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You can be busy and still feel stuck. That is the uncomfortable truth most designers avoid. In this episode, I break down what actually makes a designer fully booked and why so many talented freelance designers stay busy but unstable. We talk about the difference between random d ...  Show more

Your portfolio can be beautiful and still fail to convert. I see this all the time with talented designers who are doing great work but attracting the wrong clients or no clients at all. In this episode, I walk through why most design portfolios do not work, what clients are actu ...  Show more

<h1>Have you tried downselling to win over design clients?</h1>

Building client relationships is one of, if not the most important thing you can do as a designer. One of the best ways to build relationships is by downselling to your design clients.

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Welcome back to another insightful episode of Resourceful Designer, where today's message is all about the art of engagement over trivial chatter. I'm your host, Mark Des Cotes, and in episode 341 we dive deep into the importance of engaging more and talking less. We explore how ...  Show more

When first starting in graphic or web design, firing a client may seem like a foreign concept. After all, isn't the whole point of building a business to increase your number of clients, not reduce it? But money is money, and as long as clients pay, they're worth ha ...

Ask any designer, and they'll tell you that their number one way of landing new design clients is through word-of-mouth referrals.

If you do an excellent job on a client's project, there's a good chance they'll pass your name along should they hear ...