Freelancing and marketing nuggets for web designers, without the fluff. TheFreelancerPodcast.com
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Freelancing? Being boss of your own life and business can be tough and isolating. But it can also be totally rewarding. Pick up tips, advice and thoughts on how to make it as a freelancer, an entrepreneur, as the owner of your own business, by hearing other freelancers share their experience. Hosted by Steve Folland. Come join us in the Being Freelance Community - You're not alone being freelance. Not anymore. www.beingfreelance.com/community
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Better Clients. More Money. A Happier Life.
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Web Pro Savvy is a biweekly podcast for freelance web designers and developers, hosted by Cathy Sirvatka. You'll hear interviews with experienced freelance web pros about their business operations, the services they offer, and the types of clients they work with. They openly share their stories and pull back the curtain on how they achieve success so that you can boost your own business.
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Offering resources to help streamline your home based graphic design and web design business so you can get back to what you do best… Designing!
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The Web Design Business Podcast with host Josh Hall is here to help you build a web design business that allows you to have freedom and a lifestyle you love. As a web designer and web agency owner of over a decade, Josh knows the challenges, struggles and often painful lessons of building a web design business without any guidance, proven strategies or a mentor to help you along the way, which is why this show exists. Think of this podcast as your weekly dose of coaching, mentorship and guid ...
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Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer Podcast. My name is Kady Sandel, and this podcast was brought to you by Aventive Academy – an online business education platform that helps brand, graphic, and web designers get more clients, increase their pricing, and build a profitable design business. You can find out more about starting and growing your freelance design business at aventiveacademy.com
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Design Domination helps freelance designers gain confidence, clarity and a competitive edge in a crowded marketplace. Adjust your mindset, become more business savvy and sharpen your creative skills, so you get more respect and command higher rates. If you're a logo designer, print designer or web designer looking to make a successful living freelancing, you will benefit from Colleen's real-world expertise in branding, publication design and layout, website design and design business. You'll ...
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Welcome to the Create to Convert Podcast, hosted by Yevgeniya Davarashvili (more commonly known as Gigi), designer, tech founder, mama, and business educator. This podcast is for creative entrepreneurs who want to up-level their business and turn it into a profitable + sustainable power machine. We'll cover topics like marketing strategies, money, pricing, growth mindset, project management, social media marketing, brand development and much more, so that you can take the overwhelm out of yo ...
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You ask, I answer your web development and design business questions. 🚀 Struggling with a client? Want to build recurring revenue but unsure where to start? Feeling overwhelmed? Have a client that's always late? Want to get clients who respect you? This is the show for you 2 times a week.
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We talk to real people who took the not-so-traditional route to make it as web design freelancers or business owners. Plenty of helpful tips and tricks along the way. If you’re looking to start a side hustle or just up your game as a web or UX designer, this podcast is for you.
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The Digital Agency Show | Helping Agency Owners Transform Their Business Mindset to Increase Prices, Work Less, and Grow Profits
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Helping digital agency owners transform their business mindset so they can increase prices, work less, and grow profits. A weekly podcast where host Brent Weaver chats with today's most successful entrepreneurs running digital agency businesses in the web design, web development, and digital marketing industry. Brent also chats with high-profile entrepreneurs and other smart people that can help listeners grow their digital agency. Each interview deep dives into the emotional details of goin ...
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If you're a creative professional looking to escape the burden of under-earning and overworking, then man do I have a podcast for you. Hosted by veteran creative Gabrielle Chipeur, each episode of The Well-Paid Creative consists of candid interviews with experts and creatives on topics like freelancing success, marketing and sales, mindset, client management, and our favorite topic - profit. Discover how to attract quality clients and charge what you're worth so you can fall back in love wit ...
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Transform your WordPress agency through small, achievable actions that lead to BIG change. The home of simple-to-apply techniques that result in significant change. Learn your way. audio, video, written or in-person.
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Do you wish you were in control of your financial picture? Are you destined for more than the 9-to-5 grind? MMMW is here to help you see beyond your day job and build a successful web design business on your own terms. No matter what stage you’re at in your freelance journey, listen along for super valuable insights on launching, growing, and scaling a creative side hustle. Host Tom O’Malley shares proven strategies, tips & tricks that have earned him over $1 million building websites on nig ...
