Michael Koper

Founder

Michael is the founder of Nusii. He writes about proposals, freelancing, and running a creative business.

Articles by Michael Koper

Nusii Update: Multiple Recipients and Multiple Signatures

2 min

Nusii is 10 years old

4 min

How to get meaningful design feedback from your clients.

9 min

Video placeholders in PDF and a brand new guide of how to do client interviews

2 min

Multiple sending profiles and improved deliverability

2 min

New look, Improved Filtering and CSV exports

2 min

Say hello to Tiny Reminder: The automated virtual assistant for freelance creatives

2 min

5 Time Management Tips for Designers

12 min

How to Generate Leads and Prospects for Your Business [Case Study]

22 min

How to increase revenue 10%+ with an abandoned cart email funnel

19 min

The Freelancer’s Guide to Answering Questions in a Client Interview

17 min

How to Build Community within Your Remote Team

17 min

Using Unconventional Networking to Grow Your Agency

16 min

The Biggest Problems Agencies Face (and How to Overcome Them)

6 min

How to Master the Leader Role Instead of Succumbing to the Boss Title

6 min

How to prepare your agency team for success before a vacation

6 min

6 Tips for Keeping Client Meetings Short While Still Getting Things Done

6 min

9 Ways to Protect Yourself from Clients Who Don't Pay

6 min

How to Make Your Agency Stand Out Even With a Limited Budget

8 min

Why Your Agency Should Be Using a Sales Script

7 min

Is Your Agency's Pricing Competitive?

6 min

Why You Need Hands-Off Leadership in Your Agency

3 min

How to Deal When Your Agency Accidentally Drops the Ball

7 min

5 Tips for Creating a Trustworthy Website That Converts New Clients

6 min

How to Create an Automated Sales Funnel

7 min

How to Scale Your Consulting Business Without Losing Your Mind

7 min

Building Your Team: How to Find & Hire the Right Talent for Your Agency

7 min

How to Communicate Your Product’s Value in a Saturated Market

6 min

5 Tips for Building a Sales Team that Consistently Closes Deals

6 min

How to Handle Objections Like a Pro

6 min

The 10 Commandments of running an awesome Business

5 min

How to Ask the Right Questions When Prospecting, So You Don’t Waste Time

6 min

The single biggest mistake you make when writing proposals and how to overcome it

4 min

How Studying Your Competition Could Lead to More Sales

6 min

Best Practices for Improving Communication With a Prospect

7 min

5 Things you need to discuss before writing a proposal

4 min

How to Turn a Potential Prospect into a High Quality Lead

6 min

Tips for Collaborating Remotely Effectively with Your Team

6 min

4 Things good sales proposals do

2 min

3 Tips for Landing Those Seemingly Elusive Bigger Clients

7 min

How to Strengthen Relationships with Clients by Delivering Results

7 min

What Services are Best Offered on a Recurring Basis?

5 min

4 reasons your proposal lost you the work

5 min

How to Turn Your Current Customers into Bigger Clients

7 min

4 Ways to Use Rejection to Your Advantage

7 min

4 Things that aren’t the job of a proposal

4 min

How to Handle Unrealistic Client Requests: Learn How to Say No

6 min

4 Common Objections to your Proposals and How to Overcome them

3 min

Should You Switch to Offering Niche Services or Stay Generalized

6 min

How to build the perfect sales funnel for your service-based business

9 min

Are Your Goals Realistic? Tips for Setting & Achieving the Right Goals

7 min

Why it’s Time to Raise Your Minimum Acceptable Rate

5 min

Staying Motivated in Tough (or Slow) Times

6 min

How to Leverage Your Network for High-Paying Referrals

7 min

How to Shift From Projects to Retainers

6 min

How to make a Bigger Impact in Less Time for Less Money

4 min

How to Set (Realistic) Expectations With a New Client

7 min

What Makes the Strongest Proposal?

2 min

The Freelancer’s Guide to Cold Email Outreach

8 min

How to Get Clients to Stick to a Timeline

7 min

Why Your Proposals Aren't Leading to Deals

7 min

How to Market Your Business When You Don't Have Time

9 min

How competitors can help grow your creative business

6 min

The power of community in business

4 min

How the digital signature helped shape modern business

3 min

An Interview with Marketing Director, Jake Jorgovan

21 min

The 5 realms of project management hell

11 min

Should you be a Jack of all trades? Generalist Freelancer vs Niche Freelancer

4 min

What to do when a client rejects your business proposal

6 min

10 ways to shine during your next client project

8 min

First contact: How to survive your first call with a potential client

13 min

Understanding and assuaging client fears

5 min

The New Freelancer's Guide to Starting Strong

11 min

An interview with marketing mentor, Ilise Benun

19 min

SWOT Analysis: Turn 4 letters into business growth

4 min

7 steps to create the perfect customer persona for your business

5 min

The power of focus in your freelance business

4 min

Interview with Richard Child of Grid North Design

3 min

6 Ways to Make Your Design Portfolio Generate Leads

7 min

Interview with Maurice Cherry of 3eighteen media

3 min

Interview with Linda Misiura of Ruby Red Design Studio

3 min

Nusii launches: Proposal software for creative professionals

7 min

The Ultimate Guide to Proposals: Design is a distraction

2 min

The Ultimate Guide to Proposals: Stop talking about yourself

5 min

The Ultimate Guide to Proposals: Full frontal buzzword attack

3 min

The importance of setting goals and falling short

4 min

How to build a better client pipeline

4 min

Revenue via products, why settle for an hourly rate?

11 min

SaaS apps to run your design studio

4 min

The ultimate proposal cheatsheet

5 min

Never talk about your tools

3 min

How to win more client proposals with Brennan Dunn

19 min

Getting clients to behave during projects

6 min

How branding can help your freelance business

5 min

The art of empathy: how to win a client with a single consultation

6 min

A designers guide to Ikea and the self improvement process

3 min

Five deadly sins of a freelance designer

4 min

Being a great creative is easy, being consistent is hard

3 min

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