Increasing your Luck Surface Area
Really unpopular opinion for designers:
it's easier, more joyful and beneficial to do free work for someone you like, than design and release your perfect portfolio with case studies.
The only rule for free work is that you should be the one to offer it, and not asked to do it.
Alexander Vilinskyyx.comClients usually find me directly through something I've written, rather than through a referral.
Venkatesh Rao: Consulting and Writing
In a moment of randomness, I've came across this newsletter issue by @tomcritchlow on getting more client work.
Now that I'm refocusing on indie-ness, I realize this is something I do whenever I seek work: posting on socials, emailing former colleagues, and texting friends. https://t.co/JjwBEFGI3G
In the last five years they have released more than 100 products.
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
It's a simple way to sustain an ongoing always-on outreach to nurture your network. This is the lifeblood of generating consulting work.
[WWC #8] - It's The First Day of Spring
