Hi everyone.
This seems like a great forum, and I am excited to read more in the upcoming weeks.
I am a final year student in graphic design. The only content i currently have is from student projects (posters, logos, a t-shirt design). I am quite happy to do some personal projects on the side, eg, business card design, brochures and some photo-imagery to increase content though.
I'd like to attract some clients to add to my portfolio, and am quite happy to do things such as bus. cards, brochures, and some simple logos etc. I have several domain-names registered, one of which is a graphic design business name i thought of (eg, www.goodgraphics.com), and the other is my full name (eg, www.michellesmith.com). I have a really good idea of how i want my website to look (simple, with portfolio items on homepage) and CTAs and contact details. The website itself is not the problem, but how i will market myself to potential clients in the short term?
I will probably run ads in the online classifieds, but need them to point to a website for more info.
Am i better off using my personal name website, or the business name website as a link in those ads?
Ultimately, i was thinking to use the personal name website only as a portfolio site to market myself to potential employers (link to online portfolio) and to show i have basic web design skills, and the business name website if and when i go full freelance (or could even use it on the side if i am employed by somebody else).
What would you do if you were me? My thoughts are to get the personal one up ASAP, as I have already commenced work on it, and need to update and upload content. Or, would the business name website be perceived better by potential customers / clients?
Thanks for your help
This seems like a great forum, and I am excited to read more in the upcoming weeks.
I am a final year student in graphic design. The only content i currently have is from student projects (posters, logos, a t-shirt design). I am quite happy to do some personal projects on the side, eg, business card design, brochures and some photo-imagery to increase content though.
I'd like to attract some clients to add to my portfolio, and am quite happy to do things such as bus. cards, brochures, and some simple logos etc. I have several domain-names registered, one of which is a graphic design business name i thought of (eg, www.goodgraphics.com), and the other is my full name (eg, www.michellesmith.com). I have a really good idea of how i want my website to look (simple, with portfolio items on homepage) and CTAs and contact details. The website itself is not the problem, but how i will market myself to potential clients in the short term?
I will probably run ads in the online classifieds, but need them to point to a website for more info.
Am i better off using my personal name website, or the business name website as a link in those ads?
Ultimately, i was thinking to use the personal name website only as a portfolio site to market myself to potential employers (link to online portfolio) and to show i have basic web design skills, and the business name website if and when i go full freelance (or could even use it on the side if i am employed by somebody else).
What would you do if you were me? My thoughts are to get the personal one up ASAP, as I have already commenced work on it, and need to update and upload content. Or, would the business name website be perceived better by potential customers / clients?
Thanks for your help