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Freelancing as a graphic designer is like painting your own canvas - every project a new masterpiece, every client a fresh inspiration.

love how real this guy is, no intro, straight to the point

30 years old, getting back into my love for design again. Life got in the way but now its time! Thank you for your insightful video!

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:13 Stick to a routine and schedule everything in your calendar 00:54 Do deep work in the mornings when you're most productive 01:22 Have multiple sources of income besides just client work 02:04 Save during good months so you have a cushion during slower months 02:30 Sell prints, assets, and other products as side income streams 03:40 Allocate time for administrative tasks besides just design work 04:35 Have an online portfolio to showcase your work 05:30 Diversify your social media presence beyond just Instagram 06:12 Post more than you consume on social media 06:55 Be selective and say no to projects that don't serve your goals 07:50 Make time for non-work activities to fuel creativity 08:46 Set boundaries between work and personal time 09:44 Nurture relationships with repeat clients 10:13 Set aside time for personal creative projects

As a graphic design student, I want to do side job these days and start my own brand.. I am not totally perfect or great but still want to achieve something. Anyway, Thanks a lot❤You helps me so much. Just direct to the point✨

I'm seriously so grateful for your content especially your podcasts...being able to hear conversations with bigger designers and what they learned isn't something anyone can do in real life often 😂 thank you Jesse 🤙🏽

10 months of freelance and your giving advice on the level of people who are in the industry for a decade. I am new to freelancing and it was soothing to hear good advice, thank you for taking the time to make this.

Say Yes to Non Work Things. This one resonated with me, Im actually more driven and creative whenever I go out and spend time with my friends and family. Thanks Jesse new subscriber here

Very helpful tips! Always come to your channel whenever I need guidance for graphic design,

This is the 1st time I've seen your video (thank you KZfaq algorithm) and I really appreciate what you've done here. As a freelancer for the 1st year myself I resonated with all a lot of those points you've mentioned already. Thanks so much for sharing :)

Would love to see a video on how to start selling prints! Your videos have been super helpful

love the content jesse, you get right into it and are really direct, I also appreciate the b roll shots of you doing stuff because it's more entertaining and hard to get bored!

Very inspiring. Thank you so much!

Great video, thanks for sharing man.

really good and constructive advice, thanks!

Great content. It's like diary of a graphic designer. Seriously, every grad should watch this!

you seem like a great human bean, thank you for sharing your perspective

Thank you for this advice!! I just subscribed! I'm trying to enter the freelancer, more digital ground of graphic designing and I'll take it day by day 🌻

This video is extremely helpful and digestible. TYSM

I study architecture but thanks to ADHD, thinks are going at its best (horrible). I hae been trying to find out what kind of a work and lifestyle I want and here you are giving me all the tips and tricks all at once in a few videos. Thank you brother for sharing insights of your job and life. Definetelly helped and now at least I know what to look for. Subscribed. Love

Hey Jesse, I'm just getting into design and youtube recommended you. I just want to let you know I really enjoy your videos! :DDD

Learned a few new tricks and double-down on some of my current habits. Subscribing to you now, I’ve seen your work on other platforms before. Super sick to find you here. Let’s keep climbing this freelance mountain!!

Really sick Jesse! Love when people are transparent on how they work:)

I loved! amazing video. I found your channel some weeks ago and i am really enjoying your content

Bro love ur perspective

Another video for my favs playlist. This is one to revisit from time to time

Jesse I recently found your channel you have really enjoyable content. I am planning to go freelance with my sister; this video helped me so much thank you!

Yes. Definitely interested.

Extremely helpful and educational, as always! Thank you Jesse for you work!

Love ur videos

Jesse that was a good one !!!

As a soon to be college graduate for graphic design. nice to see ideas

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Jesse! Just discovered you. Love the content!

Thank you for the knowledge 🔥 I’m about to start my business and you are the first video I watched

Bro you give super dope advice, what blows me away is your youth. Im an old guy but your mentality is so on point! So I put these 3 month digital design campaigns together that sell like hot cakes. I give my client three folders at a time depending on there budgets. Let's say we give them a June, July and August folder and in each folder it has either 4 graphics ads or 8. I design them to fit on IG then a different size to fit on FB and other platforms depending on clients needs. I refuse to do the posting because in becomes a bit much. However with this your client gets to post on all platforms weekly and all I did was provide the content only. You must also help create the campaign specifics, so that all the ads have some value to the clients audience and are effective. I charge $120 per ad on the 4 graphics for each month or if they get 8 ads per mo, Ill cut a deal and lower cost per ad to $90 per ad. There is absolutely no cost involved just three to five days of hardcore design but do the math... Hope this can help someone! Thanks Jesse

it helped for me , Thanks

I like you man you noticed the important facts

After being a videographer for years I switched to being a freelance Graphic designer in 2022, love your channel I always get inspired

Very helpful video. Please do the side hustle video.

Glad I subscribed

your content has helped me so much as a freelancer!!

