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

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Success as a graphic designer isn't just about the work itself. Creative industry expert Laura Carrick offers six invaluable tips to help you promote yourself and boost your career opportunities and earnings. If you're in a job, you must sell yourself to your managers and colleagues.

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How to sell yourself as a freelancer in 2023

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock With the economy looking a little flat, most freelancers must put more work into selling themselves. But how do you actually do it? Creatives from multiple disciplines share their best advice. So how can you survive the next few years as a creative freelancer?

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Is social media for self-promotion over? Creatives reveal their honest thoughts

Creative Boom

Have you noticed how different social media feels at the moment? And less engagement on any content you post yourself. It's been well documented how most major social channels have recently downgraded traditional posts in favour of the Stories format pioneered by Instagram and short-form, portrait videos reminiscent of TikTok's.

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How to start a newsletter in 2024: tips, tricks and things to avoid

Creative Boom

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Build a loyal audience and showcase your work effectively with these essential tips for starting a newsletter in 2024 Let's face it: Reaching and engaging your audience has become more difficult than ever in the 2020s. Let's move on to the how. A well-crafted newsletter may sound like work (and it is!),

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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? They may be a small mom-and-pop shop that you personally click with and get a deep sense of fulfilment from helping. Or they might be anything in between. Or perhaps not.

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10 Best FREE Graphic Design Courses Online

Just Creative

Have you ever thought about starting a career in graphic design or has it been a while since you last worked in the field and you want to refresh your skills? Whether you want to learn about graphic design, learn a new language, or even learn how to grow watermelons, chances are there is a resource out there for you to learn how.

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The Creative Boom 2023 Christmas gift guide for creatives

Creative Boom

As a result, we end up getting boring, generic gifts with big retailers like Amazon or John Lewis that don't really communicate how much we care for our loved ones. And now we're back for 2023 with another bumper crop of amazing gift ideas from independent artists and shops. Christmas is all about rituals and traditions.