Just Creative

DECEMBER 6, 2020

This article has been contributed by Owen James. In this comprehensive article, you’ll learn more about the methods that will enable you not just to present yourself as a valid option, but to genuinely stand out from the crowd. 8 Ways New Freelancers Can Stand Out From The Competition To Get More Clients. Make It Personal.

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HONGKIAT

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The bakery incident bears a striking similarity with a typical scenario at an advertising agency or a design studio, when a creative brief is collected from a client. How to Work Better with Clients. How to Work Better with Clients. Working with clients all day long may sometimes lead to stress in a freelance schedule.

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SpeckyBoy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

When it comes to marketing your freelance web design business, it’s easy to spend the bulk of your energy on attracting new clients. There is great value in keeping existing clients in the loop. Writing for your existing design clients isn’t quite the same as trying to reach prospective ones. Write from Experience.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

How to Get Clients for a Local Graphic Design Business As a skilled graphic designer , your ability to create eye-catching, memorable, and practical designs can be the driving force behind the success of local enterprises. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) is a metric that refers to the total cost of acquiring a new client.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock When clients ask you to graft for nothing in return for "exposure", be very wary. Exposure' doesn't pay the bills We'll start with the most common carrot clients will dangle in front of you: "There's no pay, but you'll get a lot of exposure for your work, which will help your career." Think about it.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 31, 2024

Indeed, as designer Laurie Rosenwald points out in her article Why and how to make mistakes on purpose , they're basically key to developing your creativity and growing your practice. Or you start missing deadlines, stressing out yourself and your client, and doing huge damage to your reputation. Likes don't pay the bills; clients do.

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Design Beep

OCTOBER 4, 2022

When you work on web design projects for clients, you’ll always have ideas for how they can make their project better. Of course, clients tend to be picky and specific about what they want and often reject suggestions. Conversational AI benefits everyone including customers, clients, and visitors.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 10, 2022

How to Find Prospective Clients on LinkedIn. A good profile with lots of professional connections will help you build trust and credibility with potential clients so that when you need to sell them something, they'll be much more likely to buy from you. ” Well, they're thinking the same thing about you. But how do you find them?

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock You don't need magic to charm and captivate a client; just basic psychology and a willingness to do the work. We outline three practical ways to win new clients for your creative business. But while witches are fictional, there are real ways you can enchant clients into accepting your proposals.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 13, 2024

In this article, we'll explore innovative strategies to help your design studio blossom, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve and captivate clients with your exceptional work. You might even consider asking team members to write articles to post on LinkedIn, positioning your studio as a thought leader in the creative community.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So we set the Creative Boom community to work, and in the article below, we share some of your best advice. My best portfolio pieces have come from a start point with proper inspiration rather than 'must create a commercial piece for this article'. Clients commission people as well as technique, and you want substance to your work.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

It seems like every designer has a horror story or two (or seventeen) about getting ripped off by a client who refuses to pay. The bright side to dealing with deadbeat clients is that there’s always a next time. And what should be the first thing you do with your next client? Choose Your Clients Well.

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Creative Boom

MAY 11, 2023

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?' In other words, decide what it is that you (and only you) can offer a client. The client already likes your work: that's why they're talking to you.

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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. I always link to website articles that they will find useful. Quick and concise communication is what many clients are looking for. So how can you survive the next few years as a creative freelancer?

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Creative Market

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The phrase seems to be a favorite of design clients since it's the easiest way to ask a designer to make something stand out. But sometimes it can be hard to decipher what the client actually means by this. Design vs. Client Jargon. First, let's address the obvious: clients are not good at speaking design.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

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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SpeckyBoy

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s something that most young freelance designers face, especially as they improve their skills and become better designers, yet their client roster is still as uninspiring as ever. Every time we meet with a client, we have to sell them on our ideas. You’re creating work and hiding it under a veil of obscurity.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Land Clients on Autopilot with Cold Outreach Wondering how to get design clients with cold outreach? In this article, we demystify the process, outlining clear steps to capture the interest of potential clients with well-crafted, personalised cold emails. Cut through the noise with a strategy that works.

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Speckyboy Design Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

Part of our relationship with clients also involves sharing knowledge and gently prodding them to move in the right direction. Because the web is constantly changing, designers are often an invaluable resource for clients. However, clients have tended to show varying degrees of interest. The Freelance Designer Toolbox.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But first, you need to attract freelance clients. Because with so much talent out there right now, you can't simply rely on clients coming to you and offering you money. And if you can pull that off, and clients like that style, they'll have no choice but to come to you. Struggling to find your distinct style?

