5 Well-paid Web Writing Gigs You’re Overlooking

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When people think of web writing, they think primarily of three things: blogging, feature article writing, and copywriting for marketing sites. Fortunately, the realms of web writing span far more than these narrow options. There are plenty of less-common writing projects out there. If you’re looking for work, and you’re ready for some creative adventures, here are a few places …

What’s new for designers, September 2014 | Webdesigner Depot

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The September edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, CSS tools, software, email templates, inspiration resources, productivity apps, jQuery resources, pattern tools, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. …

OptionTree – Advanced Options

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In the previous article we covered how to install OptionTree and how to integrate it with your theme. We also explored many of the most basic, but incredibly useful option types that OptionTree provides out of the box. These options can be implemented in a matter of minutes using OptionTree’s easy UI theme options builder, which is second to none. …

Three Freelance Proposal Mistakes That Are Losing You Business

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For many freelancers, creating a proposal is their least favorite part of the client intake process. What do you include? What do you leave out? How do you walk the line between creating something that gives a professional impression and being too salesy or pushy? And how do you follow up afterwards? It’s tempting to give up and send basic …