How to make money on design?

Ppsolution said:

you can start off from freelancing sites like upwork or fiverr and others in like manner and you will be surprise on what will come out of it

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vavoweb said:

I tried, on UpWork it is extremely hard to get a job, Fiverr also.

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Geekfo said:

Did you promote your Upwork link to your previous client or fiver in order to get some recommandation ?

Otherwise, try to get 1 or 2 free jobs to get some feedbacks in exchhange on a full testimonial

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codemaker said:

Make a simple, static, free website on GitHub as your portfolio. It does help a lot having one! Send it along with your proposals.

If you need help with writing proposals on upwork - ask here, I'll give you few points (I'm not native English speaker, but I'm working mainly iwth USA/UK/CA clients - and my proposals are doing great).

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tomkos1234 said:

Fiverr is saturated. For me, a good option will be to find out clients by mailing or search offers job on job boards.

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vavoweb said:

If you could help, I will be much grateful.

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• Obv look at categories that you fit in.
• Make sure that you have selected good categories in your profile (you're limited to 8, it is very important that you have right ones, cuz when client creates a job posting - he have an option to select categories - and if he is doing invites - first one to be shown are with categories that he selected; check big design profiles and select the same)
• When you find a decent job posting title - ignore content - scroll down to the ratings.
  
• Check for client's name in reviews (and use it in proposal - start with it, sign that you spent your time doing research, and you're not bot)
• Ask questions about a job in proposal - even if it's something simple - just ask it, to look more interested in job.
• Send portfolio
• Point them to check your profile and portfolio/history on profile again - if you don't have any history - don't be afraid to say that - send a note that you're just starting and you'd be happy to have them as first clients
• Be honest and bill how it is (if you're working per hour)
• Include your working hours and chat/call availability (more important then you can think of)
• Do not include any external contacts except you're asked for (like skype, telegram, slack or email)
• Do not be pushy
• Do not take projects that you can't finish for any reason (timeline, personal life, schedule) - REMEMBER reputation is important on freelance platforms
• Do not beg - no1 likes it
• Note that you'll give them X hours/week for training if needed or calls for free.
• Try to avoid clients from Pakistan, India, eastern EU, focus on USA/UK/CA/AU/DE clients.
  
  
  Every time you talk with (potential) clients set yourself in their skin. That doesn't mean to tell them what they want to hear, that means to be fair and realistic.
  Trust me - no1 is going to hate you or rate you bad cuz you can't do something, but you'll get a big ass negative review if you promise something that you can't deliver.
  
  If this doesn't work - rethink your wage set on profile - lower it a bit and try again. Before doing it - check your competition, in your country. Also, in the last update we've got an option to see how many people (and who) looked at profile - could give a few hints.

codemaker said:

• Obv look at categories that you fit in.
• Make sure that you have selected good categories in your profile (you're limited to 8, it is very important that you have right ones, cuz when client creates a job posting - he have an option to select categories - and if he is doing invites - first one to be shown are with categories that he selected; check big design profiles and select the same)
• When you find a decent job posting title - ignore content - scroll down to the ratings.
  
• Check for client's name in reviews (and use it in proposal - start with it, sign that you spent your time doing research, and you're not bot)
• Ask questions about a job in proposal - even if it's something simple - just ask it, to look more interested in job.
• Send portfolio
• Point them to check your profile and portfolio/history on profile again - if you don't have any history - don't be afraid to say that - send a note that you're just starting and you'd be happy to have them as first clients
• Be honest and bill how it is (if you're working per hour)
• Include your working hours and chat/call availability (more important then you can think of)
• Do not include any external contacts except you're asked for (like skype, telegram, slack or email)
• Do not be pushy
• Do not take projects that you can't finish for any reason (timeline, personal life, schedule) - REMEMBER reputation is important on freelance platforms
• Do not beg - no1 likes it
• Note that you'll give them X hours/week for training if needed or calls for free.
• Try to avoid clients from Pakistan, India, eastern EU, focus on USA/UK/CA/AU/DE clients.
  
  
  Every time you talk with (potential) clients set yourself in their skin. That doesn't mean to tell them what they want to hear, that means to be fair and realistic.
  Trust me - no1 is going to hate you or rate you bad cuz you can't do something, but you'll get a big ass negative review if you promise something that you can't deliver.
  
  If this doesn't work - rethink your wage set on profile - lower it a bit and try again. Before doing it - check your competition, in your country. Also, in the last update we've got an option to see how many people (and who) looked at profile - could give a few hints.

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vavoweb said:

I think UpWork is ruined by a price war with India people.

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codemaker said:

It is 70% of the time, but you can still land a decent job. Fiver got a hit badly, upwork is still ok.

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vavoweb said:

Okay. You know any other place than UpWork and Fiverr also that I should give a try?

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vavoweb said:

Hey.

Maybe once again.

I've got a lot of experience in graphic design, mostly in UI/UX, Landing pages, ads, photo manipulation, t-shirt designs, etc.

Any tips how to gather clients, traffic or something? I've got 1k dollars to spend on anything. I do not have knowledge in SEO, I have some knowledge on YouTube, I have a good microphone + voice.

But I think design niche on YT is very hard. Any tips how to start? Or maybe other niche can be gathered by myself?

I thought about PoD, but how to get clients to my designs then.

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Social Sparrow said:

why you didn't try our BHW market place section.
upgrade your account (90$) start new BST on Misc section (30$)
investment just only - 120$

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vavoweb said:

Because I do not know what type of service should I list, website, or promo graphics etc and also how to price it. And I am also curious if anyone would be interested in my services

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