The team behind the Interaction Design Foundation is looking for a highly qualified UX / UI Designer who loves to write and wants to help us create outstanding educational materials. This is a full-time or part-time position. It's a paid position and you can work remotely from wherever you desire.
The product life cycle is an important tool for marketers, management and designers alike. It specifies four individual stages of a product’s life and offers guidance for developing strategies to make the best use of those stages and promote the overall success of the product in the marketplace.Abou
One of the biggest challenges facing a new digital nomad is what to take along. You can’t (unless you’re going to hire a large van and drive everywhere—which several digital nomads actually do) normally take all your belongings with you when your main focus in life is travel. That means learning to
This is where we explore how to finalise launching your new career and a host of destinations where you can take it so that you can reap the rewards while enjoying life to the maximum in an exciting new location. We’re delighted to have helped you get to this final, important milestone. Your dedica
Market research is a huge field of endeavour, and many overlaps exist between market research and User Experience research. However, if you’re running a start-up business and don’t have the time to learn the entire field of research, four simple steps can help you conduct market research to understa
On-spec work or “speculative work” is a form of free work which is created to win business. Learning whether or not to do on-spec work and what the norms are within your industry can help protect your business and ensure that the cash keeps flowing through the door. The term “on spec” means as
Yes, you didn’t start your own business to do administration, but guess what? Administration doesn’t do itself, and if you learn to get it done, quickly and effectively, it won’t dominate your new working life. You may even be surprised that you come to appreciate the thinking time that routine task
You can get your Course Certificate as soon as you score at least 70% of the course points. You earn course points whenever you correctly answer course questions.To gain greater recognition, we encourage you to aim higher than 70%. That’s because you can earn the “Top 10% Course Taker” distinction w
A marketing plan explores the key questions for your marketing efforts; what will you do? What makes what you do attractive to your audience? How much will it cost? What do you expect that marketing effort to provide? It also forces new freelancers and entrepreneurs to consider marketing in its whol
Created by the collaborative design platform UXPin, the Agile UX Best Practices Bundle offers 3 example-driven e-books in a single download. Totalling 200+ pages, these books include how-tos, screenshot visual aids, and real-life process case studies from companies like Slack, 3M, Autodesk, and mor
The lofty heights of freedom and success have little to do with having your head in the clouds, let alone drinking champagne up there. However, they are reachable for those who follow some pretty commonsensical guidelines, such as you’re proving by having got this far in the course. Heartiest congr
Customer service skills are vital for business owners who want to leave the right lasting impression on their customers. It’s surprising how many CEOs and freelancers never seem to get to grips with this basic skill that brings repeat business and cements customer loyalty. If you want to keep your s
The world of work has guided most of us into an employee mindset. Suddenly finding themselves at the top of the pyramid doesn’t occur to many Freelancers or Entrepreneurs immediately. That realisation will come as a powerful one, but it shouldn’t be a shock. After all, a world of opportunity awaits
Closing a sales call or asking for the business is nowhere near as hard as you may have been led to believe. In fact, it’s the easiest part of the sales process—and anyone can learn to close business over the phone, face-to-face or by e-mail in a matter of minutes. It doesn’t even require very much
A sales pitch gets you through the door of a client, but the way you present your business and close sales is what determines your eventual success as an entrepreneur or freelancer. As with all elements of sales, there’s a process you can use to present your business well and to close more business
The easiest part of any sales call is the opening. It’s the part of the call where there’s no pressure on you to make things work at all. If somebody says, “no thanks” before you’ve even spoken to him for five minutes – he’ll have saved you a lot of time further down the line. Learning to open a sal
No invention is more feared, perhaps, than the telephone. The same device that links us with family and friends and lets us book appointments for car services and manicures is the object of dread for many when it comes to using it for anything else. As we’re about to see, though, using it for our Fr
Four common options exist in most parts of the world. The options include sole trading, partnerships, limited companies, offshore companies. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of each—it’s vital on the path to running an efficient business.We’ll teach you the most common options and the usual ad
Many would-be freelancers and entrepreneurs know exactly what they want to do; others aren’t really sure. Whichever position you are in, sitting down and working out your passions and interests before you begin a business is a good idea. A wealth of evidence shows that when we work in harmony with o
Is it irresponsible to become a freelancer, entrepreneur or digital nomad? We want to turn this question around and ask; is it responsible not to pursue your dreams?Life is uncertain, unsafe and, to some extent, you cannot completely control the most important things in your life: When are you going
