Posts by Kady Sandel
How to Get Freelance Clients on Social Media with Dot Lung
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! In this episode, guest expert Dot Lung joins Kady Sandel to share how freelance brand, web, and graphic designers can leverage social media to attract high-paying clients. Tired of getting a smattering of likes on your posts, but no $10k clients in your inbox? Learn the…
Read MoreClient Red Flags to Watch For
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! We’ve all had them: the design client who wants to pay “in exposure,” who asks their entire family for opinions on your logo design, who complains about all their previous designers… In today’s episode, Kady Sandel shows you the freelance client red flags to watch for,…
Read MoreHow to Get a Design Client Tomorrow
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! Looking to grow your freelance design business ASAP? In this episode, Kady Sandel shares her simple 2-step strategy to help you to land freelance graphic, brand, and web design clients in the short term – like tomorrow. Listen to the episode here: Spotify – Apple Podcasts …
Read MoreMy 5 Biggest Freelance Marketing Mistakes
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! You already know that branding and design are important… but how important are they to your own freelance design business? In this episode, Kady Sandel shows you the strategy of what your own logo, designs, colors, and fonts need to look like to attract high-paying brand, web,…
Read MoreWhat Does a $10K Month Look Like?
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! In today’s episode, we talk numbers: specifically, the math of how you can get to a $10k month as a freelance graphic, brand, or web designer. Kady Sandel breaks down the numbers of how you can create a six figure design business in a way that…
Read MoreHow to Brand Your Design Business
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! You already know that branding and design are important… but how important are they to your own freelance design business? In this episode, Kady Sandel shows you the strategy of what your own logo, designs, colors, and fonts need to look like to attract high-paying brand, web,…
Read MoreHow to Build a Graphic Design Portfolio Before You Have Clients
Maybe you’re ready to leave your 9-to-5 and start your own freelance graphic design career. Your first stop needs to be setting up your website, so your new clients will be able to see your amazing portfolio, right?! Oh, you’re saying you need clients to have portfolio projects to put in your portfolio? And…
Read MoreDesign Skills vs. Business Skills: Which Do You Need?
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! How good of a designer do you need to be before you can sign freelance clients? Will improving your design skills help you grow your business? If you feel like you’re constantly improving your portfolio and doing sketches, but STILL not catching the interest of high-paying clients…
Read More10 Tips to Boost Your Confidence as a Designer
Confidence is something ever freelance graphic designer needs. But what is it and how do you get more of it? Wouldn’t it be great if practical lessons in how to have confidence were part of our education? Maybe you have friends who exude confidence. You really wish you could feel like that. And…
Read MoreHow Much I Charge as a Designer
Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast! In Episode 9, Kady Sandel takes you behind the scenes of her pricing journey as a freelance designer: from doing projects for free, to charging $65 for a logo on Craigslist, to charging $18,000 for a branding package within just a few years. This is our…
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