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Add animals and crafts to your toolkit with 700+ elements for only $9!
This week's deal is on over 700 elements full of stylish animal and craft-inspired designs.
> They split the difference between "cute" and "bleeding edge cool."
In case you haven't noticed, animal designs are having a moment right now. A well-designed fox, deer or jackrabbit is the perfect adornment for bags, posters, invitations and a heck of a lot more. This bundle features hundreds of awesome animal illustrations and elements inspired by the crafting scene, making it easy for you to make products for all sorts of clients. Designing a beer label? This will be perfect. Brand identity for a pour-over coffee shop? Bingo. There are so many opportunities built into this bundle - take advantage!
Normally everything in this bundle would sell for $360, but for the next week only they're just $9. Sell one design with one element from this pack and you've made your money back.
Don't you just hate talking about money with clients? Either you're quoting WAY too low, or you're putting out a number that makes you feel like an imposter. Either way, talking budget is a source of incredible anxiety for most freelancers.
Unless, of course, you're Ilise Benun. Ilise LOVES having the money conversation with clients, and that's because she's figured out a great trick for making both her and her clients comfortable discussing budget.
It's a simple trick, but it's a mind-blower: she asks "is this a $500 project, a $5000 project, or a $50,000 project?" Find out WHY this amazing trick works in her conversation with Kyle!
Today's links:
- https://www.marketing-mentor.com
- Sign up for more great tips from Ilise at https://www.marketing-mentor.com/pages/quick-tips
- https://twitter.com/ilisebenun
- https://easel.ly/infographicdesign
- Theme song by topmen.bandcamp.com!
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Make beautiful Roman-style mosaics with this amazing tool for only $9!
This week's deal is on a really neat tool for Adobe Illustrator that makes it easy to create authentically styled Roman Mosaics.
> Take a look. These designs are really intriguing.
Will you use this tool on every project? No. But does that mean you don't want it? Also no. A tool like this inspires you, gives you a sense of new possibilities, new approaches. Maybe a client's logo deserves a classic touch. Maybe a wedding invitation wants an intriguing twist. Maybe you just want to make an invite for the best toga party EVER.
At only $9, this tool is over half off for the next week and an absolute bargain at that price. Pick it up and do something different.
Make logos FAST with 500+ specialized elements for only $19!
This week's deal is on the tools you need to draft logos FAST.
> There's no need to reinvent the wheel with every client. Get to an MVP fast with this kit.
People have based their entire design careers on making logos, and even if you pride yourself on doing original work in everything you do it helps to be able to throw together something fast to give your clients a sense of what you're doing. This bundle gives you over 500 elements that make it easy to mock up a logo, and even 150+ premade templates that are even easier. If this bundle helps you show a client what you intend, great; if you sell a logo using just these templates, even better. You've saved time and made money.
Priced at just $29 for a limited time only, this kit is a bargain. If you save one hour of work using these elements, you've made your money back - just don't forget to charge your client for that hour!
Clarity is key: Wes Jones and maintaining awesome client relations
Client relationships break down. It's a bummer, but it happens. But what causes it?
Wes Jones has been a project manager both with agencies and as a freelancer to know that things deteriorate when communication isn't clear. That's why he wrote the Producer Playbook to help make sure that everyone on a project can be on the same page.
On this week's episode, Wes chats with Kyle about his strategies for managing client expectations and making sure your needs as a freelancer are met. He also shares a surprising tip on how to make sure that you are happy in your business!
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Today's links:
- https://twitter.com/wesjonesco
- https://www.wesjones.co/
- https://www.wesjones.co/playbooks/producer
- https://gusto.com/cfh
- Theme song by topmen.bandcamp.com!
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This week's deal is on over 1800 elements - from illustrations to frames to textures - for only $17.
> There's a whole lot of variety here for a great price.
There are so many jobs this bundle will help you cover: wedding invitations, business cards, company stationery, logos, package design and so much more. There's a lot here, and it's inspiring. The frames in particular are just really, really cool. Check it out and get excited.
Normally this bundle would cost the frankly ridiculous $1252 (which is still less than a dollar per item), but this week it's only $17, or 99% off. Get a ton of variety for your designs fast.
Become a Photoshop wizard with over 600 premium actions for only $9
This week's deal is on an incredible collection of 635 different actions for Photoshop.
> They're powerful, cool, and make you look like a WIZARD.
Nothing impresses clients quite like taking a basic image and adding a layer of drama and excitement with a Photoshop action. Turn a still photo into something that indicates incredible action, transform a landscape into a detailed pencil drawing and make a dynamic figure burst into sparks and motion - and that's just three options of literally hundreds.
Normally all 635 of these actions would cost you $1065, but for the next few days, you get them all for just $9. If one client buys one image using one of these effects, you've made back your money. Do that a dozen times more and your investment is paying off big time.
Pay it forward, give it back: Maddy Osman and altruism in freelancing
It's rough out there these days. Sometimes, you have to make your own good.
That's what Maddy Osman was thinking when she created a scholarship for freelancers on her own dime. Not as a way to promote her business, not to train up someone she could work with or profit off of - just to help someone in the way she felt she'd been helped.
In this episode, Maddy and Kyle talk about what it means to give back to the freelance community, and what it means to be altruistic as part of your hustle.
We're sponsored this week by Gusto! Manage payroll, taxes and HR from one simple management tool so you can be the boss you always wish you had! Check out their three-month free trial.
Today's links:
- https://twitter.com/maddyosman
- https://www.the-blogsmith.com
- https://gusto.com/cfh
- Theme song by topmen.bandcamp.com!
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2,350+ Pro graphic elements for just $19!
This week's deal is on 2,350+ graphic elements that are as useful as they are beautiful.
> Take a look. The watercolor elements alone are worth the asking price.
There are literally thousands of intricate, well-designed elements in this bundle and they're all going for only $19. Doing a poster for a spring event? Some watercolor flowers will fit the bill. Wedding invitation? How about a pastel-painted wood background? Portlandia made "put a bird on it" a joke, but seriously - have you considered putting a bird on it? There's a lot here, and it's great.
To be honest, a lot of the deals we feature here have inflated original prices so the sale price can seem even more insane. That's not up to us, and they're still great deals. This bundle's normal price is the extremely reasonable $89, but you can get it for $19 which is great. Buy it for that.