Outlaw Design Blog

Book Review - The Unlimited Freelancer

Posted on 26. Jan, 2009 by Danny Outlaw.

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The bloggers behind the popular freelancing blog, Freelance Folder, have finally put together an impressive e-book about freelancing. The book is titled,

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The Importance of Having Video on Your Portfolio

Posted on 15. Jan, 2009 by Danny Outlaw.

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Like any good blog owner, I read several of the top blogs about blogging. Over the last few months in particular, one of them has talked a lot about using video in your blog and how you can benefit from it. I haven’t yet made the jump into adding video posts to [...]

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60+ Ways to Improve Your Productivity as a Designer

Posted on 17. Dec, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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I want to start out by saying that this article is 100% percent inspired by that of a post written by Steven Snell for Freelance Switch. Many of the ideas on this list were inspired from Stevens article. While his article is nothing short of outstanding, I wanted to not only add upon [...]

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Seven Years to Seven Figures – Review

Posted on 03. Nov, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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Seven Years to Seven Figures – Review
I recently had the chance to review the book Seven Years to Seven Figures. The book is designed to inspire you that it is actually possible to earn a seven figure income in seven years or less. I know it sounds like one of those get rich [...]

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Setting Your Prices: 10 Questions to Ask Yourself

Posted on 31. Oct, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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One of the biggest questions any freelance designer or developer has to ask themselves is how much to charge. If you are new to the industry, this can be a hard number to come up with. If you are established in the industry, you may be thinking about raising your prices. The [...]

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10 Essentials for a Remote Office

Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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I have been working with 100% remote office for over a year now. During that amount of time I have built quite a nice remote office setup. I have tried a number of different devices, apps, and programs and the list below is what I consider to be essential gear for anyone that [...]

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11 Cool NEW Web Applications

Posted on 17. Sep, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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Originally I was just going to do a quick roundup of some cool applications I had discovered over the last few days. I ended up finding so many that I thought they deserved their own post. Im pretty sure most of these are fairly new, but I might just have been out of [...]

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Suggestion Box Review

Posted on 09. Sep, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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Things like blogs and project management software have gone a long way in helping us communicate better with our clients and team members. These services and products are great for getting feedback from clients, but what about when you need an organized system for getting feedback from customers? The days of the [...]

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Setting Up a Basic Project Outline

Posted on 05. Sep, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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Doing things the same way every time can make any project go faster. Design for a while and you will undoubtedly start to develop a groove that works best for you. If you are new to designing, you may not yet have developed this routine, hopefully this post will help you do just [...]

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Staying In Touch with Clients

Posted on 26. Aug, 2008 by Danny Outlaw.

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A person cannot be successful in a freelance career without clients; that is a simple fact. However, maintaining communication with a client without causing undue disturbance, thereby driving business away, can be a difficult process. Learning how, when, and how often to contact clients is a task that must be learned and perfected by anyone [...]