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Welcome to the Dare to Design podcast! I’m Karen, a designer at the start of her career. I began thinking, what's next? So, I started to network and reach out to graphic designers to learn more. This is where Dare to Design was born. Here I interview a variety of graphic designers currently in the industry, sharing how they navigated as newbies, where they are today, stories, and advice! Instagram – @daretodesign.podcast @alliswell.design Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/ ...
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This podcast is by Inner Geek Designs a design studio in Charlotte NC. This podcast was made to help you with your career as a designer or creative. If you are looking for a source as a go to to answer all of your questions as a graphic designer, web designer, or creative. Well that is the goal of this podcast too give people the tools and answers that I did not have when I started off. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/innergeekdesigns/support
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A podcast helping independent marketers how to build a leveraged and profitable practice. (This podcast was formerly named Mindshare Radio)
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021. (Part 2) To Summit or Not to Summit? Answering Your Questions About The Creative Future Summit
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Send us a Text Message. This episode is part two of my Summit BTS series, where I dive deep into your burning questions about planning and running the Creative Future Summit. From promotion and marketing to handling affiliates and feedback, I share everything I learned and what I'll do differently next time. If you're considering hosting your own e…
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335 - Weeding Out Bad Fit Clients (my interview with Kady Sandel)
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In the early days as a web designer, it’s common to say “yes” to any project that comes your way just to make some money and build a portfolio. But it doesn’t take many “bad client experiences” before you’re ready to weed out those bad-fit clients. But what makes a client bad-fit? Are they cheap? Do they not understand your value? Are they a bad pe…
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Purpose Driven Freelancer Ettie Bailey-King
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21 Business Lessons After 21 Years in Business
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#180 Find out 21 business lessons I’ve learned over the past 21 years of having a successful creative business that will give you more confidence and clarity with your own freelance design business.By Colleen Gratzer
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Unlocking Freelance Success: Time Management and Strategy with Julie DeLuca Collins
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Unlock the secrets to building a thriving freelance business as we sit down with expert business coach Julie DeLuca Collins. Have you ever wondered how successful entrepreneurs reverse-engineer their goals to align their daily operations with long-term visions? Julie shares her invaluable insights on time management, defining services, identifying …
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Do This Simple Proposal Tip To Double Your Income
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Not clickbait...By Kyle Prinsloo
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115 Crushing Competitors With a Niche Design Agency With Massimo Zefferino
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Have you ever wondered how to turn your design freelancing into a thriving, successful agency? Today, I sat down with Massimo, the founder and creative director of a niche design agency that achieved a remarkable 7-figure acquisition. His journey from solo designer to agency owner is full of insights, challenges, and triumphs. You'll hear firsthand…
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019. (Part 1) To Summit or Not to Summit? Behind the Scenes of the Creative Future Summit
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Send us a Text Message. Ever wondered what goes into planning and executing a large-scale summit? In this episode, I take you behind the scenes of my first-ever Creative Future Summit, held from May 14-17, 2024. From the initial idea to the final numbers, I reveal the highs, lows, and everything in between. Whether you're thinking about hosting you…
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334 - Selling Website Privacy Policies with Hans Skillrud of Termageddon
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Ah privacy policies…your favorite aspect of web design, right? Yeah me neither but day by day, it’s an aspect of websites that becomes more and more important with new privacy laws being passed in the states along with other countries, even outside the EU with regards to GDPR compliance. So, to help us make sense of where things are at with website…
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How to view quote requests, handle it, and close the deal.By Kyle Prinsloo
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114 Q&A: Landing Clients, Boosting Rates, Running a Design Agency
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Ever wondered how to land high-paying clients, boost your rates, and run a successful design agency? This episode of The Profitable Graphic Designer Podcast is a bit different because I'm answering questions from you, our listeners. I’ve been in the design industry since I was 15, and now at 33, I’ve experienced it all—from charging $65 for a logo …
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333 - How Your Web Design Business can "Go Green" with Adela Mei
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This is probably ignorance on my part but my eyebrow always went crooked when I heard digital agencies, hosting companies, saas products, or any online entrepreneur talking about how they’re a “green” company. It’s not like we’re a manufacturing company or chemical plant with waste and pollutants. We work on a computer at home…so how can we “go gre…
