Along with the added stresses of daily work you actually become your own boss, set your own hours, and even choose who you will work with. It’s truly a great way to earn a living!

Now consider the steps required to move from a freelance artist into launching your own design studio. Under your own brand name you can land much higher-quality projects and build up a solid portfolio of works. In this guide I would like to share some tips for planning out your own web design studio. How should you begin such a project and what are the most important tasks to complete?

Well there is certainly a laundry list of answers here, so I’ll focus on just a select few. But we should begin with discussing your first steps in getting started.When sitting down to plan your business model you’ll have to consider a number of factors. Of the most important ideas is your studio branding. This would include your company logo, domain name, and possibly alternative references(logos, mascots, etc).

The official branding for your agency may only take a few hours to complete. Except not a single brand was created and popularized in a day – or even a week or a month! Below are just a couple more ideas to consider when building your company branding:

• custom profile avatar photo
• accounts on social networks(Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest)
• business cards
• contact e-mail addresses

Plan to be in this for the long haul if you venture into working professional design.

Build What you Can- The biggest factor in failure rates of startup design studios is overextending your workload. If you plan on starting out on a solo venture then you’ll be performing all of the web work by yourself. This includes wireframing, prototyping, building the design and coding the frontend interface in HTML/CSS/JS.

Be realistic with yourself and your clients. When first getting started keep focused on one single project at a time. You’ll feel a lot better as you complete the work and you won’t be distracted by stress and looming due dates. It may be worthwhile to over-estimate the initial time frame to give yourself a bit of room for slack. Working on demanding client projects is also the best time to force yourself into new areas of web development. We are all constantly learning new things and this requires a lot of patience to keep up. Don’t be afraid to accept a project which requires you to work in a new area such as PHP, MySQL, Flash, or even smaller topics like designing e-mail newsletters.

Work for Consistency- If there’s any one trait to aspire towards it should be consistency in your project work. The longer your agency is up online the more credibility you can build as a designer. You want to prove to any potential clients that you’re in this for the long haul. The best way to accomplish such a goal is by managing your workload properly and communicating honestly with clients. If you need to work with another designer or developer then reach out and contact someone! It can be really fun to collaborate with others and you’ll generally produce higher quality work in the end. Plus you may learn something new in the process.

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Plus there are many perks to a company blog using WordPress design. WordPress is an extremely user-friendly platform with tons of extra help to be found all over the Internet. And if you really get stuck, plenty of design services can step in and help out with your WordPress design for a low cost. Regardless of how you get your WordPress design set up you must use the following tips to make the most out of it!

Design Your Header to Match Your Brand- Your company blog should match your company brand. Think about it, your blog is sort of like an extension to your website, therefore you should make your WordPress design recognizable as your product too. You can do this by using the same image,

Your logo or the same colors in your header as you do in your website

Design a Sidebar that is Useful- The sidebar in WordPress design is meant to be used as a source of information for your viewers. There you can place things like your top posts, links to your company website, links to your social media outlets, testimonials, followers and more. Here is the key to the sidebar in WordPress design – keep it simple. You want to share imperative information, but not too much information. You don’t want your sidebar to distract from your posts, so think about what is the most important to share with readers and place it there.

Make WordPress Design Navigation Easy- As you work with WordPress design, it’s important to always be thinking about user navigation. You want moving from page to page on your blog to be as easy as possible so that people keep coming back and reading more. The most important part of user-friendly navigation is to make sure users can get to your homepage from anywhere in your WordPress design. Utilize your top navigation bar to make navigating your blog easy. Place the homepage button there first and foremost. Other good things to place there are your contact page button and your about page button.

Add Social Media Buttons- If people are reading your company blog, they like you and want to keep hearing what you have to say. Make it easy for them to find you and even share your blog with others by adding your social media buttons to your WordPress design. One good place for them is on your sidebar.

Test your WordPress Design- It’s perfectly okay to strive for perfection in your WordPress design. To do this test your WordPress design a lot and in a lot of different places. Test it on different platforms and on different browsers to ensure it works well and looks good.

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You may not notice it, but website buttons are responsible for much of the visual effect of a page.Think about it: would a flashy site look just as impressive if you replace the buttons with plain text? It won’t, although the functionality is still there. Website buttons entice readers to click around and see more of your site, and help tie the whole design theme together.  It’s just a small image, but as many designers will tell you, it’s more complex than it seems.

Web-based vs. image editor- You can customize the button for your site and get them in less than a minute. The Buttonator (buttonator.com), for example, lets you pick the color, text, and style of each button, and download them in a single batch. For a small personal site, this can save you a lot of time switching between windows.

Fortunately for beginners, there are several sites that can generate website buttons for free.

