Many designers shy away from increasing their rates, fearing it will scare clients away and put them under pressure to deliver higher-quality work. Understandable concerns with the common fixed mindset. However, if you want to grow as a Designer, you must be comfortable with losing the wrong type of clients
Dear Young Designer, Yes, you can already call yourself a “Designer”Everybody in this world is a designer.What you want to be is an “Excellent Designer”.To become that; Explore!Do not worry about specialising. You will have time for that.Take whatever comes your path in design.Find
you are a designer and want higher-value clients who pay higher $$$ dollars. I'm with you. We all do (in a way). However, if you keep the $$$ income as the primary goal in your conversations with clients, it will completely affect your attitude, vibe... You are going to unintentionally
The design world is filled with exciting opportunities. We see Designers on X who are creating Framer templates, experimenting with 3D, writing newsletters, starting design subscription agencies, selling icon packs and many more. I know it’s tempting to chase them all. I’ve given in to that temptation as
Write I've been writing for years, however, I gave the focus it deserved in 2023 as I felt the urge to express my ideas more in words than colours and shapes. I didn’t resist the urge and I have seen amazing benefits. Articulating my ideas, feelings, experiences,
You are a designer, working on your full-time job or your freelance projects. You go onlineOpen X appYou see 1. John released his Framer template 2. Fatma launches her “How To Make $100k As A Designer” course 3. Gary starts his subscription model design service 4. Laila is working on
We all have our aspirations and goals in life and career. For me, it goes from having an impact on my full-time work to helping designers via my blog, email newsletter, and other educational content. I need to work damn hard to achieve these goals!Making the most of every
Visual Design often doesn't receive the respect it deserves among other disciplines such as UX, Development, and so on. I have faced situations like: Devs have already started the development based on UX. Just spend a few hours adding colours, please. We do not need visual design. Our
The tagline for my newsletter goes as below: Grow As Designer | Helping Designers Grow Their Value and Income. It's a bit unclear, right? What the heck is "Value" anyway? How can you grow it? Well, there are many meanings to it and ways to grow it
As designers, we can sometimes feel lost in our design career and it applies to all of us from Junior to Senior levels. We either have no idea where we are going or get lazy and lost in our comfort zone. If I've based the advice purely on
As designers, our days are filled with a variety of tasks and responsibilities. Here is a likely scenario; You wake up, go through your morning routine, and sit down at your desk to start working. First, you see a flood of emails in your inbox. You start replying to them
This book took its place in my annual re-reading list. Lots of common sense practices in this book. I especially liked how Naval emphasises the importance of being a perpetual learner and reader which I greatly value too. I also appreciate his approach to happiness that comes from inner "