Business of Design
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 ...
Business of Design
How to Engage with Client at the First Meeting?
Story: Work and life When I worked as a graphic designer in Tokyo, I couldn't meet a client a lot. I talked with only a middle person who is manage a project ...
How to Determination for New Year Resolution as Freelance Graphic Designer
Story: Preparing for next year, 2019 In September 2018, I've started to make goals for next year, 2019. This year, 2018, I've focused on my skill set. I went to Brainstation for UX in ...
How to Run a Creative Business as Freelance Graphic Designer Vol.2
How To Diagnose A Creative Problem? – Ep. 2 - A client may need something, but don't accept client's self-diagnose directly. - Ask question to make sure their problem. - I don't need to ...
How to Run a Creative Business as Freelance Graphic Designer Vol.1
Story: Business of design I registered a business, Open Bookmarks Co., in May 2016. First 2 years after immigrant to Canada, I was so struggling with how I make business steady. I ...
How to Estimate a Project as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: How much is an appropriate price? I worked as a graphic designer in Tokyo, Japan for 6 years. I often sent an estimate to clients at that time. However, the price ...
Do I Have to Hand Over Source Files to Clients?
Story: Border of Usage Right 'Could you send an original file?', a client often asked me. I guess many designers have the same problem. How should we deal that? In the beginning, I ...
Study of Design
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 ...
Study of Design
Digital Marketing 101 for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Google Index Issue
Story: After launch the website When I looked at the Google Search Console, I felt something weird that I don't see the posts which I created for SEO purposes. I submitted the sitemap ...
How to Make an APP as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Think about the process as a customer How many smartphone users are in the world? → 6.648 Billion(83.89% of the world's population) How many shares between iOS and Android? → 25% ...
Digital Marketing 101 for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer – Facebook Retargeting
Story: ROAS ROAS (return on ad spend) is a metric that measures the revenue that's generated compared to every dollar of an advertising campaign. For example, let's say you made $10 for ...
Digital Marketing 101 for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer – CTA(Call To Action)
Story: Sales funnels The sales funnel or purchase funnel is a consumer-focused marketing model that illustrates the theoretical customer journey toward the purchase of a good or service. - Wikipedia - Awareness ...
How to Use Slack as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Between free and paid June 2022, I am using Slack with BtoB / BtoC clients. It is a well-known SaaS that was bought by Salesforce (Salesforce completes acquisition of Slack). It ...
Best Restaurant Website for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Value of website for F&B If you are a graphic/web designer, you might have some inquiries from restaurant owners. You sent an estimate and did not receive a response since then. ...
How to Write a Sales Copy for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Story branding by Donald Miller - How many graphic/web designers clarify a client's message which a customer listens? - Pretty websites don't sell things. The words sell things. - These companies, ...
How to Use Squarespace Efficiently as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Experience with CMS, WordPress, Wix, Webflow and Squarespace I used major CMS platforms as a web designer. I am not a front-end developer. So, I use visual builder and install CSS ...
Digital Marketing 201 for Graphic/Web Designer – Landing Page
Story: Good landing page In online marketing, a landing page, sometimes known as a "lead capture page", "single property page", "static page", or a "destination page", is a single web page that ...
Digital Marketing 101 for Freelance Graphic/Web Designer – Backlinks
Story: What are backlinks? A backlink is a link created when one website links to another. Backlinks are also called "inbound links" or "incoming links." Backlinks are important to SEO. Backlinks are ...
Life of Design
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 ...
Life of Design
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