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Articles

5 Ways To Get New Clients Now

Just last week a friend of mine gave me a call. “Help! I’m almost out of work! And I need some new clients! If I don’t get any – I could be flipping burgers for a living instead of doing design.”

“How can I get some new clients into my business – fast?”

Let me tell you how…

6 ways to optimize your internet marketing

Is your internet marketing set up to help you get
the highest results possible? Find out what you can do to
improve the performance of your internet marketing…

Now's the time to invest in some very profitable changes for your design business

For any investor to be happy with their investments, they have to see progress. That means when they compare where they currently are NOW to where they started, they can see growth. Progress.

That’s the approach you should be taking when it comes to your design business. And the New Year is as good a time as any to do that…

6 Ways to get the most money out of your design projects

(Or – How to stop the money-sucking, time wasting vampires from sucking the profitability out of your work)

Have you ever been in a situation where a once profitable job turned into a money-sucking nightmare?

If you’ve been in business for a while, you know what I’m talking about. And if you don’t, you will – eventually.

How to Charge More Money for Your Graphic Design Services

What’s one of the quickest and easiest ways to charge more money for your creative services?

The answer to that question (believe it or not) is an easy one – differentiate your services from other designers and design firms. But “How” you’re asking? I’ll tell you…

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6 Ways to Win More Work with Proposals and Quotes

Have you ever been in a competitive situation with other designers or design firms where you needed to pre-sell your services (and your approach) in order to be awarded the project?

What’s the secret to getting the edge over your competitor? I’ll tell you…

How to get a Higher Response from your Current Marketing Efforts

Are you getting the results from your mailings that you want?
Do you have a marketing machine that delivers you a CONSISTENT and PREDICTABLE response every time you use it?

Or is your marketing machine currently ‘broken’?

11 Steps to Better Networking for the Graphic Designer

What kind of emphasis do you put on networking in your business?

Networking is a very important part of almost any business and it’s no different in the design business. In fact, I have generated thousands of dollars of revenue for my business with this one strategy alone. It’s a powerful approach to build any business, and it’s one that can keep continuous work coming into your business year after year.

How to Ignite Higher Sales

Have you ever placed an ad or created a promo piece for your business hoping for great results (mainly for the phone to ring off the wall) only to find that you were hugely disappointed with the outcome?

Do you know why some marketing efforts are so successful while others aren’t worth the paper they are printed on?