Why hire a freelancer?:
Know your needs to choose the best design options for your project.

The design industry is in an interesting situation in terms of your choice for who to work with on your next design project. There are the traditional large-scale advertising and design firms, the off-beat freelancers, and the smaller design firms composed mostly of long-term contracts with the off-beat freelancers. With such an overlapping, shades of grey industry, how you can be sure to work with the best possible option for your website or advertising campaign? Before starting on that next project, consider the following:

• freelancers are less expensive to work with—freelancers do need to pay their bills and keep food on the table, but we know our worth on your project. With a large design firm, you pay for the option to hire any and all of their specialists, as well as the luxury of having such a large amount of specialists to work with, whether you actually work with them or not. Freelancers charge you for their expertise. Period.
• freelancers work directly with you—when you call a freelancer, you speak with the designer directly. When you set up a meeting, you meet with the designer directly. When you have a question regarding your project, you ask the designer directly. In short, there is no verbal labyrinth of secretaries, interns, marketing coordinators, copywriters, and designers. Your questions can be answered by the same person doing all the work on your design project.
• freelancers network—I've already mentioned that you pay for what you get with a freelancer, instead of paying for what you can get. Part of that advantage is that you are not limited to just the knowledge and expertise of the freelancer, but the knowledge and expertise of the programmers, copywriters, and computer science specialists you need. The difference is, you only pay for them when you use them.
• freelancers know their schedule—when you begin a project with a freelancer, you will be given an accurate timeline of when your project will be completed. A freelancer can let you know during that initial meeting if they are free to get started today, or if they are available within the next week, or the next month. You will not be dragged in by a promise and then left wondering when the project will begin.
• freelancers are not chained to a desk—because of our flexible schedules, freelancers are able to get out and enjoy life when they are not working. This returns back to your project, because they are able to get up and move around for inspiration instead of staring at the fabric walls of a cubicle waiting for the creative spark.
• freelancers hours vary—though it is important to keep regular hours during the day so others can reach me, my actual work can get done at anytime. This helps not only meet your deadlines, but again with the creative spark, since I don't worry about being lucky enough to get inspired inside the office.
• freelancers chose to be freelancers—at one time, freelancers were large design firm minions. We worked 9–5 during the slow times and 7–whenever during the busy times. We watched the internal workings of these design firms, and chose to branch out for ourselves to get to the root of what our clients will need: designs that work. In short, freelancers are the same as designers inside large corporations with one significant differences: freelancers want to work with our clients and not just for our clients.