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Clients from hell: How to navigate nightmarish scenarios as a freelancer

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The worst clients can turn your life into something out of a horror movie. We outline four common types of nightmare clients and explain how to deal with them. We're talking about those clients you simply hate working with. Clients who ended up making your professional life a nightmare.

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'It's bad, it's gone quiet': how to rescue your freelancing if this is happening to you

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Times are tough for a lot of freelancers out there right now. If our recent survey of creative freelancers is anything to go by, you may well be struggling. So that means almost three-quarters of you are failing to thrive in 2023, and that's not a situation any freelancer should be happy with.

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Freelancers' best-kept secrets: top tips for thriving on your own

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock As National Freelance Day approaches, we share the community's best advice for making it as an independent creative. Embarking on a freelance career is a weird mix of freedom and responsibility. Yes, taking the leap into full-time freelancing is undoubtedly a terrifying prospect. Find your USP!"

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A helpful guide to marketing for creative freelancers who want to quit Instagram

Creative Boom

Instagram is still a good visual resource or portfolio for clients, but it's the PR push that has been the most effective.". Go old school and remind clients you exist (and ask for help). It doesn't hurt to send physical mailers, cold emails, updated portfolios and other bits and bobs to existing clients. It all helps. "I

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8 Ways Freelancers Can Stand Out & Win More Clients

Just Creative

Freelancing is an excellent way to achieve that freedom you have always wanted. However, with an increasing number of professionals taking the leap and falling in love with the freelancing lifestyle, the competition has never been fiercer. 8 Ways New Freelancers Can Stand Out From The Competition To Get More Clients.

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Mixing watercolour with hand-cut illustrations, the unique work of Marcel George

Creative Boom

Freelance illustrator and artist Marcel George has a unique style, combining watercolour and hand-cut illustrations. Currently living and working in London, clients include Financial Times, Esquire, Stella Artois, Vanity Fair, and Penguin Random House. "I And how has freelancing changed? © Marcel George. © Marcel George.

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'It's okay to jump from one style to the next', Josh Patterson on carving out an illustration career

Creative Boom

Having worked both freelance and in-house, with clients including the Wall Street Journal, the BBC and the New York Times, he's constantly honing his craft for advertisers, magazines and animation studios. Freelance work started to come in during his third year of studies, and upon graduating he leapt straight in freelancing. "I