Is It Worth Creating a Graphic Design for Free
In order to sell something, you need to give something for free. it's a very broad thing because every free design has a hidden strategy to earn in the future.
It is said that there is no such thing as free bread, but all over the world who has encountered marketing, there are a number of free things that hide a certain strategy, if you give a person something free, he will come back to you and then get a paid product. But in terms of graphic design is a little bit different as in physical stores. Here for creation a free graphic design the designer creates his own portfolio, expanding it in his blog or website. As if you have freebie website you can promote paid products and the visitor by browsing the freebies finds well the paid one and is a big chance that he buy.
Freebies Gain More Visitors
We as designers can earn not only from creation of valuable designs, but also from our blogs or websites. All knows, that freebies websites gain more visitors as paid. A big design marketplaces also giving freebies or discounts weekly or monthly as they know that this freebie will bring the visitor to the website where he also are interested in paid product and the marketplace lost nothing, only makes profits.
Small design blogs can earn from affiliate programs such as Creative Market, Envato Elements, Yellow Images and so on. The freebie blog is a right way to get more visitors and a comprehensive place to promote paid content together with a freebies. Sometimes the people think how they can exist if they offer freebies only? Very simply they selling premium content and getting a piece from affiliating and one more good money stream is to have advertisement like Google Adsense. Believe me, they earn enough if they have a huge traffic. And to get huge traffic need freebies.
Giving is Getting
If you are a beginner designer think about everything not only how to earn more money. But by doing this what you love can bring more for you if you are giving the free designs away. Other freebie websites will bring your free designs to their collection by giving the free link. So this means, that your authority will be higher and more links you have, more organic traffic you will get in return such as from the biggest one, Google.
If you are giving, you will be getting this what you need in other forms. If you grow bigger, your blog or website will gain more traffic and for this you will get money as visitors watching your advertisements, they clicks to the affiliate programs and buy the products from them. with a huge traffic you can get even more if someone want to publish their articles or ask for a link you can ask more just that you are big in the market.
What to Create for a Maximum Benefit?
One thing you should know. To create is one thing and to create a good quality is other thing. Also your freebie designs must to be in high class. It needs years before you get the notice from others. You must have a huge collection to gain more and more material benefits. You can create fonts, mockups, templates, themes, icons and so on. All of them are popular things right now.
If you today have started and hoping to earn within couple of months then there is no need to start. To gain more exposure you'll need to be communicabile. Start your social network accounts, create groups and get your graphic design products to promote. With a hard work you can get some results after year or some more years. Just need to strive to do more as you can. As you know the fast work can't be good and everything need to do continually, with a passion.
Don't Lose Your Reputation
If you start with the best quality and try to keep it in the future the visitors and potential clients come back without asking. It is very important not to lose your reputation as you want to live from your works. You can earn a huge amounts if you strive to keep the same level all the years.
If you are genuine and show your kindness in this what you like to do, then the fortune is in your hands. Are you ready to work hard with intention to reach the goals, just test other designers what they are doing and how they reach the life they deserve. In which way and how you can ask them. Just do by learning and everything will be smoothly.
Final Thoughts
As you don't want to listen this, but not all designers keep their quality and do a reputable job. I hope you are not a one from them and spend your energy and skills to expand your working space, so you can live from this very well without any doubts. Nothing simply in this life. That's your decision where you want to be and what you want to do that your life is changed to a good.
