Creative Boom

DECEMBER 7, 2023

-based designer about how he created a cohesive visual identity for a new seasonal flea market. Traditionally, city centre markets didn't really need much in the way of branding other than maybe a sign at the entrance. At the same time, the more niche and specialist markets will attract certain people to travel long distances to visit.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 6, 2024

With a sluggish economy, shrinking client budgets, increased competition, and the looming competition from AI, getting enough commissions to pay the bills can be a real challenge, even for those who've been working for decades. In today's creative industry, standing out is more crucial than ever. That might sound counterintuitive.

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Just Creative

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

It’s presenting your work to clients. So, they convey their reasoning and vision to clients – while beginners simply send an image. A good presentation allows you to: Sell your logo designs to prospective clients. The client hasn’t seen any of your logos yet. Clients are not designers.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

If you're freelance, you need to sell yourself to clients. But either way, you may well be thinking in frustration: "I'm a graphic designer, not a marketing expert!" Start simple There's so much to consider when it comes to marketing you often won't know where to begin. Do high-end clients care about your Instagram?

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Just Creative

AUGUST 9, 2021

No truer is this mantra than when you want to impress potential clients with your portfolio. That means incorporating the latest design trends so potential clients take notice and pick you over your competitors. It showcases your capabilities and convinces clients-to-be, creative directors, or hiring managers you are the real deal.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 20, 2022

Her clients include L'Oréal, ?Law I began my career at promotional marketing agency This Is BD , working on promotional and experiential projects for Arla Foods, Diageo and The Famous Grouse. The city has always had a thriving second-hand and vintage clothing market, and the West End, particularly, is well known for quirky stores.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Are clients choosing AI over human illustrators? Many illustrators worry clients will use generative AI rather than hiring human artists. There are clients out there who, with little or no budget, will cobble together images using AI and be satisfied with the results. Are those the kinds of clients you want to work for?

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Creative Boom

MAY 11, 2023

And as a freelancer, a lot of that is down to marketing. Specifically, marketing yourself and your personal brand. But how you market yourself will be the deciding factor for clients when choosing you over your competitors. What do clients consistently praise or appreciate about my work?' It's as simple as that.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

On the one hand, you need to pay the rent and bills and don't want to price yourself out of the market. Ultimately, it's about market value: how much people need your services (demand) and how many others offer the same services (supply). So to get a rough idea of what you should be charging, you must research the current market.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Since its inception, Toronto's Vanderbrand has carved a niche for itself through smart, considered work that largely centres on places and spaces with a range of clients across high-end real estate, hospitality, and cultural projects. Research and strategy are seen as essential components of the creative process, not just preliminary steps.

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Just Creative

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Now is the time of year that business leaders and marketing teams start thinking about making the biggest impact possible with their video creation and marketing efforts during the next annum. Some of your marketing plans for 2021 might involve encouraging more customers to use the solutions you sell.

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Creative Boom

MAY 23, 2023

This approach is built on the main point of difference offered by the client. But this message was getting lost in a generic, functional market dominated by a sea of beautiful but samey and uninspiring luxury villas. In other words, they genuinely do offer 'exclusive' villas, which are true one-offs.

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Creative Boom

JULY 3, 2024

Follio was created to fill a gap in the market for architecture and interior design tools. The intent behind Follio was to fill a gap in the market for architects and interior designers who had no guideline tools for their standards, specifications, and documentation. Its no-nonsense identity allows the platform itself to shine.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

Ultimately, whatever the broader picture, there will always be clients who are desperate to hire good people. Quick and concise communication is what many clients are looking for. If something isn't going to provide the results the client needs, I explain what needs to change and how we can go about it.

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Creative Boom

MAY 24, 2023

And smartly using them means empowering your team or yourself to create better quality work, at scale, with a faster turnaround and fewer client revisions. Say you have a new client who wants to launch a new product, and you need all the marketing material fast. And who wouldn't want that? But how do you actually go about it?

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Creative Boom

JULY 19, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock There's a very special buzz that comes with landing a new client. Yet in the eternal quest for new, new, new, it's all too easy to overlook the existing clients you've already worked so hard to onboard – and not give them the time, creativity and energy they deserve. We live for the new.

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Just Creative

JUNE 28, 2020

There’s no doubt that marketing can be expensive, but it is necessary and vital for every business. If you want your business to grow, you need to invest in effective marketing strategies in one way or another. Hand out business cards to potential clients, vendors or anyone you think would be beneficial to your business.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

So the first thing you need to do is get out there and chat with people, whether friends, family, colleagues or clients. subside, I tend to chat to my past clients, see what they have going on in their lives, and any recommendations they have for similar people in their field I can pester." And it makes my job more social and fun."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 30, 2023

Los Angeles-based designer Suvani Dave is a recent Savannah College of Art and Design graduate who has already landed work with top clients, including Harvest, Call Of Duty, and Nike. The job market can be a scary place for new graduates. We caught up with her to learn more about her career so far.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 11, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Creatives share their top tips for building a personal brand, allowing you to unleash your unique creative vision, connect with your tribe, and attract your dream clients. And so what we end up producing often feels like fake marketing BS, at least to ourselves. So, how should you go about it?

