are you overlooking these three essential
points I think every professional
graphic designer needs
what's up people Tom back again with another
graphic design tips video today three
graphic designer essentials to success I think you need
as a professional designer
a quick heads up before we start however
this thursday is going to be speed art
video as usual but on the sunday i'll
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haven't already when I talk about
essentials to success as a graphic
designer i'm referring to three tools
you must be utilizing if you want to
succeed and Excel as a professional
graphic designer you may be even looking
one or more of these essentials so today
I may be helping you bring your
attention to them and then in the
process making your expressive design
workflow better the first graphic design
is essential to success is to have a
portfolio website some would argue that
you don't need a website due to social
media being able to promote your work by
having a unique portfolio website solely
based around your own work does wonders
for you and your image as a special
designer not only is it a convenient to
send the URL to potential clients and
success all of your best work in one
place but it simply looks professional
if you utilize your website can do a lot
of traffic to your way and there's
potential clients I myself saw a boost
in the amount of projects and clients I
was able to work on and with one side
established my own portfolio website and
I'm sure you will do too if you don't
already have one you can pick up a URL
for next to nothing from places such as
Hostgator to shop around on there and
see what you can find bill main ways for
your own needs as far as you go to
website goes itself have to admit I have
a hatred for coding a website design in
general a trade at once in the
University and it infuriated me to no
end
so for my portfolio website i turned to
Squarespace I made my portfolio website
there it was easy enough and considering
i had next to no skills a website design
you can turn that pretty good the course
is fairly low as well and there are a
variety of other places you can design
your own websites on a side to the
squarespace alternatively you can hire
someone to design website for you if
you've got the money whichever way you
do it I consider it an absolute
essential success or any professional
graphic designer to have a portfolio
website my second point is social media
presence as I mentioned earlier website
is great to showcase your works and
having a social media presence is also
vital to success as a graphic designer
firstly few active on social media and
you're going to spread the word of your
business and who you are you see
relevant social media groups hashtags
and discussions really helps to solidify
your place within a design community 9
is that you seem more human rather than
a faceless corporate entity which is
great for appealing to potential clients
they want to invest in something they
can relate to and trust and if you have
a strong social media presence I can be
achieved your portfolio website and
social media presents are interconnected
you can draw people to your website via
social media you can post your social
media accounts on your website
my last point is one of the letter
talked about points and when considering
a sensual success as a professional
graphic designer and it relates to
client referrals if you work on
freelance web sites as I do myself I
still works on people for our from time
to time cosi a project that's going to
be worth my time on these types of
website you automatically have a rating
and previous clients comments and
referrals so as of now I have 81 reviews
from past client and i'm ninety-nine
percent ratings which i'm really proud
of this is all well and good but you
want to have it your own client
referrals on your portfolio website why
well when the potential client sees your
work as in there it's actually your work
they don't they're going to interest you
as a designer with their money in their
time they need to feel secure and that
you're going to be the right person for
the job if you have real reviews an
actual client as well as maybe contact
info on your website this will help
offer anybody who's interested in using
you security and peace of mind so simply
shoot an email to the client who's
worked with in the past ask them kindly
they don't mind writing a couple of
sentences while your projects you worked
on together and possibly providing
contact information or you put a 30
website trust me it really helps
so did you find my 3 graphic design
essential to success list helpful
do you agree with no points and I've raised
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