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Clients from hell: How to navigate nightmarish scenarios as a freelancer

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The worst clients can turn your life into something out of a horror movie. We outline four common types of nightmare clients and explain how to deal with them. We're talking about those clients you simply hate working with. Clients who ended up making your professional life a nightmare.

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10 Tips to Invoice Your Clients Professionally

HONGKIAT

It’s crucial for keeping your business running smoothly and avoiding financial issues or client frustrations. Choosing the Right Invoicing Tools or Services The first step in creating invoices for your clients is to pick a reliable invoicing tool. However, in reality, not all clients pay on time. Will there be late payment fees?

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Keeping Barriers Low for Clients Who Update Their Website

SpeckyBoy

The ability for clients to update their websites has become a common project requirement. But while the technology is in place, a streamlined experience for clients isn’t guaranteed. Here are a few things to keep in mind when setting your clients up for content management success. Needs may have evolved.

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Busting Web Design Myths: The Top 7 Misconceptions Clients Hold

HONGKIAT

As a beginner web designer, you may be an idealist and visionary, but eventually, you will encounter clients who can turn you into a cynic. You will learn that clients often have a clear idea of what they want, but they may not fully understand certain aspects of web design. Beware of these clients!

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When to Say “No” to Clients For Freelancers

HONGKIAT

The inevitable request from a client to revise a design to make it more… something. The client isn’t sure what exactly, but they know that whatever they’re looking at on the screen isn’t quite "there" yet. Freelancers usually handle many jobs at the same time including the gruelling task of billing clients.

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How to scale an agency while managing 2,000 client websites

Noupe

From ensuring that you hire the right people and are retaining employees, to onboarding long-term clients that will allow your business to grow, there’s no doubt that scaling any agency comes with its challenges. I’ll refer to my own agency as an example. In 2010, we started out with only eight clients.

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How to Find Design Clients During a Lockdown

Creative Market

One of the biggest concerns for designers is how to find clients during this time of worldwide lockdowns. Though this pandemic and lockdown are unprecedented challenges for graphic designers, it’s still possible to find good clients during this hardship. This is why we now decided to join forces.

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