Resourceful Designer: Strategies for running a graphic design business
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Resourceful Designer: Strategies for running a graphic design business
Wouldn't it be nice if you could spend more time designing and less time worrying about your design business? Resourceful Designer offers tips, tricks and resources for freelancers in order to help streamline your graphic design and web design business so you can get back to what you do best… Design...
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