So I am really disppointed being a designer, I am hardly making $1K per month as a freelance graphic designer with more than 5 yeears of experience. Still I am unable to make a good income. What advice would you give ?

  • Whole-SpiritualBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Maybe you need to learn to sell b2b style.

    DM me some example work? I need a designer.

  • pentaclayBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Hello,

    I would love to see your portfolio. It doesn’t matter how many years of experience you do have, it’s how much you grew, what are your skills, how are you positioning yourself.

    Try posting on X, LinkedIn, Dribbble, and Behance. Let me know what methods are you trying to showcasing your work?

  • dabidoeBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I think you have to look at things for a more global aspect:
    Who is going to pay you, and why should they?
    What existing contacts can I mine for customers?
    What can I do to make more money, should I get hired by a bigger company?
    What can I do to be a better freelancer, get more customers for higher $?

    It’s hard dude. The freelance grind is very competitive and filled with lots of bullshit. Don’t beat yourself up. Developing the bullshit side of business (getting customers, charging $) is not fun for creative types (I’m in video) but it’s what actually pays the bills.

  • quiteNotSureWhatBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Build your portfolio to ra eally high level quality and charge more!

  • travelguy23BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Being a good designer doesn’t matter. Being good at getting sales is what counts.

  • Ho_Pack_HoBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Graphic design is going to be tough and it’s only going to get tougher the more people start using AI.

    How’s your English and phone voice? If it’s good you could make more by doing sales or recruiting phone calls.

    If you’re more of a behind the scenes person I would try and learn some programming. Your design experience would be useful for the frontend but backend developers are more in demand at the moment.

  • Seneschal21BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Honestly you can make more money as an entry level employee at Amazon

  • Dazzle___BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    How about approaching clients using an unorthodox way. As I read you are a meta ads desinger. Follow these steps:

    Go to ads library Search in a general keyword like “dentist” You will see thousands of ads creatives Skim through and find odd looking or single ad creatives that are not appealing and most probably the ads aren’t working for the owner You make a better version of ad creative for them, send them a message

    Do it for like a 50 people in a month. You will surely get clients of it.

  • BenHancomBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The number one thing is to learn how to market yourself if you can market yourself you can increase your income.