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Secondly, start to contact clients and potential clients directly. For instance, drop an email to existing clients, share news of something that might impact their business, and proactively offer a solution. For more details, see our article on how to promote yourself through blogging 4.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2024

We asked the creative community for advice and share their best advice in the article below. Most projects have check-in points with the client, so ticking off achieving these feels really good and keeps me motivated. Planning in set times for each job and keeping the client updated over achievable completion dates helps."

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Inkbot Design

MAY 8, 2023

Web Design Cold Email Templates to Get You More Clients Marketing one's website design business via unsolicited email is challenging. With the help of this article, we talk about an in-depth- analysis of how you can send out cold emails and cold calling web design sales that will attract new customers. Please give us your feedback!

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 14, 2024

In the article below, we share their best advice, and you can read the full thread on Twitter here. I'm working on a vision board with dream clients, projects, new skills and targets for the year," he reveals. Craft something small Another way to ease back into client work can be to do a little personal work instead.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

One solution is to raise your rates, and if you're talented and in-demand, that may be easier than you think: you can find advice on doing so in this article. Particularly as your clients may also be feeling the pinch as the economic situation worsens. On some projects, your client will agree to cover your expenses.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Variable, a football-themed look at how clients could manipulate exported images thanks to a series of command prompts. By sharing these projects with the world, we aim to enrich our portfolio with innovative perspectives on illustration, maintaining excitement for ourselves, and showcasing our interests and abilities to potential clients."

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Design Beep

JULY 9, 2023

Are you tasked with creating a membership site for a client? Whether you build a membership site on WordPress or design one from scratch, these tips will help you create the best site for your clients. Make sure you know exactly what your client wants before you start building their membership website.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 26, 2024

For pitches, campaigns and websites, mockups form the basis of many client projects in the creative industry. Wytze puts it all down to our Creative Boom article. But are they sometimes a little too polished? Dutch designer and art director Wytze Hoogslag seems to think so. Well, that's something we love to hear.

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Logo Smith

AUGUST 6, 2021

The post Logo Design Copyright Transfer to Client Form – InDesign Template for Download appeared first on The Logo Smith All Content © 2020 The Logo Smith.™ What Does this Transfer of Copyright to Client Form Do? Now I’m using the handy Publish to Web feature in InDesign, and sending that link direct to the client.

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Noupe

JULY 9, 2020

It doesn’t take most web designers long to realize that the most critical objective you have when starting your freelance career is to find web design clients. Because, without clients, you’re basically just playing “house” in business. If you don’t have clients, you’re not in business. They are tried and tested. And they work.

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HONGKIAT

APRIL 30, 2024

To learn more about identifying the right job opportunities, check this post on how to create your ideal client profiles. Clients were not shy about laughing at my high prices given my inflated self-esteem. Some may even try to dominate client interactions, pushing inappropriate designs that don’t suit the client’s needs.

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SpeckyBoy

MAY 1, 2024

Suddenly, your eager client has gone quiet. If your client’s leadership is amiss, you might be able to help. The Woes of Client-Created Content Clients can be great at thinking big when it comes to content. They envision a website that’s teeming with compelling articles. It may be a temporary situation.

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HONGKIAT

MARCH 15, 2024

If you are a freelance designer , encountering a “designer client” is almost inevitable. This is the type of client who consistently offers unsolicited advice on how you should execute your work. Many clients feel compelled to involve themselves in the design process, whether it’s appropriate or not.

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 21, 2024

They’re invaluable tools for presentations, client feedback sessions, and refining your own ideas. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. They can be a valuable asset for elevating your design presentations and impressing clients.

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Purple Rose Graphics

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As seen on BoredPanda and BuzzFeed, a website named sharpsuits.net have taken design to a whole new level, turning client criticisms into a full-blown funny yet beautiful art. If you go down this route, though, ensure the end result makes sense to your client and the audience for which it is meant. Tip 2: Practice. All the best!

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Creative Boom

JULY 11, 2023

You want to be attracting new clients and maintaining existing ones. So when we consider your marketing strategy, the ultimate goal will be to grow your business by attracting these particular clients, using the right messaging via the right platforms, whilst remembering existing ones. Are your clients aware of it? Your values?

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Purple Rose Graphics

JUNE 27, 2022

I read a lot of blogs and articles that always tell you to talk to your clients. Today I want to talk about what it means to really listen to your clients. Now I don’t about you, but for me, whenever a client or I am simply hearing and not actively listening is when we end up having issues with each other.

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