There are really only two ways for creatives to get more work. Either find new clients or get more work from existing clients. Here’s one simple strategy that will help both activities…

Promoting designers by job title only, not by an increase in salary is detrimental to the designer, to the design business and to the creative industry. Here’s why.

Designer’s websites show beautifully-finished designs but in reality, designing takes time and can get messy. We don’t tell clients that.

Business strategists suggest we ignore competitors and only worry about what we can control. I would argue the opposite – the more we know, the better.

All designers are design leaders by default. Bad news: not everyone is intuitively a design leader. Good news: the skills can be learnt

Designers make decisions every day. The more knowledge, the more confident you can be in those decisions. Use these reports to help build confidence.

Giving honest feedback to creatives is challenging. Design thrives on the unpredictable but small business owners need to reduce risk and deliver predictable results. There lies the conundrum.

Value-add pricing is a hot topic but it comes with problems. It\’s not the right business model for every client. The skill is identifying the right clients.

Design isn’t a career known for longevity, leading to many designers questioning their next step – that’s why many build a side hustle.

Positioning a creative business to attract (the right) new business is our most-requested activity. It’s an area we enjoy because it’s not complicated, but to be successful you must be forensic with the detail. That’s what makes it interesting…

Any conversation about pricing eventually turns to talking about retainers — an agreement where a client purchases an agreed amount of a designer’s time each month. This article questions whether retainers only valid for transactional work?

Any conversation about pricing eventually turns to talking about retainers — an agreement where a client purchases an agreed amount of a designer’s time each month. This article questions whether retainers only valid for transactional work?