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...

Discover Why & How to Add Recurring Revenue to Your Freelance Business Now

Apr 14, 2021 | Customer Relationship, Mindset & Strategy, Passive & Recurring Revenue

Are you through with the stress and pressure of the feast or famine...

3 Ways to Easily Grow and Scale Your Freelance Business

Apr 6, 2021 | Branding & Marketing, Customer Relationship, Finding Clients, Mindset & Strategy

If you want to grow and scale your freelance business, it’s time to stop...

Using Powerful Stories to Promote Yourself and Your Freelance Business

Mar 31, 2021 | Branding & Marketing, Customer Relationship, Finding Clients, Mindset & Strategy, Social Media

If you think using powerful stories to promote yourself is the same as...

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 are so many freelancers on services like Upwork and Fiverr that are charging bargain-basement prices? Is there a way to even stand out and be considered among all the low offers? The answer...