5 tips for Persuading Clients to Hire Your Design Service
These are simple quick effective tips which can be implemented into your online portfolio weather you’re a designer or maybe even a web designer to persuade potential clients to hire you for their next design project just from a quick glance at your portfolio.
Making Is Easy for Potential clients to get in touch
Creating a simple contact form which is easy for potential clients to use fill out making it very simple quick for clients to get in touch with you for acquiring your service, don’t give potential clients several fields which they may have to fill out just to simply to ask for a quote for project .
Only showcase your best work
Only showcase your very best work which potential clients would be interested within don’t show every design which you have ever created because there’s a wider chance there will be a design the client may not like. Show arrange of different design styles i.e. illustrations, digital paintings, photo manipulations etc. It’s good to show clients a range of designs which are each completely different in order to show them that you are versatile and can produce arrange of different design styles.
Show clients your are actually a real person
Create an about me page this can help clients to learn more and gain an understanding about the designer they will be investing their money into. A nice touch which can be added to an about me page is a small picture of yourself or of your freelance team to ensure clients that you’re a real person and not just someone whose attempting to run a scam.
Testimonials
Testimonials are short but sweet statements on what client’s thoughts where on the design service which you offered. A good testimonial may convince potential clients to work alongside you in a design project, because of the success which previous clients may have had hiring you on a design project.
Show off
If you have been part of big project make clients aware of this fact so that they are aware of the fact that they know you are capable of handling big projects as well small projects. Show any big achievements which you may have been awarded during your design career i.e. magazine feature, awards etc this will come across to clients that you a professional designer/web designer.
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May 27th, 2010 at 12:40 am
100% agree to everything except testimonials… it is easy to cheat on that – so, only a reference of well known businessman will do the job.
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May 27th, 2010 at 6:57 am
good one
May 27th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Good tips, thank you. I agree with “Web Design Maidstone” about the testimonials, though. I’m always suspicious about testimonials on the web; I don’t really believe them. I saw a design website that provided references on request; maybe that’s a better idea?
May 28th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
All good suggestions, especially having a picture of yourself. Many folks don’t like to do this, but it makes potential clients more comfortable in making a call.
May 29th, 2010 at 3:50 am
testimonials are a big helper as it shows you have previous expirenee and two that it was worth it
June 2nd, 2010 at 7:31 am
Haha, I have my photo on my website and I had to meet a client and he knew who I was because of it.
I don’t agree about testimonials though… My clients put testimonials on their websites, that they write themselves… so I never believe them.
June 29th, 2010 at 4:01 am
I have heard many times that one show only showcase their best work, for example in design school.
Testimonials seem to be a nice touch as well. I think so long as they seem believable and look verifiable it makes sense. I am a big review checker myself.
July 4th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
found your site on del.icio.us today and really liked it.. i bookmarked it and will be back to check it out some more later
July 8th, 2010 at 2:06 am
Testimonials are great. Just make sure you have your clients name and title. You should also over deliver and don’t be afraid to ask for testimonials after a great job done, preferably after a major project.