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Just Creative

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Brands can no longer get by without adding video to their arsenal of marketing tools. Some brands have even found great success in making video the central part of their marketing efforts. And many video marketing statistics back up the fact that it can help increase traffic to your site, improve lead generation and get more sales.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2024

The New York branding agency has been working with skincare expert Dr Muneeb Shah to help disrupt an often confusing and fragmented market. But when it comes to client work, it can sometimes be an uphill battle putting that into practice. The 'less is more' concept is a powerful one in design.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We explain how to shift your work and clients in a new direction and give yourself the dream life and career you always hoped for. Either you pivot away from working with clients entirely (for instance, you might have developed a design or productivity tool in the course of your work and decide to focus on marketing and selling it to others).

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Creative Boom

APRIL 4, 2022

Denise and her team work with businesses worldwide to enhance their web presence, brand identity and marketing engagement. It has also leveraged Editor X and Velo for several client sites. Comfy Fitness recently stood out among its client websites, supporting the Wix Partner Spotlight for superior functionality.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

To celebrate its 85th anniversary, it approached Defy , an independent Philadelphia-based marketing company that's been quietly churning out unique angles for powerhouse global clients such as Nike, Ricoh, Comcast, Ritz Carlton, Wilson Sporting Goods and AmeriGas. They loved the tagline, and it just made sense," said Greenblatt.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For us, it's all about being genuine and really getting to know what our clients want to express," he continues. "We The new designs looked to simplify and amplify its message "to clearly convey what makes Sova stand out in a saturated market," Mushtaq explains. PEKOK by Alphabet "We value our clients' input.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2022

With a diverse community of more than 150,000 freelance designers, 99designs by Vista matches clients with creatives across brand and logo design, packaging, web design and more. But this stunning statistic points to two basic truths about today's freelance design market. Freelancers are expecting their earnings to rise in 2022.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Since 2009 Epidemic Sound has been providing a simple solution for content creators, marketers, and businesses looking to harness the power of music without the headaches of licensing and rights management. Interbrand's client was a brand with a strong visual identity but one that lacked a cohesive sound strategy.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Landing a dream client We all have a dream client: a brand, band or person we've always wanted to work with. And for graphic designer and illustrator Emma Rodriguez , it was: "finding a long-term client with a record label in Germany, for whom I've been making cover art for the last few years. The takeaway?

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

But how on Earth do you find a market for your work? In our carefully curated list, we share a bunch of agents who've demonstrated exceptional dedication to their artists over the years and a profound understanding of their clients, too. This is where illustration agents come into play. The agency was founded by Mohamed Danawi in 2012.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 3, 2024

Their client list includes the likes of Google, YouTube, and Mattel, but for one of their latest projects, they've decided to make something just for themselves. Additionally, Street Fighter II was a significant part of our introduction to the Japanese market, its culture, manga, and the universe that made us so happy.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

© Dong Qiu The Chinese artist's distinctive style blends Asian tradition with modern sensibilities, attracting global clients and resonating with audiences worldwide. Given the increasingly fierce market competition and challenges we all face, I need to continuously improve my professional capabilities and maintain creativity," she explains.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 28, 2024

Its employees are physically young, being in their 20s and early 30s (client director Tebo Mpanza is 34, and his business partner Jay Topham turns 31 this year). It also keeps clients ahead of the curve in effectively engaging the next generational cohorts as they emerge. The agency itself is young, having been founded in 2018.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Others, meanwhile, would love to shout about what they've created, but their clients frustratingly forbid it. Their bold and fearless approach has earned them collaborations with clients across a variety of industries, from tech to hospitality. Studio DBD 13.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 23, 2024

Molly had studied illustration at university and only found herself in design and marketing jobs due to their security. "I I set up my laptop in a little cafe in the Himalayas and began looking for clients…" Since then, Molly has been travelling non-stop. Quit and travel the world. Travelling is not without its setbacks, though.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Hurst told Creative Boom that the studio is "built on a belief in DIY culture and the idea that clients can build strong brands on their own, with the right tools and support. Hurst and many of his contemporaries in the creative industries want more from brands and the agencies serving them.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 10, 2023

As a community interest company (CIC), Social Impact Coffee, which supplies corporate clients, reinvests 65% of profits into local community causes. Design studio Without helped the enterprise to stand out in a saturated market of feel-good claims with a brand that champions accountability by seeing people as profit, not cost.

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