Hey GDF Family! I am new around these parts and I wanted to post a question to all you awesome design masters. I will briefly introduce myself so as to make the answer as easy as possible to formulate: I am in my 40’s, design part time as its not lucrative for me yet, have a one man band I naïvely …

[image] JohnBlack: I literally find it easier to cold call or speak to a absolute stranger in their business than make my own strategy You initially asked how to get clients, and you just answered your own question.

I hear you, this is why I am here, locally businesses are doing bad, closing, trust issues for “home freelancers” vs design houses, and lack of funds to pay me on time or at all… I guess I should have named it: “how to get better paying clients in this bad economy” :thinking: Its just hard for sma…

Thank you so much for your feedback the system made me wait a day to respond. I appreciate the wise words.

I thank all of you, I will digest all the information on here and if any of you ever need a hand on a project or something I can do to help please let me know!

[image] JohnBlack: Could I possibly post some of my work on here and have you veteran designers decide if I have what it takes or hang my gloves up? That would be great. There’s a section on the forum called Crit Pit that’s precisely for that. [image] JohnBlack: Thank you so much for you…

Wow what an honor. I would love to! Thank you so much. Yeah I can give or take advice or opinions and feedback on stuff. I will post some of my junk in the crit section to see whst ya’ll think of it. I don’t see my self as a master or amazing designer, im very lazer focused and perfectionist when I…

In my 50-years as a creative professional (15 years working for other companies as an employee and 35-years in my own company/ad agency) I found that I might convert one out of ten cold calls, but 9 out of 10 referrals. Referrals worked best. Second was word-of- mouth. Another great source was havi…

Amazing. Yes I agree. I don’t have any decent sized clients and they “say they referred me to such and such…” but never actually gotten any referrals. Its mostly logos for 50-200$ or once 6 months a $500-1000 brand book including logos and strategy. I need to get my foot in the door with some when…

Let me ask you, when you say salespeople, how would you make these contacts? Tradeshows and local meetups? Or was there another format to meet these folks?

[image] JohnBlack: $500-1000 brand book including logos and strategy. What framework do you use for your strategy sessions?

PLEASE HELP! how do you find design leads?

JohnBlack March 24, 2022, 1:51am 36

Ok crew, here is the link to the crit-pit post of my portfolio…

scurries to corner and commences nailbiting franticly

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How do you get logo design clients?