Logo Design.......Help To Find Clients

99designs.com is a graphic design competition website. I believe it's owned by the same guys that own Flippa.

Offer your services free of charge to people you think will benefit.
Maybe ask for a small donation for the work completed.
Save up post an ad in warriors for hire.

What is your website? You can advertise your URL in your sig. I recommend you read forum rules before doing so.

Did you check Fiverr - Hire people to do things for $5

Start up a website offering design.

Then open up some special offers at the most popular forums offering good discounts on your service. For example at this forum in the warriors for hire section. <- lots of customers.

Start up at different service sites, like Fiverr <- lots of customers.

Then you can also start contacting local businesses. <- customers that will pay ALOT for the work.

If you want some extra money you can start joining freelance competitions, at for example freelancer.com or 99designs.com. <- quick good money if your design get picked.

Once you got some money rolling in, start paid advertising.

You can start up a gig on Fiverr.

There's a fair few of logo designers that always have a queue of orders on there... so there's definitely room for more designers and there's many buyers.

Unless you're looking for more profitable work.

It's a good idea to link to your weebly site in the description. Then people can see your example work and if you're good, you'll get flooded with orders.

Good luck!

- Trevor

For some local work, I would do two things I would offer your services on Craigslist. There are always people looking for stuff there. It does not hurt to put your content there. Next I would add a Gig on Fiverr.com and start creating several gigs. Look for businesses locally that have a logo that you can improve and or revamp and make a new one for. Do a FREE Design for them and show them the work. I would do it on youtube and then do a sceen recording. Then show them their new logo you created next to their old unattractive logo. If they like your work you are sure to get the job or they might refer you and recommend you.

Hope this helps

Cheers,


Alex

Hey Rob,
Why not edit your signature here on the WF.
Go to USER CP on top left to edit the signature.

Put in some text with what you are offering and a link to suggest people check out your designs.

Then set yourself a number of maybe 15 good quality posts a day here.

There you have it. Instant, free marketing.

use Fiverr, social networking sites like twitter and facebook for brand awareness.

I would start by making a page on Social networking sites, put some of your works, add some fans. Go on freelance , oDesk , Fiverr etc, it really depends on your skills. But the main thing you should do is to focus on a little portofolio, people will not order if they don't have a clear idea about your skills.

Use your signature to promote your site. If that is your original work in your profile, you're good enough to bid on projects at Elance.com and guru.com and other freelancing sites. 99 designs and Fiverr is for chumps who want to give their work away.

Pay $20 for a Warriors for Hire thread.

Forgot to mention that I got quite a few local clients from Craigslist for brochures, web work and catalogs.

There is good money in graphic design, but you have to be tactical with logo design as there are a LOT of logo design businesses out there selling some pretty decent work for really low prices.

If I were you, I'd start out by contacting web design businesses and asking them if they're interested in outsourcing any logo design work to you. Many web design businesses are always on the lookout for contractors. This is a really great way for you to get business - I do it myself with several SEO services.

Whatever route you go down, you will need references and real-world portfolio entries. Offer your services for free to charities and non-profits; especially new ones that may not have any kind of branding or identity yet.

Fiverr will be a good start for you, Also join every forum there is and open a thread.
Offer some logos for free at first and ask for reviews that will make your sells jump.

You can create a web presence so that your target clients can easily find you. You may also post your service on a free ads.

Start a small website with examples of your work and a way to contact you, a simple wordpress one will be just fine to start with.

Post a gig on fivver to make basic designs, that way you can get some sales and reviews of your work. Might be a little less that you would like but you gotta start somewhere.

Start branding yourself, set up facebook, twitter, youtube for your design bussiness. Post adds on craigslist and start driving traffic to your site.

I think stock logos is a pretty decent site you can check out, you can have your own portfolio there and join contests if you like. As far as I know they are pretty much on a high end level there that they may just ask you to remove your logos if they are not that good and sometimes they can even ask ban your account alltogether.

Great, see if you go to elance & search in design / multimedia section, you find this:

Graphic Design (988)
Logos (440)
Other - Design (436)

After you will filter each subcategory, you will be able to find more than 60% projects according to your expertise which is far better place than anything else. So keep yourself concentrated & keep your eyes open...

You can get clients at Forum Digital Point and Blackhat Forum as well.

Offer your service on fiverr.There are lots of graphic design who makes money from fiverr.Once you earned some money you can advertise your service.

You can probably try for freelancer. also some local directories to attract local clients.

Rob done my logo months ago.

I think he said he was starting up the business again soon.

My advice, and its not pretty...is say NO to freebies, spec work and other online avenues that don't pay you fairly for you time.
The internet has turned most things into commodities and that includes logos, printing, websites, etc. I say sell the value that comes with doing business with you and if they dont realize the value, explain it to them or move on to another client. Saying no is hard when you need clients but I find that if you use your intuition, you will thank yourself for walking away in the beginning than dealing with the nightmare they will become.

Differentiate yourself somehow and do something better than others in your area. I do logos and my minimum is $500. This includes a client consult, 3 concepts and a few revisions of one of the concepts. I position myself as if it were my company and interview the business owner to find out what the purpose of their business is and get a strong understanding of what their goals are. Collect deposit and hit the drawing board.

$500 @ $75 per hour is 6.5hrs. Factor in consults and revisions and it is easy to hit that mark. The $75hr comes from what I need to make (according to my business plan) to cover overhead and expenses, insurance, (time off) and all the other things that cost money to run a legitimate business. I am not working out of my moms basement and I have 3 kids to feed. I am in business to MAKE MONEY. PERIOD.

I hope this helps, sorry for the rant, but it is a tough market when everything is a commodity and people don't understand the value behind the creativity.

PS- Go to local networking events, meetups, etc and talk to business owners in person about their logos, design work and experiences with local designers. It will be invaluable. Show some genuine interest and you might even pick up a new client.