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Alex Dovhyi

Product designer giving unsolicited advice on design, freelancing, career and personal growth.

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Pricing your design services

When you're stating you may believe that you must lower your prices to attract clients, but this is not the case. Lowering your prices and competing on the lowest bid hurt you, the client, and the economy.

Pricing your design services
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Campfire #42: Architecting information

Many product designers see information architecture as a small part of the overall experience, but it goes much further and is massively undervalued.

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Do this before asking the client for a budget

As a freelancer, I've learned the hard way that one of the most difficult aspects of working with a new client is discussing the project's budget.

Do this before asking the client for a budget
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Campfire #41: Why designers quit?

More money vs. Better management vs. Design maturity vs. Feeling valuable vs. Diversity

Campfire #41: Why designers quit?
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Talking to potential clients: 7 simple strategies to crush sales calls

Sales calls might seem as a terrifying mountain that you have to conquer. But once you let go of the idea of the client being in charge and seeing them as someone to impress, sales became simply a conversation.

Talking to potential clients: 7 simple strategies to crush sales calls
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Campfire #40: Ten ways to stand out during a product design interview

Product design interviews can be challenging. You've completed your portfolio. You applied for jobs. And finally! You've landed an interview! Congratulations 🎉

Campfire #40: Ten ways to stand out during a product design interview
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Do they even care? Evaluating the design maturity of a company

How many of you worked in companies where design is undervalued, people don't understand the role of design, and there's no representation of the design in leadership positions?

Do they even care? Evaluating the design maturity of a company
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Campfire #39: How to showcase your senior product design skills?

Here are a few essential skills I identified that would make someone a senior product designer.

Campfire #39: How to showcase your senior product design skills?
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How to write a cold email that wins freelance clients?

Unless you're a freelancer overflowing with referrals, sending cold emails will probably be an excellent addition to your client-finding process.

How to write a cold email that wins freelance clients?
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Campfire #38: How to survive as the first designer in a company?

When it comes to being the only designer on the team, it’s essential to remember three core pillars that will help you do your best work and bring value.

Campfire #38: How to survive as the first designer in a company?