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-sorry for being anonymous. I though I'd be comfortable being honest when I am anonymous. -The only calim that might sway you is that I am in financial trouble.

-sorry for being anonymous. I though I'd be comfortable being honest when I am anonymous. -The only calim that might sway you is that I am in financial trouble. But I stated it so you may understand my situation. -I know I made baseless claims, the best I can do is to ask you to take my word for it and give some advice. -If you need to contact me my email is iamfahadk@gmail.com.

jacquesm 17y ago
Ok, so here is some straight up advice: - put up a couple of links with stuff that you have done on a page somewhere (the start of a portfolio), if you have not done it for customers then show your own work. After all, if you say you can do it better show you can do it better. - state who you are and where you can be reached. You're looking at entering in to a business relationship, that works best if everybody knows who they are dealing with. - find small jobs. If you're really that hard up you have no interest in finding major redesigns simply because the turnaround time (and hence the time when you can send a bill) is long, smaller work is also easier to estimate, which is part art and part science, you need experience first to be able to estimate larger jobs. - don't advertise that you are hard up, if you do you hollow out your own negotiation position, you are basically asking to be exploited (it also makes you seem weak and unprofessional), I take your word for it, please take mine that this is not the best way to present yourself. - get yourself - with your portfolio - listed on all the designer job sites out there and make a competitive offer whenever someone approaches you - spend time that you don't have work - yet - on honing your skills I hope this helps you to get a foot on the ground somehow. edit: a while ago somebody here posted a link to a bunch of job boards for freelancers and designers: http://acrisdesign.com/2009/08/hello-world/ http://acrisdesign.com/2009/08/hello-world/

jacquesm 17y ago

Ok, so here is some straight up advice: - put up a couple of links with stuff that you have done on a page somewhere (the start of a portfolio), if you have not done it for customers then show your own work. After all, if you say you can do it better show you can do it better. - state who you are and where you can be reached. You're looking at entering in to a business relationship, that works best if everybody knows who they are dealing with. - find small jobs. If you're really that hard up you have no interest in finding major redesigns simply because the turnaround time (and hence the time when you can send a bill) is long, smaller work is also easier to estimate, which is part art and part science, you need experience first to be able to estimate larger jobs. - don't advertise that you are hard up, if you do you hollow out your own negotiation position, you are basically asking to be exploited (it also makes you seem weak and unprofessional), I take your word for it, please take mine that this is not the best way to present yourself. - get yourself - with your portfolio - listed on all the designer job sites out there and make a competitive offer whenever someone approaches you - spend time that you don't have work - yet - on honing your skills I hope this helps you to get a foot on the ground somehow. edit: a while ago somebody here posted a link to a bunch of job boards for freelancers and designers: http://acrisdesign.com/2009/08/hello-world/ http://acrisdesign.com/2009/08/hello-world/