“Sunday Special” Round-Up III

ARTICLE BY James Costa | POSTED ON December 20th, 2009 | Miscellaneous | 2 Comments

In our usual fashion, here is the “Sunday Special” Round-Up of our favorite articles we found this week! Whether you’re a blogger, freelancer, or designer – we’ve got something in here for you.

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How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong

Some designers and developers keep to themselves when it comes to clients being wrong about something within their project. In the back of the head, some of us think “hell, I’m still getting my $X at the end of the month, so why bother?”. I believe that the clients we work with at The Phuse don’t hire us to be mindless drones – therefore, there will be times where we believe the client is wrong. Here are a few ways to plan what you’re going to say, and implement the process that is disagreeing with a client’s decision.

Writing User Friendly Content

Matt Kammerer and the UX Booth team push out another quality article this week talking about writing user friendly content that reflects your audience.

Five Practical Tips for Retaining Your Best Clients

When we’re done with a client we were really happy with, we shouldn’t mourn their going away – Instead we should use this as a chance to get some more business. Here, Alyssa goes through some really good ideas on how to keep those clients you really liked.

10 Tips to Survive Working From Home

There is a lot behind working at home, and while it may seem that way, it isn’t  by any means easy. Neil has been hashing out some excellent articles lately, and is more recently putting on this amazing contest. Go over and give him a high-five for doing such an amazing job!

The Benefits of Experimentation

It can be tempting as a designer to keep within what you know and not go out of the borders and risk things. This article challenges that thought and tells you that experimentation in design (and your own personal work) can take your work to the next level!

(Photo Credit: Ha-Wee.)

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