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Subscription freelancing - Brand Designer Brennan Gilbert
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SEO & AI Content Creation for Freelancers, with Tim Davidson
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Full show notes: https://dyf.link/episode143 In this episode, Zach talks to Tim Davidson from https://cleancommit.io about effective AI content creation for freelancers. Tim shares his innovative approach to using AI for content that stands out, avoiding the common pitfalls of generic AI-generated text. They discuss the importance of fine-tuning AI…
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I explain why, and what you can do about it.By Kyle Prinsloo
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Let’s talk about landing those high-ticket design projects that can transform your business. These aren't just any gigs – they’re the ones that allow you to showcase your design skills and command higher fees. To secure these projects, you need to position yourself as a premium brand, build trust with potential clients, and create compelling propos…
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332 - Q&A with Josh and Brad Hussey on Scaling Your Web Design Business
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I recently did a live training on how to Scale Your Web Design Business for Brad Hussey’s web design community CreativeCrew. We did a live Q&A session afterward and had some amazing questions come in. Brad and I got to riff on scaling a web agency, the lessons learned from our experience, what we both may have done differently and what we felt work…
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Transforming Client Selection and Crafting an Effective Offer Ladder
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Full show notes: https://dyf.link/episode142 In this episode, I explore a critical mistake many freelancers make — targeting newbie business owners , and how to build a profitable freelance offer ladder. You'll learn why focusing on clients with established, profitable businesses can drastically increase your earnings and how to structure your serv…
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Adobes New Terms of Service What You Need to KnowWith Matt the Lawyer
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#179 Adobe’s latest terms of service updates have caused an uproar in the design industry, with designers saying they are leaving Adobe once and for all. Find out what you need to know—from a lawyer—about Adobe’s terms of use.By Colleen Gratzer
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Should you raise your prices? Listen to this first.By Kyle Prinsloo
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2 Big Marketing Mistakes Freelancers Make: Expecting Free Clients & Not Knowing Your Numbers
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Full show notes: https://dyf.link/episode141 In this episode, I discuss two major marketing mistakes freelancers often make — expecting clients to be free and not knowing your numbers. You'll learn how these misconceptions can drastically impact your business and the actionable steps you can take to avoid them. This episode will help if you're stru…
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E346: Bringing in a second-in-command with Cameron Herold
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Cameron Herold is the mastermind behind the exponential growth of hundreds of companies. He has been an entrepreneur since his teens, with 14 employees by the time he was 21. By age 35, he had helped build two $100M+ businesses. By 42, he had grown 1-800-GOT-JUNK from $2 million to $106 million in just six years. He has authored four acclaimed book…
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112 From Followers to Design Clients with James Barnard
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When was the last time a single social media post changed your life? Ever? Join me on The Profitable Graphic Designer Podcast as I sit down with James Barnard, an award-winning logo designer, design educator, and the creative mind behind Barnard.co. James has an incredible story of how one viral TikTok post skyrocketed his career, bringing in count…
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331 - How to Sell Website Care Plans (if you're not using WordPress) with Eleanor Mayrhofer
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One of the benefits of being a web designer is your option to build recurring revenue. As a WordPress web designer, I learned that one of the best ways to do this was to offer a hosting and maintenance plan. Or “care plan” as it’s more commonly referred to these days. For years, it was my assumption that if you use self-hosted platforms like Square…
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Be Careful What You Ask: A Lesson in Getting Valuable Feedback - RD344
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Welcome to another episode of Resourceful Designer. I'm your host, Mark, and today, I've got an interesting topic inspired by a friend’s podcast. You know, it's funny how ideas for podcast episodes can come from the most unexpected places. Sometimes, I meticulously plan out a topic, but other times, like today, a random sentence can spark an idea. …
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Start Local - Freelance Marketer Hannah Isted
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Here's how to sell websites and marketing services to international clients.By Kyle Prinsloo
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#1 Accessible Infographic Creator — With Eugene Woo
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#178 Many designers want an alternative to Adobe and Canva that will help them create accessible infographics and short documents that can be edited by non-designers and don’t have to be remediated. Find out how accessible infographic creator Venngage can help you do that.By Colleen Gratzer