Great help 🙌🏼

Nice designs, bro. 👌

Great video

Thank you so much for this jesse !!! I appreciate and would really like to see the passive income video ideas

Nice! I recently started to punch the keys again on graphic design. It's been a few years sense I've been active in it, but I want to at some point open a business or just freelance. I would like for you to do a video on passive income jobs.

Much appreciated bro! great video, would love to see a video on passive incomes ideas!

Just subscribed and I'll make sure ill stick around till you reach a million subs ❤️

thank you bro

I like your stuff man 🙂

thanks for the helpful video!! :)

The thing is... I also write, and I get feedback from my highschool friends who used to read my stories out loud. We created an evergrowing universe of chatacters-- so its pretty easy for me to get into that flow. I've made animations of them and everything. I just have trouble knowing where to apply myself. Thats what I mainly struggle with.

Very helpful. Thanks for this. New subscriber

This was really good

great tips!!!!

i love this. New subscriber.

Lovely video! Can i ask what monitor you use for designing? your setup looks super cool

Very well 🎉

Great video man. I would be interested in hearing more about passive incomes for designers!

Very helpful

Im glad i clicked on this video. Ive had my graphic design business for about 15 years now. Im experiencing a huge burnout due to being pigeonholed into being a “flyer designer”. Flyer design is very time consuming and unfortunately keeps you at the 2500-3000 range which in this economy isnt shh*t. Im sort of struggling. To keep this up and not shut down. From this video, im seeing maybe i need more downtime and a bit of a break for a while. Great video man.

Hey Jesse, I really enjoyed your video and I would love to see a video made by you about passive income, please. Keep up the good work man !

Interested in hearing the possible side hustles for designers

THIS HITS HARD! I SPEND ALL MY TIME MKAING STUFF FOR INSTAGRAM!

i would love to see a video about different incomes as a graphic designer! :D

How did you get your first clients Jesse? Great video!

hello! jesse whats the name of the font you're using after the coffee. Was that" I CAN SEE EVERYTHING IN COLOR"? Thanks!

Oh, the irony! Just out on a walk listening to this. 😂 Great pointers, thank you for sharing.

I quit for a year n a half but I'm getting back into it

Solid.

Hi Jesse, I really enjoyed your video and I would love to see a video made by you about passive income!

Definitely interested in the passive income options

I am interested, just don’t know how or what to do to start

Great advice, greatly appreciated!! Would love to see the passive income video

Omg... the human bean thing, LOLOLOLOL

Thank you. just getting back into design. been away for awhile (at least 6yrs). Any recomondations on buying the suites. At first just need the basics like AI,PS, indesign. i cant believe coral draw is still out there. lol. any tips would be greatly appreciated. thanks. I am subscribed so i will be running through all your videos.

Can you list those asset selling sites?

Are your lips naturally that red?.

Pleasee😢, what's the name of the application that u use , to make logo or any graphic design...??

How do you find your first customers?

Definitely interested in hearing more about passive income

Did u do the passive income video

2:45 does this require marketing and other effort or do these platforms have enough users for them to drift to your shop on their own?

HI, i heard that print on demands are not really that profitable as the website got a big chuck of your profits, is that true?

Pls sir I wish to know more about freelance

if you cold DM a lot of people, try to connect, apply for jobs, everyday for 5 months, and nobody cares, does it mean that you suck as a designer? I find it really hard to land any projects lately, not sure what I'm missing, I have a website, a portfolio, a very great price for what I offer.. but nobody wants my services (?)

yes please make a video about passive income ideas

Hi I’m in a dilemma, so it’s my first year of college, currently I’m studying graphic design. Another college asked me if I want to transfer working the year and I could double major in marketing and graphic design, I wanted to know if marketing was a needed field because I would want to waste my time studying a different feild yet I would want to be an art director someday…. Any advise

I’m very interested in graphic design a very close friend runs a full time studio with local artist always booking, I want to be part of that too any tips on selling a product to local artist?

Hi, nice video :) won't mind seeing the passive income tips

How in blue blazes fo you make money doing this???

Man check in your website, in the section with the black note stuff. You have wrote blue note somewhere, check it. (if I am not wrong).

Also would love to hear your advice on the Instagram algorithm...its hard to stay motivated to post everyday for the 365 challenge if no one is seeing it😭 like are some ways to maximize exposure/cool opportunities? Thank you!🙏🏽

How do you typically get your clients/projects? Word of mouth? Sites like Fiverr?

Give us those side hustles!

Show us how to bid

See but i dont understand how to deal with taxes when im doing freelance stuff. The way ive been doing it is pursuing specific clientele. I dont use a freelance service because its so diluted with other artists. So i seek out the people who could use my specific services (stream overlays/Branding). So if i get like paypal for my work, how does taxes get into that? I dont want to get shutdown bc im stupid and dont know how taxes work.

Im getting a degree in mass media but I still want to become a graphic designer is it still possible for me to become one?