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Key Points

  • How to grow your design income through passion projects.
  • Showcasing your interests and a variety of skills on your portfolio website.
  • How to grow your client network in your local area as a freelance graphic designer.
  • Organizing your design portfolio website to showcase the value you bring to your clients.

To Think On

  • What is your goal as a designer? Would you like a full-time role that is more secure with potentially less variety? Or would you like to continue working for yourself and work on growing your business?
  • When building your portfolio case studies, what are the key responsibilities that were most valuable to the client? Shift your focus from quality of output to value of delivered the solution.

Actionable

  • Consider switching your portfolio website platform from Squarespace to better work for you.
  • Organize your portfolio website by client campaigns and build rich in-depth case studies that showcase all of the deliverables created and how you worked with the client.

References

  • Framer -My favorite portfolio website builder for 2023.
  • ReadyMag - Another great option for designers to build interactive and engaging portfolio websites.
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