How Did You Find Your First Clients and Build Momentum?

How Did You Find Your First Clients and Build Momentum?How Did You Find Your First Clients and Build Momentum?

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Jayme Volstad

pro

• Oct 9

I am actually super interested to hear how everyone here got their first clients! Was it selling “products” or “services?” If so what did you start with, how did you find your groove? Advertising showcase pieces? Gaining visibility with contests? I am super interested to hear how y’all started and got to where you are now!

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Lepisov Branding

pro

• Oct 16

Figma Football An unofficial football concept inspired by Figma and its visual language.

The ball was created using a custom 3D generator I built in ChatGPT, with animated interface icons and graphics developed with Claude.

Part design experiment, part exploration of how custom AI-powered tools can become part of the creative process.

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Mykola Malyhin

pro

• Oct 16

The interface icons translate surprisingly well into a football identity.

Seadhna Treacy

pro

• Oct 16

This is wild to me! I have worked so hard to build this profile and it just goes to show that you really do get out what you put in. Work has really picked up since I worked on my discovery score and the right clients seem to be finding their way to me. Couldn't be happier.

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Naim Islam

• Oct 17

Congrats on Top 1% — that's huge! 193 is wild. If you don't mind sharing, what moved the needle most for your discovery score? Was it profile completion, case studies, or just consistent posting? Trying to build mine from scratch right now.