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E345: Brand, Content, and Chill vs. Hustle time with Rand Fishkin
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Rand is the co-founder and CEO of the audience research software startup Spark Toro, He has dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through his writing, videos, speaking, and his book Lost and Founder.By UGURUS Hosted by Brent Weaver
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111 Stop the Endless Client Emails With This Free Client Portal
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This client portal changed absolutely everything in my design business. Fewer revisions, fewer emails, fewer questions. It’s all in one spot. Clients don’t ask us to resend the final files, they don’t ask about the timeline, they know exactly when they should pay next, and they are not asking for revisions via email. All the answers for them are in…
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330 - Lessons from a 7-Figure Agency Owner (who's not burned out) with Greg Merrilees
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I’ve met a lot of 6 and 7-figure agency owners over the years and there’s always often a recurring theme…many are completely burned out, disgruntled OR they’ve sold or left the agency altogether. It’s probably the main reason I personally prefer the “small shop or studio” route as a solopreneur web designer with a lean and mean contractor team but …
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The Delegation Mistakes Freelancers & Agency Owners Make
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Full show notes: https://dyf.link/episode140 In this episode, I talk about the big mistakes freelancers and agency owners make when they delegate work to team members — and how to fix them. You’ll also learn the things you can (and should) delegate to other team members to free up your valuable time. This episode will help if you’re new to delegati…
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Freelancing is a business. It's time you run it like one.By Kyle Prinsloo
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Freelancer vs Agency: Understanding Differences & Choosing What's Right for You
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Full show notes: https://dyf.link/episode139 In this episode, I explain the differences between being a freelancer or an agency owner and why it’s important to choose one of these business models. Both options have their pros & cons, and it depends on which path suits you best. I’ll show you how you can make the right decision based on your lifesty…
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110 Who Pays the Fees: Designer or Client?
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Who pays the processing fees? How about taxes? Designer or Client? In this episode of The Profitable Graphic Designer Podcast, we are revealing something that many designers don’t handle correctly. It’s definitely something that your clients can choose not to hire you for or hire you for. I’ve been freelancing and running my design agency since 201…
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018. Fighting Burnout: How to Identify, Prevent, and Recover with Maegan Megginson
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Send us a Text Message. Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by your work that you start losing passion for it? Perhaps the deadlines seem endless, the expectations unrealistic, and suddenly, you're running on empty, stuck in a loop of frustration and isolation. We've all been there, right? Imagine stepping away from it all, not by quitting, but by in…
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E344: Overcoming Operational Challenges in Digital Agencies with Alane Boyd
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She is the co-founder of Workday Ninja, an operations and growth strategy expert specializing in AI and automation to enhance client efficiency. Her entrepreneurial success includes scaling her first business, a hybrid agency and software company, to eight figures and successfully selling it in 2018. She has been featured in Entrepreneur, HuffPost,…
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329 - An Honest Conversation with Shannon Mattern on What's Working for Web Designers in 2024
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I recently caught up with my friend Shannon Mattern, fellow web design business coach who has a group coaching program called The Web Designer Academy. We often talk off-the-record but decided to record our most recent catch up, an honest conversation about what’s working for web designers in 2024. Shannon and I are both in a unique position to be …
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Generational Clients, And how to Lose Them - RD343
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In this episode of Resourceful Designer, I share a cautionary tale about losing generational clients and the critical lesson I've learned from my mistakes. Whether you're dealing with family-run businesses or companies with long-standing leadership, you'll discover the importance of building relationships with the next generation to ensure client l…
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Finding your Freelancing Niche - Video Production Specialist Kirth Noel
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328 - Update from Josh (My Daughter's Recovery, Revamping Courses, What's Ahead in 2024) and more
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Hey friends, Josh here popping in with a bonus episode sharing a mid-year update for both personal and business side of things. Together we'll cover: An update on my daughter's recovery (thank you for the thoughts, prayers and support!) Updates on the business side of things including: which courses I'll be revamping this Summer, what projects I'm …
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