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Setting Up Your Own Design or Development Firm
Guest post by Jess Walter If you love the idea of freelance work and helping clientele to showcase their products or services, then design and development may be the perfect career move for you. Whether you’re on the cusp of retirement or a recent college grad trying...
Tips for Effective User Research Reports
Guest post by Amelia Wong ESTABLISH YOUR GAME PLAN The audience’s time is valuable. The stakeholder wants to know that the UX professional is effectively achieving the goals and the team is all on the same page. Initially clarifying objectives helps all parties...
How to Handle Customer Requests (And Keep Your Sanity in the Process)
We’ve all had those customers; you know the ones. The ones who come at you fists raised, steam blowing from their ears, and ready to fight you tooth and nail on everything they think is wrong with your company or product. Whether you’re handling customer requests,...
What Are The Eight Achievements Successful Freelancers Sustain?
A guest post by Jason Montoya. Freelancing What comes to mind when you hear the word? For some, freelancing means financial freedom and flexibility of time. For others, the promise is not quite that simple. For most, this sought freedom seems to be an elusive vision...
How to Improve UX/UI for a Website
Guest post by Emily Smith There are a lot of websites for just one particular service, however, most of them are inaccessible and users simply refrain from using them. There could be a multitude of reasons why your site has a low conversion rate, but you should...
Perfecting the Work Life Balance as a Work-from-Home Developer
Guest post by Leigh Marcos Being a work-from-home developer can seem like a dream for some: working when, where, and for whom you want, with no micromanaging boss peering over your shoulder, and with plenty of time to spend with family or pursuing the other interests...
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Launching a SaaS
You’re launching your SaaS; this is a big moment! You’ve put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into this (well, hopefully not any blood) and you’re ready to go public with all of your hard work. However, there are a few things that could really hurt the integrity and...
5 Productivity Tips For Web Designers
Guest post by Jessica Gust How to get more out of your workdays. One of the biggest perks to being a web designer is the ability to work from home on your own schedule. But it can also be an obstacle in that your productivity may go down without traditional boundaries...
Top 10 Free Tools for the Digital Designer on a Budget
Guest post from The School of Communication Arts When it comes to designing logos, developing graphics, and defining colour schemes, digital designers look to a myriad of online tools and resources to assist them in their efforts. However, many of these useful tools,...
Using Templates in BrainLeaf
Transcript The template system in BrainLeaf can be very, very helpful for any business providing services. A template is a pre-built set of cards with cost, times, tags, images, processes and other documentation. So what that means is that if you have scoped out a...
