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12 Ways to Find Potential Clients on Instagram

Inkbot Design

12 Ways to Find Potential Clients on Instagram Instagram is home to over 2 billion monthly active users. With such a massive user base, it's unsurprising that many businesses and entrepreneurs leverage Instagram to find potential clients. Intrigue potential clients to follow you for more.

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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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'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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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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How to Get Clients for a Local Graphic Design Business

Inkbot Design

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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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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Spellbinding pitches: How to enchant clients with your proposals

Creative Boom

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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