself and what you do? I’ve been freelancing for nearly 6 years and had the pleasure of working for some really great clients. I setup The Web Design Blog in late 2009 with [...]

Name: Tristan Judd Location: Perth, Australia Freelancing for: 6 years Accomplishments: Over 6 years, Tristan has worked with dozens of small businesses, and launched several side projects and web applications. He was recently voted 5th best web designer in Australia by TopSEO’s Australia. How did you get started in Freelancing? How did you land your [...]

How did you get started in Freelancing? It was a few years ago now and the story goes like this. I was at college learning Graphic Design whilst also working on the local newspaper designing little adverts for little companies. The guy that ran the advertising department decided he was going to leave and setup [...]

For a very lucky few, there isn’t much of a trade-off between the amount of work that they can do, and the quality of work they do. They can seemlessly work endlessly, getting lots and lots done. One such person that appears to be able to do this is Syed Balkhis. For the rest of [...]

Common knowledge is that freelancers have to specialize to thrive. The idea behind it is that you build up your skills in one area, so that those skills become more valuable. There’s a smaller area of thought that is “Generalize and thrive“. Basically, the idea is that you have broad appeal, and your clients and [...]

It seems a bit counter-intuitive, that you can grow by turning down work. Let me explain. I’ve recently been approached to do some work on a small startup ecommerce website. Basic type work like making things line up, but also there is a need for a marketing plan as well. So we scope out the [...]