Host of the Design Domination podcast/accessibility teacher, I help freelance designers gain confidence, clarity and a competitive edge in a crowded marketplace
big news for font freaks: Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Department & replaced by Calibri. Secretary Blinken sent a cable to all embassies today directing staff not to send him any more papers with Times New Roman. Subject: "The Times (New Roman) are a-Changin"
Let me say this again for everyone, especially consultants in the #WordPress space...
Put your testimonials on your website: Homepage, About Page and a third social proof page.
Wish you had some big-name clients in your portfolio to show off? Think having big clients means making more money in your creative business? If so, this is for you!
Find out the pros and cons of working with big clients. https://t.co/SNPbbgHjGu
#IdealClient#creativebusiness
Find out where to get quality free fonts you can legally use for design projects, surprising reasons you should use certain free fonts, and accessibility concerns with certain types of typefaces.
Go to https://t.co/u1i7fxI8wD
#bestfreefonts#accessibility#fontlicensing
Besides "make the logo bigger," there are a few requests that make us designers cringe.
I thought it would fun to round up some of them and commiserate or get a good laugh.
What is something you never want to hear from a client?
#designerslife#clientrequest#clientsayings
Can you relate to this?
Client: "Here's the final copy"
Just as I was about to send over the first proof…
Client: "We need to send a new file"
Me: "Sure. No problem. Once I see the new file, I can give you an estimate for the rework"
Can you relate?
#designerslife#Clientrequest
The news of Canva buying Affinity has shocked and outraged designers worldwide.
Find out more about the Affinity acquisition and what it means for designers❓
https://t.co/fIgnfRL6VQ
Share your thoughts in a comment
#accessibility#CanvaPro#Affinity#webdevelopment#Canva
I've been the subject of flaming. I've seen others be the subject of flaming because we supposedly used the wrong words related to disability. In both cases, the flamers were wrong.
Can we try another way? https://t.co/vf3bYa8Z0b
#Language#Communication
Can you relate? 🙋🏻♀️
Client: “I have an urgent project.” ⏳
Designer: “OK. Send me the content and I’ll send you an estimate.”
2 weeks later… Crickets 🤷🏽♀️
Can you relate? What’s your biggest client pet peeve? 👇🏻
#designer#clients#Webdesign#Accessibility#webdeveloper