108 Landing a $29,000 Branding Project - How ...

The word freelance sounds harmless, but it carries more weight than most designers realize. In this episode, I break down why calling yourself a freelance designer can cap your income, how clients subconsciously interpret that label, and what shifts when you start positioning you ...  Show more

Five figure design projects do not close because you explained your value better or added more deliverables. They close because the structure of the business makes the decision feel safe. In this episode, I walk you inside my twenty five thousand dollar design projects and break ...  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 ...