If you want it more personalized, the best choice is to use an image editor such as Photoshop or Illustrator. These programs are made to be web design-friendly, so you can optimize your buttons for publishing. You can add shading and layers to give your buttons a 3D look, or borders to make them stand out more on the page. But since they don’t come cheap, it may be impractical to splurge on advanced software just for a few buttons.

Button text- What your button says is just as important as how it looks. Sometimes, the answers are obvious: words like “Home” and “About Us” are simple and straight to the point. But for banners and online ads, you often have a single a call for action. For these buttons, you need words that prompt the reader to click. Use words like “Click Here” or “Get Your Reward Here,” and make sure the text is clear and readable.

File size- A common problem with website buttons is that they often take time to load. If you have a whole row of button menus, this can greatly slow down your site and reduce website traffic. A good limit to follow is 15KB—this should be enough even for fancy button designs. Make sure each button is reasonably small by using compressed file types, such as GIF or PNG.

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Genius Idea: Interactive design boards let users upload photographs of their room or furniture and easily combine it with favorite designer rooms to create their own personal design. New website Project Decor lets you pull pieces from different top-notch designers to create your dream room. Project Decor is a home decoration platform, launching on June 15, where users can discover curated rooms by designers and find their own inspiration. “It’s very difficult for consumers to put together a room,” co-founder Andy Appelbaum told Mashable. “Rather than tearing out pages from ELLE Decor or a design magazine only to find out the manufacturer doesn’t sell to consumers, this way users can buy the products in curated rooms.”

Say, for instance, you visit your favorite designer’s website.

As much as you may love their products, it’s likely you’ll want to mix-and-match those items with products from other designers, too. Project Decor is likePinterest for your high-end home design needs. Not only can you find your inspiration, but all the products on the site can be purchased from the site — even if the items are from different manufacturers. Find lots of decorating inspiration but unsure how to make it all match? Project Decor users can also connect you with interior decorators for start-to-finish or a la carte design services.

“It’s a collaborative way to exchange ideas,” said Saralyn Bass, vice president of digital marketing for Project Decor. With 40 mid-level to high-end designer brands, including Knoll, Johnathan Adler and Kosta Boda — plus just under 10,000 products on the site and more being added — Project Decor is a designer home decor lover’s dream.

Simply click “tear” to add a piece of furniture to your inspiration board. The site also encourages users to upload photographs of items he or she is trying to incorporate into a room. Appelbaum said the ability to share your inspiration on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest will be woven into the site. “The platform is meant to be collaborative,” he said. And, since decorating takes time, he said, users will be able to work through the design process with their social networks. The site is also beneficial of the designs who sell items through it.

“What were building here is a mechanic that allows them to access and monetize customers that are downstream and would have never hired them to begin with,” Applebaum said. For example, if a designer who puts together a baby room inspiration board then a user pulls an item to their own inspiration page and purchases it, that designer will be compensated. So far, Project Decor has a staff of 15 in two offices, one in New York and one in West Port, Connecticut. The founders are Appelbaum, Cliff Sirlin and Aaron Wallace.

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People always have the mindset of working hard for money to secure their future or retirement but in these uncertain times where inflation, high cost of living, economic crisis and other mitigating factors, just working hard may not be the solution for a comfortable life in the future. This is especially important for freelancers where a fixed salary is often impossible. So you would want to make your money work harder, but how?

Well, you could try your luck on the lottery or gambling but this is definitely not recommended as the risk is high and the returns are unreliable. So the next thing you can turn to is investment, but are you undecided about which type of investment portfolio suits you? Do you lack the knowledge of what type of investment product to invest in? Do the terms, stocks, options, futures, bonds, mutual funds, certificates of deposit, money market investments, ETFs, Unit trusts and annuities confuse or even intimidate you?

What is Betterment?- Betterment is a smart, simple way to invest, especially for freelancers and designers. Betterment allows freelancers to enjoy the investment benefits that their corporate counterparts receive, without having employer-sponsored retirement or investing benefits. This is because they can open both regular investing accounts to save for things like a house or more education, as well as IRA accounts to get some tax-advantaged retirement savings.

Well, let’s look at the idea behind Betterment. By shouldering the complexity of various investment products and removing lots of unnecessary choices, it’s investment made easy with Betterment.

