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'It's bad, it's gone quiet': how to rescue your freelancing if this is happening to you

Creative Boom

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?' Different employers pigeonhole me for their needs, be it directing, producing, animating, motion graphics, editing, presenting or acting.

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How to promote and build your creative business without using social media

Creative Boom

I first joined Twitter in 2008, when I was working on a web design magazine, and the web development community had fully embraced it as their network of choice. Plus, with the launch of Mastadon, Blue Sky, Threads, et al, there are simply too many networks to keep up with these days. Not just psychologically, but career-wise too.

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7 Ways Freelancers Can Separate Themselves From Their Competition And Win Clients

Just Creative

Your website is the perfect place to display them for prospective clients. For brand strategists, a website is the perfect way to claim ownership of strategies you have developed to increase brand awareness for your clients. First things first, here: Are you doing free consultations for your prospective clients?

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Practical steps creatives can take when freelance work goes quiet

Creative Boom

We asked the Creative Boom community to share their best advice, and we present some of their top tips in the article below. So the first thing you need to do is get out there and chat with people, whether friends, family, colleagues or clients. This keeps the money rolling in and is actually more fun than working with clients.

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What successful creatives wish they'd known when they were fresh-faced graduates

Creative Boom

Expand your network and seek industry knowledge Networking is crucial in the creative industries, and it's never too early to start building your professional connections. Keep in touch with your class – it's the start of your network!" Instead, trust the process, and in time, those things will come to you, too."

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35+ Best Free Paper Logo Mockups

Graphic Design Junction

The paper logo mockups design can be used in various types like media flyer, web design, presentation, print, advertisement, social network, etc. Presentation never looked so perfect. Presentation never looked so perfect. Creative Brand Guidelines Templates For Presentation. Create a neat presentation in a second.

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Tips from a marketing expert on how to sell yourself as a graphic designer

Creative Boom

If you're freelance, you need to sell yourself to clients. You also have to be able to sell yourself, keep up to date with social media, maintain your own website, be your own IT, be your own HR department, network like crazy, and somehow find time to eat and sleep. Do high-end clients care about your Instagram? Probably not."

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