I've got some super important advice to help designers who want to make a successful career
the first a crucial advice is to try and pick up a coding language I know I know I know it's such
a headache and it can be a hassle but here's how it's going to be so vital and so powerful
to you if you can design Graphics then cool but if you can code then you have yourself a killer
combination that's going to be so appealing to employers not only that but if you are a
freelancer or you run your own business you now have way more potential projects to work on if
you can also code I regret not being able to code but then again I've already done and achieved what
I want to achieve in this graphic design space say for example you want to make a really elevated and
a unique portfolio website you cannot really do that with templates and web Builders so you
probably have to hire someone to code the website for you which costs time and costs money but if
you can code you will have complete control over the project literally so many doors open
up to you as a designer and a creative if you can code not to mention that the design world
is heading towards a more algorithm-based kind of industry and you can be at the Forefront of that
if you have the ability to code some languages I like and think are useful would be JavaScript
Python and PHP next if I was starting out in this graphic design industry today or I was actually
just rising up in the industry I would for sure take some courses on marketing and business the
design side of things is only half of the game and dare I say maybe less than half what really
earns you money as a graphic designer is the ability to Market to sell and also the just the
business side of things in general it's no use having just freelance website accounts or being
on social media you really need to learn how to influence people with your designs and marketing
and just become a kind of a master at it I'm not going to go into detail on this today because it's
truly a beast and it should require an entire video on on that subject alone but yeah check
out books like the ones you see on screen and also try and research some of the best courses
on marketing out there once you master marketing your entire mindset will actually change and you
will change your viewport and how you look at design industry the next thing I'm going to say
is something that so many people ignore or they just don't consider but actually it got me to 100
000 subscribers here on YouTube to a million subscribers and it got me to where I want to
be as a graphic designer having a plan and goal setting if you don't have something realistic
to aim for then you probably won't get far as a designer now it might sound to you simple or just
you know trivial not important but it couldn't be further from the truth the power of the mind
is so immense and if you give yourself goals to reach on a daily weekly monthly and annual
basis you will watch yourself work and strive for great things just think where you want to get as
a designer and then work out what you need to do to get there then translate that into a realistic
plan of action and one way I like to keep on track is making sure I'm in the zone when I'm designing
and often for me that means slapping on some of my favorite music and the people over at rasmine
sent me these awesome Walnut cupped headphones and by the way they're not sponsoring today's
video they just sent me a free pair to test out and try on video they really do get me in the
zone when I'm designing and that's mainly because of the passive noise cancellation technology that
it actually utilize the cups of the headphones really do fit snugly around my ears and so that
means after hours and hours of Designing a day I'm not left with an annoying ache around my ears or
my head also they come with a very neat case and a very neat box and also a silver plated upgraded
cable but yeah I do have a promo affiliate code which is Satori 20 and that will get you 20 off
the 99 Classics walnuts gold and walnut silver respectively but let's keep rolling because I have
some more important advice for Designing into the next decade my next advice is to diversify and to
have a plan B and plan C in my humble opinion it does make sense to have your fingers in multiple
different pies so to speak yeah and that is quite a weird English saying now I say it out
loud but it means that you should try and have multiple revenue streams and income sources but
you're looking to passive income opportunities and different ways to make money it's so risky
and unrealistic to put all of your eggs into one basket especially these days so look for ways
to diversify your income and create some real security for yourself as a designer you should
be trying to keep an eye on this wonderful world of design and how it's evolving and changing with
each passing year this is important so you stay relevant and you can pivot to keep on track for
example this new influx of artificial intelligence 80 Design This is going to become the norm and
so to keep up designers will have to get used to using AI now these are some of the most important
bits of advice that I personally have for anybody thinking about going into graphic design into the
next decade but if you want to learn a social media marketing strategy for your design career
just click a video on screen and until next time guys design your future today peace