Here’s a video run-down of how Betterment works

Why Betterment is Great for Freelancers

Betterment is a perfect investing product for freelancers and designers because:

• It has a sleek and simple UI – Signing up takes less than a minute, and determining how much money you want to invest in stocks versus bonds (your asset allocation) is as simple as moving a slider.
• Betterment is quick and easy to use. Freelancers are busy with their projects and clients and do not have time to constantly check and manage investment accounts. Everything with Betterment is a matter of a quick click or slider. Moreover, customers do not have to spend time picking the stocks or bonds in which they’d like to invest since Betterment has already done the work of creating a diversified portfolio (representing over 3500 companies in the US and abroad through 8 ETFs) for all of their customers.
• You can even access your Betterment account online or on your iPhone.
• Freelancing/design work can often be unpredictable as far as income is concerned, so freelancers often need to have quick access to their cash in an emergency. Most investment accounts come with minimums and withdrawal penalties, but with Betterment, there are no minimums and you can access your money at any time without a fee or penalty. Betterment combines the ease of online banking with the higher returns of investing in stocks and bonds.
• Many designers, freelancers, and entrepreneurs are already using Betterment! You can check out some of them here.

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Since we now live in the internet age where anyone can access anything anytime, it is imperative that you have an online portfolio. The only real problem is figuring out where to put your work – there are so many online portfolio tools and communities, it can be challenging to determine which one will work best for you. I’ve written this article to help you decide how to get your portfolio up and running ASAP.

Dribbble- Dribble is a portfolio networking platform where designers share “shots,” small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on. All types of creatives are welcome here – Dribbble is designed for show and tell – to promote, discover, and explore design.

The Dribble interface is pleasant and simple. The Shots boxes show many many people have viewed, commented, and liked a shot. On mouseover, a short description and timestamp fade into place. Clicking on a shot takes you to its page, where you get more details. Dribble allows users to create “buckets,” or curated lists of shots. Dribble also allows users to sort shorts by popularity, submission time, color, & project (multiple shots for one project.)

Coroflot- Coroflot says they are the largest, most established, most diverse pool of professional creative portfolios in the world.

Coroflot is an open system – there are no membership requirements, application processes, or invites. Coroflot gives you all the basics – a place to host your images and videos, sharing tools, a job board, & a featured member gallery. The presentation that you would expect for an online portfolio tool just isn’t here though – there isn’t any customization that you can do to the design of your portfolio – it looks disconnected; it doesn’t feel cohesive.

Behance- Behance is a portfolio networking platform for introducing talent to opportunity. Behance is growing quickly, and attracts millions of page views a month. Behance also powers creative networks for top schools and organizations like Adweek, LinkedIn, AIGA, RISD, and more. Behance allows users to explore all different disciplines of art and design in the “explore” section. You can filter the categories that you would like to see easily, which then takes you to beautifully presented project pages. From here you can comment, share, and view the artist’s portfolio (which are also beautiful.) On the back end, Behance features robust community tools like an activity feed, groups, performance statistics, curated collections (like Dribbble’s buckets), and even curated, branded sites (such as “Illustration, Served” – these sites showcase the best of the Behance network towards a wider audience on the web.

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I am not even considering the A-listers of the Internet industry. I am talking about the average Joe who struggles day and night to squeeze out a few extra dollars out of the complex world of the Internet. It is not easy, but then there would have been no fun if it was anyways. A major chunk of the Internet is involved in some sort of design. People are creating logos, designing websites, magazine covers and whatnot in order to be a somewhat-known designer. Today, I will try to dig out the most famous (and easy-as-you-master-them) ways to make money online by designing. Basically, we will see how being smart is the mantra of making money online.

Infographics Designer The design industry has lately grow fond of Infographics.

There was a time when including the word alone in an article title meant the article would be a hit. Though such days have passed by, everyone sees the value of quality Infographics. Infographics provide loads of useful information in a graphically attractive format which is easy to consume for an average human brain.

Accepting Donations- Please don’t bombard me with your I-cannot-take-donations type comments. If you cannot take donations then move on. For those who can, please keep reading. The idea of donations won’t work unless you are giving back to the community. And, if you are actually giving back something to the community then rest assured that people will donate money to you. All that you have to do is generously ask for donations. Yeah, it works!

Write for Blogs- Well, once I wrote a post about why every web designer must blog. The article received a mixed response, but at the end of the day most of the designers agreed that the parallel habit of blogging has its own advantages. Henceforth, web designers can earn a lot by launching their own blogs or by writing for other blogs. It is matter of time and patience before the world recognizes you.

Logo Design-Let me start with make money online by designing logos as this one is personally very close to me. I remember how I pushed a cousin of mine into the world of Internet while he was in high school. No idea how, but he landed in the world of Logo Design and today he is making loads of money just by designing logos on a regular basis. As pompous as it sounds, logo design is a career in itself with people doing it full time just because of the money that can be made.

