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Creatives reveal how they found their best clients

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock It's all very well offering advice in theory, but how do freelancers and studios actually find their dream clients in practice? When you look at your list of clients, we all have a favourite. So many great clients have come to me through weak ties," she says. Or perhaps not.

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Semi-Permanent reveals stellar lineup for its Never Permanent festival in Melbourne

Creative Boom

And whatever field you work in, Never Permanent has you covered, with speakers representing multiple fields, including filmmaking, photography, graphic, product and motion design, animation, music, Web3 and the metaverse, and visual data. You can buy tickets here.

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32 affordable tools to keep costs down when you first go freelance

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock Freelancing is great, but at the start money can be tight. Affinity Can't afford the high subscription cost of Adobe Creative Cloud? You won't get all the bells and whistles of Adobe's tools, but most people probably won't miss them either. Don't worry. And they're cheap and subscription-free!

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How to embrace failure and turn it into a creative superpower

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock When things go wrong, it's not the end of the world. We work hard on creating what we think is great work, only for our managers or clients to send us back to the drawing board. As writer and filmmaker Daniel Johnson puts it, "I just accept failure as part of the process.

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Creative conferences and events to get excited about in 2023

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock Where are the best creative things happening over the next 12 months from Manchester to Sydney, Belfast to India? We still don't know, for example, when Adobe Max, Belfast Design Week, or the Manchester Animation Festival will be taking place (although we're sure they will).

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A helpful guide to marketing for creative freelancers who want to quit Instagram

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Instagram is still a good visual resource or portfolio for clients, but it's the PR push that has been the most effective.". Go old school and remind clients you exist (and ask for help). Don't forget to ask clients for referrals, either. We explore some options. It all helps. "I

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Useful tools and systems to make you more successful as a creative

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock Are you struggling to keep up with your workload or just trying to make more money in less time? For instance, in the good times, when three clients offer you work all at once, you'll happily turn two down, knowing that more will surely come along later. Then check out these tried-and-tested tools.