There are a lot of easy ways for designer and developers to make some extra money or generate passive income.
For example, one could sell hosting, offer banner design services, create theme/templates, and much more. This type of thing can be a great way to get some extra money out of a client [...]
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Discussion: Upsell and Passive Income
How to Get Work Locally
Achieving success in a freelance career is not as simplistic as one may wish, but by following a few simple guidelines, freelance work in your local area can be obtained and can lead to greatly fulfilling vocation. So many freelancers don’t spend enough time “shaking hands and kissing babies.” Just going out every [...]
Discussion: What type of free resources would you like?
Im working on adding some more free resources to the site. You can see some of my recent free resources in these posts; Pre Design Questionnaire, Free Grunge Brushes, and Follow Up Email.
I was wondering what type of resources you would like to see more of? Would you like more forms, [...]
Freebies - Paint Peel Brush Pack
This free brush pack is long over due. I made a small, but useful photoshop brush pack. The free photoshop brush pack contains 7 high quality brushes that all have a paint peel effect to them.
All of the photos used in this free photoshop brush pack were made from large high def pics.
These [...]
30 New (Free) Grunge Fonts
Its been a while since I did the first free grunge fonts post. So, while I had some free time here in paradise, I thought I would do anther one. While there are not quite as many as the first post, these are just as good.
I have been noticing there aren’t as many [...]
Six Shooter Links on CSS Stuff
While I am no web developer by any stretch of the imagination, I do enjoy some cool CSS tricks and AJAX scripts. Today’s Six Shooter Links cover some cool CSS resources I have come across over the last few months.
I know some of these are old news, but I felt they were worth sharing.
If [...]
51 Stunning Movie and TV Posters
I have wanted to be a graphic designer since I got my first clipart program and dot matrix printer back in the day. I knew after I printed my first real “garage sale” flyer that this is what I wanted to do. As I grew older, the one thing that always caught my [...]
Discussion: What Premium Apps Do You Use?
It seems like everyday there are more and more paid applications coming out to make our life easier. Pioneers like Freshbooks and Basecamp have set the bar for such applications. But with so many great (and not so great) alternatives to these, how do you know which premium apps are worth paying for [...]
Just Say No - The Art of Saying Yes
Nobody likes a “yes man” unless they can actually follow through on everything they say yes to. This is rarely the case with designers.
Saying yes to anything that comes your way will quickly leave you overworked, missing deadlines, and worst of all…scope creep. Saying yes to every job [...]
Six Shooter Links on Freelancing Business
I have put a regular link post on the back burner for a while now. Now that Outlaw Design Blog is functioning as it should, I have decided to start doing a regular post showcasing 6 of my favorite links on any given subject.
Hence the name, Six Shooter Links.
10 Items You Absolutely Need For [...]
