25 thoughts on “Marketing Yourself as a Web Designer

  • July 10, 2013 at 4:32 pm
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    Thanks Mike, as always

  • July 10, 2013 at 6:45 pm
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    Fantastic advice as always.

  • July 10, 2013 at 9:46 pm
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    Excellent Video! Thank You Mike! I was a”Internet Marketer” that charged
    too much at the very beginning before having a website up. I also didn’t
    have the discipline I needed to sustain my business. I focused more on sexy
    SEO then building websites for customers, even to the point of telling
    folks I didn’t like building websites.I now work for a Rent A Car making
    12.46 an hour, working 50h weeks. Just got married so I can’t quite, but I
    have a few customers I need to complete sitesfor.ne.tips?

  • July 10, 2013 at 10:52 pm
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    thanks for great video ! again 🙂

  • July 11, 2013 at 1:50 am
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    Make, i am not an very cheesy person but i would make an exception just
    saying that “you are my hero” and also one of my biggest inspiration in my
    journey of becoming an successful freelancer. Wish the best.

  • July 11, 2013 at 3:36 am
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    Thanks advice bro…

  • July 11, 2013 at 3:42 am
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    Mike thanks for the tip,really helpful. BTW, just want to ask, besides
    adobe fireworks, do you also teach how to create web design mock ups using
    adobe photoshop? thanks again and more power m/

  • July 11, 2013 at 4:46 am
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    A tip on blogging that I learned from Amy Porterfield is to sit down with a
    calendar…maybe 3 months at a time… and plan your topics all at once.
    This way if you plan to post every Friday, then you will know in advance
    what your topic will be and you’ll have time to prepare for it and won’t be
    struggling last minute with what to post about.

  • July 11, 2013 at 12:45 pm
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    i am your big fan sir …. i am an web designing student ur fb i.d.

  • July 12, 2013 at 6:42 pm
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    weird, every time I choose one of your videos it correlates to what I’m
    actually doing at my computer. Right now I’m getting business cards on
    vistaprint lol.

  • July 12, 2013 at 6:42 pm
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    ARE YOU REALLY GOD? LOL

  • July 12, 2013 at 6:58 pm
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    Some topic ideas: 1. How to pitch your services to your first potential
    client. 2. After you bought your name (dot) com, what you should have on
    the website as a new UX Designer, that will help you land a job or possible
    clients for freelancing. 3. How to rewrite your resume or things that
    should be included on a resume if you are making a career change into UX
    Design.

  • July 14, 2013 at 10:13 pm
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    What kind of camera setup are you using when making these videos?

  • July 15, 2013 at 5:00 am
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    Good advice on offline methods, it’s always nice to have these ideas
    reiterated by someone. I myself prefer to brand a company name rather than
    my own name. I believe society is more used to dealing with business and
    its name rather than a person when seeking services.

  • July 29, 2013 at 3:44 pm
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    The analogous colors in this video are just gorgeous. As per the topic of
    the video, I recommend Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro for more.

  • August 1, 2013 at 12:40 am
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    More videos please. I know you have a family, a full-time job, and an
    online business… but come on now… how can you not post video content
    for 3 weeks. #wassupwitdat Maybe you could record a lot of content in one
    day and just post at least once per week on youtube

  • August 2, 2013 at 12:44 am
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    my advice for them.. come up with a new idea… there’s no room for
    freelance web designers any more

  • August 6, 2013 at 8:03 pm
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    Mike, Please help me out. I’m currently enrolled in the Art Institute of RD
    as a web design student but I want seriously considering changing majors to
    game art and development. I want to know what you think about this.

  • August 11, 2013 at 11:23 am
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    Hi tanks of all you videos they are great. i have question…if you have
    two career …i am designer and also musician can i promote both at the
    same level and time? what do you reccomend?

  • August 24, 2013 at 12:19 am
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    Good stuff.

  • September 21, 2013 at 10:29 am
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    This guy is a real gold mine on YouTube for those who want to become Web
    designers. 

  • October 24, 2013 at 12:22 am
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    I think if you have the skills and a place to display them like a portfolio
    site you can still do well. You still gotta find a way to put yourself out
    there. A photo speaks a thousand words so use them to your advantage. If
    you cant get out in the real world you can still get out in the online
    world. Best of luck!

  • October 24, 2013 at 12:23 am
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    Really trying to step up my marketing endeavors. Thanks for the motivation.

  • October 24, 2013 at 12:25 am
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    I’d promote them separately. You should have a musician site which displays
    your talent and availability and such as well as a designer site to detail
    the design talent. Creating musician websites could be a great niche for
    you as well and can use the fact that your a musician to promote that. My
    thoughts 🙂

  • November 16, 2013 at 4:05 pm
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    hi im not a newbie in a code but my big problems is the visual design BTW
    thanks for this video michael, if somebody give me a link in web designing
    i appreciate it much thanks and godbless
    

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