Business of Design
Best Design Pickle Alternative – Graphic Design Subscription by Open Bookmarks Co.
Story: What is the design subscription? Instead of making separate payments for each individual design project, a design subscription enables you to pay a consistent monthly or yearly charge for a specific ...
Best Adobe Stock Alternatives for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Paid service for stock photos If you are a freelance web/graphic web designer, you may be using stock photo services. I wrote about free stock photo sitex below in 2018. 3 ...
How to Understand the Economy as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Economy and design When I started my career as a graphic designer, my boss said, you need to read a newspaper. I was focused on only design skills and knowledge at ...
Business of Design
What is Client Onboarding Process and How it Works
Story: User experience design YouTube introduced me to the video about the client onboarding process. I was not familiar with it. I did not much care about it before. I often see ...
Thinking Trend as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Marketplace Business
Story: Provider and consumer I am using Upwork for both freelance and client accounts. It's a marketplace business. The platform connects freelancers and clients. Amazon connects bender and consumer, Airbnb connects host ...
Startup 101 for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Resource
Story: Human and environment When I was a child, I thought everything is up to me. In any circumstances, I can accomplish whatever I want. It's partially true, but it is as ...
Thinking Trend as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Buy Now Pay Later
Story: Convenience and human behaviour When I looked for a carry-on suitcase for domestic travel, I saw the icon, Afterpay. I heard it on Bloomberg Technology and I feel that it's a ...
Thinking Trend as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Subscription Business
Story: Limit of the service business At the end of 2021, I am thinking about next year. I don't make a long-term goal, only short-term. I would like to develop a product. ...
How to Scale Your Business as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Product, humanity and system for business It's been 5 years since I started freelancing. I am transforming the service and developing new skills each year. I enjoy working with a client ...
Startup 101 for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – The Lean Startup
Story: Masterpiece for startup I believe that everyone who starts a business reads this book, The Lean Startup. Even you are not a startup, The Lean Startup influences your side hustle a ...
Thinking Trend as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Cryptocurrency
Story: Research and learning Many people care about Cryptocurrency these days. I feel that many people are trying to invest $10K to receive over $100K. Sometimes it may happen, but in most ...
How to Avoid Red Flag Client on Upwork as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: My experience in September 2021 Since I reached +20K on Upwork in 1 year and 8 months, I have often invited the project. Most clients are nice, but I faced a ...
How to Manage the Design Project as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Subcontractor Since the early summer of 2021, I have had stable subcontractor work. I am providing a graphic design for promotion tools and the MVP website sometimes. Not too much challenging ...
Study of Design
What is Lead Magnet? Ideas and Examples
Story: What is lead magnet? A lead magnet is a marketing incentive offered to potential customers in exchange for their contact information. It's designed to attract and convert prospects into leads. Examples ...
How to Create a Website by Webflow Vol.27 – Webflow Conf 23
Webflow Conf 23 Webflow Conf represents Webflow's yearly gathering, uniting the foremost experts in visual development. This diverse assembly includes designers, developers, marketers, agencies, businesses, and community members, all convening to enhance ...
How to Create a Website by Webflow Vol.26 – Figma to Webflow
Prototype to Development When I start building a website, I research the business and industry, sitemap to visualize the whole website, create a basic layout (if I have some content), and make ...
How to Develop a Website by WordPress Gutenberg as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: What is Gutenberg on WordPress? WordPress Gutenberg, unveiled in WordPress 5 with the codename, is a groundbreaking block-based editor that replaces the conventional WordPress editor relying on TinyMCE. This transformation signifies ...
Study of Design
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Stable Diffusion by Stability.ai
Story: Text-to-image We are the world’s leading open-source generative AI company - Stability.ai Website In 2022, Stable Diffusion emerged as a powerful text-to-image model leveraging deep learning techniques. Its main functionality revolves ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – LeiaPix
Story: Image to animation LeiaPix is the world's first 3D. • AI social media platform. Connect and share content with an active community of creators. Anything you post in LeiaPix will jump ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Copy.ai
Story: Writing and artificial intelligence Copy.ai enables teams to swiftly generate customized sales copy that directly addresses the pain points and requirements of specific customer segments. By doing so, it enhances their ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Jasper.ai
Story: Contents creation for SEO I have been blogging for the past 5 years, starting in 2018. My main purpose for blogging is to continue learning, open curiosity, and have a record ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – LOOKA
Story: AI visual generator What are the 10 good things about AI? Processing and analyzing large amounts of data quickly and accurately. - In finance, AI can be used to analyze large ...