Tock Graphic Sales- Yes! They do work. With tons of websites that sell stock graphics, it looks like the niche might be saturated, but that isn’t the case yet. The reason is very simple. The kind of stuff available on these websites isn’t always the best quality. See, I am not denying the fact that such websites have over-the-top graphics, but not every graphic is over-the-top. Right? That is where designers like you can pitch in. Fill in the void and rule the world of stock graphic sales. I know people who are earning their living just by selling stock graphics on various websites.

Stock Photo Sales- Now, for those of you who sit behind a camera first and then behind Photoshop. The Internet is dying to buy your photographs and I can assure you a business out of this provided that you are good at whatever you do. Launch your own Photo Selling Website or publish photographs on other marketplaces listed below. In any case you are bound to grow. Soon, you will be earning money from your passion – Photography!

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Blogging, content management system or online website development with its plug and play functionality, WordPress has taken the world by storm. In this cutthroat competition all businesses need highly optimized websites to take them one step further. Custom WordPress websites include blog that help search sites to list you immediately when you update posts on your server. It allows creating, controlling and managing your site by adding revenue-producing applications.

Your business will benefit from new leads, high eyeball rate and more customers. Custom WordPress Website work as cost effective and strong marketing engines. With its popularity comes the difficult task of choosing someone who could make your WordPress website stand out from the crowd. A Custom WordPress developer with in-depth knowledge, customer centric understanding clients business is what is required. As each person or business is unique in it ways, we believe this should be represented by their website as well. The most interactive platform for the client’s active access to all the objects moving around him through web 2.0 designing services. We ensure sufficient freedom to our clients in terms of access and sharing relevant information on the web. Our web designer take care of their comfort level a notch higher than the complexities of static pages.

User friendly design Usability should be a primary goal of any WordPress designer.

I am used to developing user-centric websites which establish quick connection between the business owners and their targeted audiences. All my design elements and the structure of the layout makes the visitors feel comfortable and familiar with the site.

This kind of conceptual cross-fertilization has been responsible for numerous key breakthroughs throughout the history of thought and invention. This insight gave me an idea. Although I’ve been casually designing sites for almost as long as the internet has been around, until about six months ago most would have thought of me primarily as an English professor. A recent career shift to full time developer/designer, in combination with my background in literary studies, has given me a unique and perhaps weird perspective on the world of design.

Metaphor- This one’s almost too obvious, but last I checked metaphor is still largely the expertise of English professors. Brace yourself for one of those annoying zingers people always says about their profession: believe it or not, the web is all metaphor! Burn! (No, not really). Metaphor — a comparison using two items that appear to have no relation — is the chief (and some would say only) paradigm we use to process new technical media.

Signature- When I used to teach first year composition classes, signature was the single most important concept I worked on communicating. It doesn’t just mean putting your John Hancock at the bottom of something. It refers to the unique trace of the person that peaks through the words and ideas. Closely related is the idea of voice: the vital, unique force that speaks through a particular project.

Busting the Cycle- Okay, this one’s not strictly from an English classroom. I actually stole it from an episodeof The Show with Ze Frank, but I often applied it to lessons on how to write A+ papers. The most brilliant papers are those that not only identify current ways of thinking but also take them a step further.

Nonce Taxonomy- What, you may be asking yourself at this point, does this guy have for all these random terms? Let me explain. The term “nonce taxonomy” is borrowed from a woman who died way too soon, my literary-critical hero Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. Nonce means “for the once”, and a taxonomy of course is a system of naming. So a “nonce taxonomy” is a system of concepts and terminology that’s tailor made for the project at hand, and disposed of or redeveloped as soon as it becomes cumbersome or meaningless.

Contact Zone- This term was developed by a critic named Mary Louise Pratt in response to the idea of frontiers (as in Wild West frontiers). She claimed that frontiers are the wrong metaphor for the situation, because they only suggest that action occurs in one direction from one perspective. The fact is that even in situations of extreme power imbalances, such as that between cowboys and Indians, multiple perspectives and motives from both sides shape the outcome. By acknowledging the influence of these multiple desires, a more realistic assessment can be made of what leads to successes and failures in a given situation.

Parting Shot- All in all, the genius of responsive design is the way it imports a foreign but uncannily relevant concept into a completely new context. When you do this, old ideas spring to life in new ways. The cross-fertilization of ideas is what drives forums like TED, IFTF, and this very eZine. If you spend too much time cycling through the same buzzwords over and over, you stagnate and your work suffers — things must evolve or die. By offering these ideas up here, it’s not at all my intention to try and force unwanted suggestions on a field of already smart and motivated designers. The main aim is just to be a little provocative. If we expanded this type of cross-disciplinary exploration into Philosophy, History, Politics or Psychology — those oft-disdained liberal arts — just imagine the host of new concepts that would become available.

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