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Business Tips

No matter if you’re just freelancing on your own from time to time, or have a multi-person company, the following business tips will help you achieve your goals, be more effective when working with clients, and grow your revenue. Apart from those tips, our CEO also shares his own thoughts and learnings in monthly transparency reports.

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Web Design Business – From Finding Your First Clients to Making a Name for Yourself

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Maddy Osman / Updated: July 12, 2019 / Leave a comment

Starting a Web Design Business

The prospect of starting a web design business can be a bit overwhelming. However, at the same time, if you’re stuck in a job that you don’t 100% like, the prospect of using your skills to build a web design business that operates based on flexibility and freedom is hard to deny. Would you rather toil away as you are, continuously bogged down by stress? Or are you willing to take a risk for a chance at something better?

5 Free Jira Alternatives That Are Just as Good

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Karol K / Updated: July 8, 2019 / 7 comments

Free JIRA Alternatives

Jira Software is impressive. Let’s be honest here. Atlassian – the company behind it – has not only built a great development and project management tool, but also lined up a whole range of other tools that integrate with the main package (handling things like documentation, help desk, etc.).

7 Best Time Tracker Software Compared – Find Your Perfect Employee Time Tracking App Here

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Colin Newcomer / Updated: July 8, 2019 / 1 comment

Best Time Tracker Tools and Software

There are only so many hours in a day. And if you want to know what those hours actually went towards, you need a time tracker because, let’s face it, no one’s memory is that good!

Should You Hire a Freelancer? Find Out if They’re Going to Be a Good Fit for Your Team

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John Hughes / Updated: June 10, 2019 / Leave a comment

Should You Hire a Freelancer? Find Out if They're Going to Be a Good Fit for Your Team

As your company grows, you may find that your existing team is no longer able to handle all the work necessary to keep things running. This means you’ll need to conduct some hiring – but what kind of workers should you look for? Should you hire a freelancer? To answer that question, it helps to understand the drawbacks and benefits of working with freelancers.

Web Design Proposal Template: Write a Proposal That Rocks in Just 10 Minutes

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Dianna Gunn / Updated: June 7, 2019 / Leave a comment

As a web designer, your ability to bring in new customers depends on your ability to write successful web design proposals. But you can’t afford to spend three or four hours perfecting every proposal. You need your time to actually build websites – and a web design proposal template can give you this time.

Wix vs Shopify vs WooCommerce vs BigCommerce vs Magento vs Jimdo

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Adelina Tuca / Updated: June 3, 2019 / 9 comments

Online (e-commmerce) stores are a very popular alternative if you’re looking for a viable business model. They can bring some great benefits to new business owners who want to get their hands dirty, so to speak, and offer their products to a wide audience.

How to Optimize Your ThemeForest Landing Page (Item Page) – Elite Authors Chip In

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Sabina Ionescu / Updated: June 3, 2019 / 11 comments

Optimize ThemeForest Landing Page

When first jumping on the Envato train as a theme author, no one really knows where the rails are heading. There are no manuals or steps to follow that would guarantee the success of your ThemeForest themes. What’s even worse, the word goes that for those too late to the Envato party, the train has long left the station.

Affiliate Marketing Problems and Fake DMCA … The Joys of Running a Theme Business – Transparency Report #38

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Ionut Neagu / Updated: June 3, 2019 / Leave a comment

Transparency Report #38

We Asked 32 Agencies About Their Best and Worst Types of Clients to Work With; Here’s What They Said

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Adelina Tuca / Updated: June 3, 2019 / 2 comments

What Makes a Client Good or Bad

We asked 32 different agencies and freelancers in the dev-design-tech segment to tell us what makes a good client in their book, and what drives them crazy when things don’t work out as planned. Here’s what they said.

5 Methods How to Monetize a Blog – Advice From a Blog That Actually Makes Money

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Karol K / Updated: May 23, 2019 / 1 comment

The question of how to monetize a blog is often the very first thing that new bloggers ask. In this guide, we have five methods for you – all of them battle-tested ways to monetize a blog. We go through them one by one and explain how to implement them for maximum impact.

Best Web Hosting for Small Business – What Your Clients Want vs What They Actually Need

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Karol K / Updated: May 15, 2019 / 1 comment

Best Web Hosting for Small Business

Web hosting for small business is not something that we usually focus too much attention on. I mean, even when building a website for a small business client, we are still very likely to recommend a popular overall hosting solution, like WP Engine or SiteGround.

10 Best Countries to Outsource Software Development, Based on Data

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Dianna Gunn / Updated: May 14, 2019 / Leave a comment

Best Countries to Outsource Software Development

Outsourcing software development can be a great way to save money while still getting high-quality work. However, there are some things you need to know about outsourcing before you can do it effectively. For starters, you need to know what are the best countries to outsource software development to so you can focus your search in an effective way.

10 Multi-Million Companies Built With Software Development Outsourcing and Remote Work

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Maddy Osman / Updated: April 23, 2019 / Leave a comment

Software Development Outsourcing and Remote Work

High-speed internet connections and the availability of powerful cloud-based apps have made it easier than ever for the average person to justify a job that involves working from home. Similarly, companies can take advantage of a global talent pool with software development outsourcing.

WordPress Freelancers: How to Put Parts of Your Business on Autopilot (Toll Free Numbers, Automating Lead Generation, WordPress Development on Autopilot)

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Karol K / Updated: April 5, 2019 / Leave a comment

WordPress Freelancers: How to Put Parts of Your Business on Autopilot

I’m officially crappy with email. And it’s not that I don’t care or I can’t be bothered when people contact me. I just seem not compatible with the medium itself. Being a pro blogger and working with WordPress, this doesn’t make my life easy, and especially when dealing with new prospective clients who might be put off by my struggles.

Best WiFi Router: 5 Popular Routers Compared, to Keep Your Work Frustration-Free (Plus Make Your Inner Gamer Happy)

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Joe Warnimont / Updated: March 14, 2019 / Leave a comment

Best WiFi Router

Selecting the best WiFi router depends entirely on the type of work (or play) you’ll be doing on your home or office network. Some folks are interested in a WiFi router to ensure that their small business has internet without any downtime or dead zones. Others have different needs. Regardless, we’re here to help you find the best WiFi router for your situation!