Maybe you’ve had this happen before. You hire a graphic designer and they ask for a vectorized file of your logo. You don’t know what that means, so you send all the files you have and hope for the best. An email lands in your inbox saying you still don’t have it right. 

The frustration. 

How would you know? You’re not a graphic designer, printer, or web developer. 

That’s why we wrote this article — to untangle the wieldy ball of file types and their definitions. 

By understanding just a few terms, you’ll be able to work with web designers, marketers, graphic designers, and the like in the industry seamlessly. 

How do I start a freelance graphic design business? My #1 rule of advice is: be smart; don't be dumb. I know I could have thought through things more clearly.

It is this: YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE DOING DESIGN. ANNNDDDD...YOU HAVE TO BE SHARING IT WITH THE WORLD.

This is the best thing I've watched on marketing. You should watch it too. 

It’s a scary thing to expose your process, because in a lot of ways it changes over time as culture moves and your business evolves. However, I every time I’m read a blog on someone’s process, I’ve grown.

Once a week I aim to send out an email to help those not in the design industry navigate what they need to know to make their businesses successful. Last week I shared a little about visual hierarchy. Check it out: