Mindset & Strategy Articles

Going to the Olympics

by Mat | July 24, 2024 | A Day In The Life, Customer Relationship, Lifestyle & Impact, Mindset & Strategy | 0 Comments

I’ve come to master the art of managing client expectations. If you don’t promise the moon to your client, but you deliver it to them anyway, you look like a rock star.

Ignite Your Passion and Join the Accelerator: Enrollment Now Open for IGNITE Accelerator

by Mat | April 3, 2023 | Branding & Marketing, Design Business 101, Finding Clients, Lifestyle & Impact, Mindset & Strategy, My Skills and Talents, Passive & Recurring Revenue, Pricing & Services, Side Hustle to Full Time, Systems & Processes | 0 Comments

Are you feeling unfulfilled in your current job? Do you have an unparalleled desire to pursue a freelance business that ignites your passion? Look no further; the IGNITE Accelerator program, a program designed by Freelance CEO founder, Mat Casner, to help guide web,...

Coaching Week is coming April 3rd-7th, 2023

by Mat | March 19, 2023 | Customer Relationship, Design Business 101, Finding Clients, Mindset & Strategy, Pricing & Services | 0 Comments

Ever since I hosted the Purpose To Profit Design Business Summit last August, I've been itching to offer another training opportunity for brand, web and graphic designers. Well, that opportunity is going to happen the first full week in April (3rd through the 7th)....

5 Ways to Make More Time for YOU in Your Design Business

by Mat | August 9, 2022 | Mindset & Strategy, My Skills and Talents | 0 Comments

5 Ways to Make More Time for YOU in Your Design Business

5 Lessons Learned from My First Freelance Project

by Mat | July 6, 2021 | Design Business 101, Lifestyle & Impact, Mindset & Strategy | 2 Comments

A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step. When I got my first freelance project, there was no way I could have foreseen that I was beginning a career in freelance design. But that first project gave me a glimpse of the path I was about to embark...

Using Value-Based Pricing In Your Freelance Business

Jun 17, 2021 | Design Business 101, Mindset & Strategy, Pricing & Services

Have you ever asked yourself how you can charge premium rates when there...

Marketing Yourself to attract Ideal clients

Proven Passive Income Ideas for Designers

Apr 29, 2021 | Design Business 101, Mindset & Strategy, My Skills and Talents, Passive & Recurring Revenue

What if I told you that as a graphic designer, you have some amazing...

Simple Ways to Create Cross-Sells and Upsells for your Current Freelance Clients

Apr 22, 2021 | Customer Relationship, Mindset & Strategy, Passive & Recurring Revenue

So you’ve already got your client and you’re starting to serve them well....

Getting Fired Taught Me These 3 Valuable Lessons

Jun 23, 2021 | Customer Relationship, Design Business 101, Mindset & Strategy

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...I had just graduated college and landed my first corporate job. I had the world by a string and was excited to start my new career. I looked forward to my days at work where the office atmosphere was fun and...