Freelance Graphic Designer
Welcome to part five of the Stay True Project Series – the final installment!
In previous parts of the series I discussed how I brought the Stay True idea to life (i), created the Kickstarter project (ii), printing & production of the products (iii), fulfilling customer orders & shipping (iv), and now is the time I go over how I showcase my products for sale.
Now let’s jump into how I put my products online and started making sales!Continue Reading
Welcome to part two of the five part Stay True Project series!
I’d like to talk numbers and share the details behind my experience creating the Stay True Kickstarter project.
Let’s jump into how I planned and created the Kickstarter Project!Continue Reading
I’m a huge believer that learning from experience is one of the best ways, and let me tell you – I’ve learned a lot from taking The Stay True Project from conception to reality.
I’ve never gone past the stage of producing a design at this level, let alone selling it and fulfilling customer orders.
This is all brand new to me and I’m learning as I go. I want to talk numbers and share the details of my experience.
Feel free to ask any questions along the way, and I’ll do my best to answer.
Let’s start with how it all began…Continue Reading
Last week I was interviewed by the online blog, Freelance Unleashed. I hope you enjoy it!
Here’s just a few questions with my responses to get you started:
To make a long story short – I started teaching myself web and graphic design freshman year of high school. A friend and I had a comic and cartoon animation series that we wanted to share with the world. So what started out as rough sketches turned into digital painting, graphic design, animation, and then web design. At that point I was teaching myself everything (Google became one of my best friends). I enjoyed the excitement of learning and creating all by myself.
Moving onto my last two years of high school, I attended a technical career center half-day for interactive media. In this course I had the opportunity to do a few client websites pro bono – and this was when I realized that I could make money with what I loved to do!
The most frequently asked question I see on forums or am asked from freelancers just starting out is, “How do you find clients?”
Finding clients is definitely one of the biggest struggles in the freelance world, but it’s only as difficult as you make it out to be.
There are many great articles on generating client leads, but here’s the true secret to finding new clients… And it’s not even really a secret:
