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Friday, February 21, 2014

How To Become A Freelance Designer

Hello World!

Being a freelance designer can be fun and difficult at times, you may ask yourself a couple of questions, How can I become a successful designer? How do I get clients? How can I make money? I ask these questions because as a freelance designer some people may think that you just sit at home in your pajamas all day and work at your own pace. Which can be true, but at the same time it is false, you do have deadlines to meet with your work.

How can I become a successful designer?

When first starting out as a freelance designer, I recommend that you start slow, don't just up and quit your day job (unless you don't have one). I recommend that you work and do design jobs on the side for two reasons: to see how much you can handle and to gain clients. I know that may sound insane but freelance designer are always working on more than one project at the same time. Once, gain enough experience and clients then you can quit your job and work full time as a freelancer.

How do I get clients?

When looking to find clients, there are so many different ways to find them. You can look on Google, Craiglist, and Twitter. When looking on for a job on Google use Google Maps when looking on Google Maps, search for businesses in your area that could possibly use your services. You can search for design firms, print companies, marketing agencies and anything that you think could your skills can be used at. Once, you are done searching and you find a business that you think could use your service send them an email introducing yourself and your work. As for Craiglist, their is always somebody up there posting that they need graphic designer services. Using Twitter, can make connection to design companies as well as help you get a design. Many different marketing companies post that are looking for a freelance designer a project. Also, there are a lot design contest that are being posted on Twitter. By doing all of these daily you will be sure to find clients.

How can I make money?

As a freelancer everything is coming out of you pocket. So when you are setting your rates please remember that you are  paying for all coverages. So you need to make sure that your are covering all these in your pricing. That doesn't mean charge a lot for design, but charge enough to make sure that you are covering all fees.


Please remember as freelance design you do need the latest software to design.



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http://www.howdesign.com/creative-freelancer-blog/employee-solopreneur-plan-jump/
http://designshack.net/articles/business-articles/how-to-make-money-as-a-freelance-designer/

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