What is an API / How to Use API as a No-Code Web Designer
Story: AI and API I worked collaboratively with the client and developer team on an Ecommerce project. My main focus was creating a prototype through UX design, prioritizing the needs of the ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – ChatGPT Vol.1
Story: Productivity race In May 2023, it seems like everyone is talking about ChatGPT - from television news media to YouTubers, both positive and negative opinions are being shared. Positive opinions: - Increased ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – MidJourney
Story: Get back on track Midjourney is an independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative powers of the human species. We are a small self-funded team focused ...
How to Create a Website by Webflow Vol.23 – Update 2022
Story: Startup to growthup I came across the Webflow journey during an episode of TWIST (This Week in Startups). I heard that the founder of Webflow faced several challenges and failed ...
How to Add eCommerce to an Existing WordPress Website
Story: Adding ecommerce on the top *I searched for, How to Add eCommerce to an Existing WordPress Website, on Google. So many websites mention WooCommerce plugins as well as third-party plugins. I ...
Life of Design
Worst User Experience as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Bluehost
Story: Think about user experience in life User Experience Design may be terminology, but the user experience is everywhere in life, cafe, restaurant, grocery store, shopping, gym, yoga, bank, and public transit, ...
Trivial User Experience of Black Friday Shopping at Lululemon
Story: November 25, 2022 Black Friday is a colloquial term for the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United ...
Thinking Trend as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Live Commerce
Story: Necessity or hobby I visited Los Angeles and Japan in the fall of 2022. I little surprised by how easy to live in Japan. I used Airbnb in LA. It was ...
What Should I Do When I Clicked a Phishing Link on Spam Email?
Story: Ads issue Phishing is a type of social engineering where an attacker sends a fraudulent (e.g., spoofed, fake, or otherwise deceptive) message designed to trick a person into revealing sensitive information ...
Life of Design
The Best MacBook Pro/Air Accessories for Freelance Graphic/web Designer
Story: Expand external function Updated: December 4, 2021 I knew that I have to buy a keyboard cover when I purchased MacBook Pro(2016 ver/13 inch) at Apple website, Refurbished and Clearance page. ...
2021 Holiday Active Learning for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: How to spend time in December It's the last month of 2021 after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. BGM has changed in the office and city. I feel that the pace ...
Thinking Trend as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – NFT
Story: What is NFT? On November 18, 2021, I often see the word, NFT, on Upwork. I have no idea about the project, but I can see that it's a trend. NFT ...
How to Survive in Canada as a New Immigrant – Gig Economy
Story: Immigrant in Canada On August 16, 2021, I watch Afghan news. Since I was born, war has always happened somewhere in the world. Just it was TV news, not close to ...
The Best Way Taking Backup Data As a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: You may not have the privileges to open the app, the app may be damaged, or it may not be installed. I wrote below on March 10th, 2021. I faced a ...
Zoom Meeting Tips for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Quality of online meeting During the COVID, Zoom becomes a verb, like a Google. Not only for the work, but I also have a chance to look at online communication, on ...
Digital Nomad 101 as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer in Montreal, Canada
Story: Summer 2021 Digital nomads are people who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and conduct their life in a nomadic manner. Such workers often work remotely from foreign countries, coffee ...
The Best Carry On Baggage For Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Don't want to pay extra fee at the airport I am preparing for a short domestic trip next month. It's for 15 days. I expected to pay for the suitcase, but ...
Co-Working Space Etiquette – How to Deal with Noisy Phone Call People
Story: As same as you If you find this blog, I am sure that you have the same experience. I am working at a co-working space since the pandemic has started. I ...
Spam Mail Examples for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Spam mail collection As a freelance, I have to public a piece of contact information. For that, I am not inevitable to receive unnecessary emails. It often receives at a spam ...
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