Design Domination

#124 Learn how to get clients as a freelance graphic designer by standing out from other designers, getting noticed and building your authority—and not in a salesy way. You’ll maximize your marketing efforts and get in front of lots of potential clients.

#123 Did you get into freelancing to focus on design, not business tasks? Do you dread the administrative tasks you have to deal with as a freelancer? Hear from Dominique Falla how creatives can spend less time on tasks they don't like and more on design.

#122 A lot of creatives struggle with creating content for social media, blog posts or marketing emails. Here are 15 social media post ideas for graphic designers that will inspire you.

#121: Eric Holter of Cuberis talks about how their niche of designing websites for museums has helped the creative business get work easier, be more profitable, be memorable and be seen as industry experts. He also talks about how he gets clients.

Graphic designers, want to spot a bad client before working with them? Watch for these 17 potential red flags for bad clients, so you can avoid taking on bad clients, have more pleasant client relationships and a better freelance design business.

#117 Graphic designers love or hate Canva. Does Canva hurt the design industry? Is Canva a threat to graphic designers? Will they lose work? Can designers leverage Canva as an opportunity to get more work? Here's why designers should embrace, not hate, Canva.

#116 John Falke, web design business owner and Agency Mavericks coach, talks about how he went from a two-person web design business to having a dream team. Get lots of tips you can use when hiring someone, including a template for the hiring process.

#114 Find out how to reach out to potential clients the right way as a freelance graphic designer. Learn how to start building relationships and maximizing your marketing efforts, so you get more clients and more work and make more money.

#113 Here are 5 ways to make it easier for clients to say yes to working with you. These things will also help you get more respect, enhance your value and charge more for it, and stand out from other designers.

#112 A lot of graphic designers aren’t thinking about accessibility. But there are many benefits for you as a logo designer, print designer or web designer. Find out 8 reasons designers should care about accessibility.

#111 Some graphic designers have misconceptions about outsourcing work vs keeping it all in-house. Find out common objections designers have about outsourcing and how outsourcing can help your freelance design business.

#110 Sometimes it can be hard to get clients or coworkers to take you more seriously as a graphic designer instead of seeing you as an order taker. Find out 8 ways to get taken more seriously as a designer and treated like an expert, not an order taker.

#109 Other designers and creative agencies are often looking for freelancers. You can stand out and get hired over and over—and charge more—by proving to be a reliable and trustworthy. Here are 9 ways to be a successful subcontractor.

#108 When making PDFs accessible for Section 508 or ADA compliance, there are some tools you can use that make the process a lot easier and faster. Here are my top 21 InDesign and PDF accessibility tools for making accessible PDFs.

#107 Many graphic designers suffer from business issues that are actually symptoms of a bigger issue. Once you realize this, you can transform your business. Find out 5 business lessons I learned the hard way, so you hopefully don’t have to.

#106 When it comes to page layout programs for graphic designers, for some it comes down to Adobe InDesign versus Affinity Publisher. Find out the key differences between InDesign and Publisher and how to decide which page layout program is best for you.