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i used to think i need better work to land better clients
more polish
more awards
better portfolio
turns out i was wrong
some of my highest paying clients didn’t come because i was the best designer
they came because i got their problem fast
i explained things in a way that made sense
and they trusted me
meanwhile i’ve seen way better designers struggle to charge even half
clients don’t care about “best design”
they care about feeling sure about you
soft skills make you money
rest is noise
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Why does presenting finished work online sometimes feel harder than finishing the work itself?
You finish the project
Then comes the part where you need to show it
And somehow, it becomes its own complex unpaid project
I recently ran a small survey among designers, and a lot of people mentioned the same things:
✦ wanting to use motion, but not having motion design skills
✦ having to reinvent the presentation format every time
✦ feeling like the work doesn't look online as good as it should
So apparently, it's not only my personal designer drama
I've been thinking about this a lot lately because I'm building something around it. Something for designers who want their work to look good online without turning every post into a full production
Do you struggle with this too, or have you already found your system?
I find this very funny because i recently rounded up a project and i'm currently thinking about how to post
The issues from my pov are where to begin so i start looking for inspiration, thinking about captions and ultimately doubt (is the post gonna do well or not)
I didn't start freelancing to make money. I started to get better.
That's the honest truth behind 24Seven Design.
No team. No safety net.
Just me, my craft, and every project pushing me further than the last.
When you're solo, every problem is yours to solve.
Every pixel is yours to own.
Every mistake is yours to learn from.
That's lonely. I won't sugarcoat it.
Some days it's just you, your screen, and silence.
No watercooler talk. No team wins.
But that's exactly where growth lives.
In the reps nobody sees.
I'm not building an agency.
I'm building myself.
The money follows the craft.
Not the other way around.
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