Successful freelance design tips

Some good tips for design freelancers such as:

"It’s important not to fall in love with one of your designs. It can be very easy to be wedded to an idea or a design and convince yourself of its brilliance, especially if you are working in isolation.

All feedback is good feedback. So ask anyone, your other half, the kids, the janitor, your opponent what they think. It may be you’ve spent ages perfecting the typography of a headline that’s spelt wrong!"

Here's a tip from me. Always read your proofs backwards.