Business of Design
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. ...
Business of Design
How to Get More Client as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer [Complete Edition]
Story: Winding road How do I get a client? This is the most common question as a freelancer, Chris Do says. In my case, it's a reference. People contact me after hearing ...
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 six years. During that time, I often sent estimates to clients, but the pricing was ...
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 – Kaiber
Story: Video for a graphic designer Kaiber is an innovative AI creative lab that encompasses Kaiber Studio and the Kaiber App. The Kaiber App serves as a creative platform powered by artificial ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Runway AI
Story: Time 100 most influential companies 2023 Since its launch in 2018, Runway has been at the forefront of AI-powered video editing software development. The company offers a range of web-based tools ...
How to Use AI Tools as a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer – Replicate
Story: How you deal with low-resolution images Replicate lets you run machine learning models with a cloud API, without having to understand the intricacies of machine learning or manage your own infrastructure. ...
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 ...
Study of Design
How to Develop Mobile APP UI as Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Boundary of web designer Web/graphic designer needs to cover many areas nowadays, including print, presentation deck, web, eCommerce, SaaS interface and APP. I feel that APP UI is a little different, ...
Digital Marketing 101 for Graphic/Web Designer – Google My Business/Google Business Profile(Practice)
Story: Study and practice I researched Google Business Profile(ex. Google My Business) at the previous blog. We have to practice once we learned something new. Knowledge without experience/experiment is low value. *Updated: ...
Digital Marketing 101 for Graphic/Web Designer – Google My Business/Google Business Profile(Study)
Story: Disclose a result of SEO practice I wrote a blog, Digital Marketing 101 for Graphic/Web Designer – Local SEO, in March 2019. I mentioned Google Business Profile(ex. Google My Business) on ...
APP Programming Language 101 for a Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: APP as a product How many APP do you have on your phone? Currently, I have over 110 APP on my iPhone XS and most of them are unused in daily ...
How to Build an eCommerce Website – Checkout Flow
Story: Fundamental of Ecommerce During the pandemic, eCommerce boosts business presence and sales. However, Shopify released a restructuring plan to fire 1000 workers on July 26, 2022. We are facing inflation and ...
How to Create a Website by Webflow Vol.19 – Flowbase
Story: Template design I found a new feature of Webflow. It calls Flowbase. Flowbase is the largest Webflow resource site, with premium components, templates, guides, apps and so much more. I recently ...
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 ...
Life of Design
Best iPhone Productivity APP for Freelance Web/Graphic Designer
Story: Preparing for 2022 I was using iPhone 7 for a while, around 4 years. I bought it on Craigslist and I have no issue with it. However, recently the lightning connector ...
The Year in Review 2021 as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Time to reflect It's in November. I start to wrap up in 2021. At first, I checked what I was thinking at the end of 2020. 📝 The Year in Review ...
The Book Lists as Freelance Graphic/Web Designer
Story: Lifelong learning During the holiday, I was working as same as usual. Fortunately, I could contract with 2 clients for $50/hr each. This is one of the benefits of online clients. ...
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. ...
Life of Design
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