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Is 99designs Even Worth Considering for a Freelance Graphic Designer?
99designs is one of the world’s largest online design marketplace, connecting designers and businesses from all over the world. It also provides designers with an opportunity to earn income and build their portfolios. In fact, 99designs has paid out hundreds of millions of dollars to designers, so you can definitely see the income potential there.…
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Making Money with TeePublic as a Freelance Graphic Designer
If you are looking to sell shirt designs and make money in the process, be sure to check out TeePublic, a curated community of the world’s best designers.
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Hosting Your Portfolio on SiteGround as a Freelance Graphic Designer
Your portfolio site probably won’t need much resources when it comes to web hosting. As such, you can pretty much go with any web host provider that’s half decent and not have any issues. That said, I would highly recommend hosting your portfolio on SiteGround. The site has been around for more than a decade…
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Finding Success on Reddit as a Freelance Graphic Designer
Reddit is one of the biggest and busiest websites. As of 2015, it had 542 million monthly visitors — a vast market for a freelance graphic designer. The site is organized by area of interest called subreddits. There are subreddits for everything, including ones where designers can find and apply for jobs. So how do…
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Keeping Up with Design Trends as a Freelance Graphic Designer
As the world of graphic design constantly changes, it can be difficult to keep up to date with the newest design trends. And it’s not just the latest visual styles you have to worry about — even the current tools and software you are using might not be as useful a few months down the…
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Defining Your Target Market as a Freelance Graphic Designer
In order to succeed as a freelance graphic designer, you have to figure out who you are targeting. With a limited budget, you only have so much to spend on marketing. Furthermore, trying to get your services in front of everyone means competing with established professionals and design agencies — which is a battle you…
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Writing the Design Brief as a Freelance Graphic Designer
A prospect has contacted you with a great opportunity and you can’t wait to get started. But hold your horses — you don’t want to accept the project without knowing the details first. Or worse, you decide to dive right in, only to discover that the project is more trouble than it’s worth. Here’s where…
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Taking a Break From Freelancing as a Graphic Designer
Freelancing seems like a dream come true — you call all the shots and have the freedom to pick and work on projects according to your preferences. But with all its perks being your own boss could be a curse as well. On one hand, you could have so many projects lined up that you…
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Getting Your First Client as a Freelance Graphic Designer
As a freelance graphic designer, having a plan of action and creating your portfolio is only the first step — finding people to actually pay for your services is where most of the work begins. Although you might have offered your services for free and received great response, that doesn’t necessarily translate into higher quality…
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Portfolio on a Budget: Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging platform similar to WordPress in some ways, but without the hassle of a content management system. You have less control over how your portfolio site looks and functions, though there are many themes for you to choose from. If you are just looking for a straightforward way to upload your images…