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Successful creatives share how they won their first client (so you can too)

Creative Boom

And right at the start, you may not even have a single client to your name. So how do you land your first client? My first freelance clients were my old full-time employers," she explains. The lesson is that it definitely pays not to burn bridges! They didn't want me to go, so they offered to be our first client.

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Rise of the machines: How illustrators can avoid being replaced by AI

Creative Boom

Get real Some clients will be perfectly happy using AI-generated images on their websites, book covers, or annual reports. If quick and cheap are their priorities, then these are not the clients you should be looking for. Seek out clients who value quality illustration and can recognise an AI-generated image when they see one.

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Is LinkedIn still a useful platform for creatives?

Creative Boom

But is it really the right platform for creative networking? At a time when platforms are rising and falling with alarming regularity, LinkedIn stands as something of an anomaly: a professional networking site that's maintained its relevance for nearly two decades. So LinkedIn is my digital networking marketplace now."

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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. Of course, if you do have bylines and acknowledgements, you’ll definitely want to include those.

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5 Ways to Improve Your Graphic Design Skills

Designer Daily

Put your design ideas into action and keep designing, even if you aren’t working on a client project. Network With Other Designers Networking is essential for any creative professional. Becoming an expert in graphic design takes time and dedication, but it’s definitely worth the effort.

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Meet Ash Phillips and Miro LaFlaga, the agency founders ditching 'grind culture' and pushing for meaningful change

Creative Boom

I began working with local artists and built a network, making friends with photographers and videographers. It got attention, I attracted clients, and there was a snowball effect until I met Ash. We'd be getting calls from clients late at night, and we would answer them. But it's also the client relationships.

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Where the creative industry is heading, and how to survive the next 15 years

Creative Boom

Technological advancements, shifting work paradigms and evolving client expectations are reshaping the landscape at a breakneck pace. Design, writing and creativity as commercial outputs are definitely being democratised through the new tools, turbo-charged by AI," he continues. Always keep networking.