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9 Passive Income Ideas for Designers Who Need More Cash in 2024
Passive income, for designers who are willing to put in the work, can make business extremely exciting. Imagine not having to figure out how to get graphic design clients over and over again every mon...
Forget about goals this year—here’s what works much better
It’s January, which means everyone’s going crazy about setting goals for the year. Whether you’re clipping along nicely with your goals or still trying to figure out exactly what you want to do ...
44 Perfect Gifts for Creative People (Fun Ideas + Tips)
Gifts for creative people seem to have a bit more pressure attached to them, don’t they? Because it’s always those same creative people who seem to have the absolute best gift ideas for the rest o...
How to Build a Financial Runway & Scale Your Freelance Business
The longer I build Millo as a place to help freelancers (I’ve been at it for 10+ years, btw), the more I realize we freelancers can benefit a lot from studying the startup world. Of course, you know...
128 Real-Life Freelance Business Names to Inspire You
Freelance business names can be hard to decide on. Should you use your own name? Should you create a brand-new name to freelance under? How can you know if a freelance business name is already taken? ...
Can I Put Company Projects in my Own Portfolio? (Legal & Strategic Tips)
Can you put company projects in your portfolio as a freelancer? It’s a valid (and somewhat complicated) question you’ve probably asked yourself more than once as a freelancer. Earlier this month i...
14 Best Project Management Tools for Freelancers (2023 Update)
Here’s a tough truth about project management for freelancers: no one tells you how much of your time you’ll spend managing projects as opposed to actually working on them. The upside? The...
24 Places to Get Freelance Jobs on Autopilot in 2020
Freelance jobs are a fantastic way to work for yourself or make extra money on the side of your day job. Thanks to the ever-growing acceptance of remote workers, quality freelancing jobs have also nev...
How to Present a Logo to Clients in 6 Steps (Tips from Experts)
Mastering how to present a logo to clients can take years of practice and experience. Plus, there’s the pressure of getting a client logo presentation right the first time in order to avoid starting...
14 Freelance Web Developer Jobs Sites to Get New Dev Clients
Knowing where to find high-quality freelance web developer jobs is critical to keeping your freelance dev business thriving. But with so many choices on where to actually find freelance web developer ...
6 Best Sites to Find Copywriting Jobs & Get Copywriting Clients in 2023
Finding copywriting jobs that pay well is easier than ever thanks to an always-growing need companies have for better copywriters. That’s good news for you, my copywriting friend, whether you’re o...
7 Sites with Freelance Illustration Jobs to Get Illustrator Clients in 2023
The demand for freelance illustration jobs continues to grow at a very nice speed (just take a look at the chart below of “illustration”-related terms searched in Google from 2004-Present.) That�...
13 High-Paying Part-Time Jobs (You’re Actually Qualified For) to Boost Income in 2024
High-paying part-time jobs isn’t only a mouthful, it also feels a bit like an oxymoron. Can a part-time job really be “high-paying”? The truth is, yes, there are lots of high-paying part-time jo...
How to Get Paid As a Freelancer in 2023 (Apps & Advice That Work)
Getting paid as a freelancer can be extremely rewarding or terribly frustrating depending on your situation. Maybe it’s because most schools never teach students how to get paid as a freelancer—le...
Should You Give Free or Discounted Work Due to COVID-19?
“My clients have been impacted by Coronavirus and they’re asking for a discount. What should I do?” This question, in essence, was posed recently in our free Freelance Mastermind Group on Facebo...
15 Financial Relief Funds for Freelancers During Covid-19
The quick spread of COVID-19 and many governments lack of foresight to include freelancers, solopreneurs, and independent contractors in financial stimuli have left many freelancers wondering where th...
How to Start a Design Blog and Get Readers Fast (2023 Edition)
Learning how to start a design blog has gotten dramatically easier over the last decade. In 2009, while I was a college student, I started my first design blog: the one you’re reading right now. And...
19 Remote Writing Jobs Sites that Post New Jobs Daily for Freelance Writers
Remote writing jobs have seriously never been easier to find. Whether you’re a long-time freelance writer looking for more regular clients, or you’re just getting started and looking for freelance...
What’s the Best Subject Line for Sending an Invoice? (5 Options)
Email subjects for invoices aren’t all that different from subject lines in any other scenario. There’s just one hang-up: Sending an invoice can be a little awkward. Which means lots of people h...
How to Start a Lifestyle Blog in 6 Easy Steps (20-min Tutorial)
Learning how to start a lifestyle blog can be exhilarating and exciting process. What’s unfortunate is far too many people who want to learn how to start a lifestyle blog end up giving up before the...
10 Steps to Becoming a Successful Freelance Designer in 2023
Becoming a freelance graphic designer is no easy task—but it’s completely worth the effort. Of course you could just stay at your desk, hating your job forever. Or, you could take my advice below ...
5 Pro Tactics to Get Graphic Design Clients Right Now
Learning how to get graphic design clients can be overwhelming. A simple Google search will reveal thousands of ideas—some untested, others outdated. But after working with thousands of freelancers ...
How to write an invoice (and get paid) in 5 easy steps
If you provide any sort of service or product to a client or customer, then you need to properly learn how to write an invoice. Learning how to write an invoice can be incredibly simple, but there are...
Freelance Invoice Template — Free download + answers to most common invoice questions
Finding or making the right freelance invoice template isn’t always easy. And finding one that simplifies your freelance process instead of making it more difficult further complicates the whole pro...