What is the biggest graphic design freelance business mistake? If you are a graphic designer looking to start a freelance graphic design business I want you to be aware of the biggest mistake. ►►►Get the Checklist and Join the Facebook Group below. ► Click here to download the Design Business Checklist! ( http://bit.ly/designbusinesschecklist ) ►Join The Design Brief Facebook Group to be a part of a community of designers looking to grow their careers and businesses! ( http://bit.ly/thedesignbrief ) I see graphic designers making a similar mistake when starting design agencies or small freelance business owners. They are excited to promote their work and get their name out on social media, on their website and advertise in local publications, but they forget about a few key principles of business and that is a solid business structure. What I see new freelance designers doing is running to Instagram and posting all of this content and then telling people to go check out their Facebook page and while they are on their facebook page make sure to watch this YouTube video I posted on YouTube about how you should follow me on Instagram. The hamster wheel just goes around and around and around. What they are missing is making the first things first things and getting a sustainable business set up from the beginning in order to run a long-term successful business. If you have no structure you will be unable to sustain any growth. Growth is only good if you can handle the influx of work. If you are not set up to handle the growth the success will sink your business and you will not be able to deliver what you promised on time. So there are 4 important steps to set up your freelance design business correctly. 1. Get Organized. That is the first tip for growing your graphic design business. Why is this so important? if you are not organized you will be unable to locate files and find the work you need to be working on and this is a huge time waster! 2. Get Automated If you are looking to grow your freelance graphic design business than there are so many resources that help you automate all of the administrative details. The details that are consuming so much of your time. These details pull you away from working as a freelance graphic designer, and they are making you a secretary. Right now, do you get paid for your secretary skills or the graphic design work your produce? 3. Become a Project Manager The third tip to growing your graphic design freelance business is to become a project manager. If you are thinking, well it is just me right now, why do I need to become a project manager? Well, let me ask you. If you wanted to know the status of one of your projects, how would you go about knowing this information? Would you have to go into your emails or texts to see where things are at in the process? If that is the case you are wasting massive amounts of time, where you could be designing. 4. Grow Your Team Growing your team is an obvious and necessary move you must make in order to grow your graphic design business. But first, you must have all of the necessary tools and resources in place to structure your team in a way that saves time, money, and creativity. You must first get organized, get automated, and become a project manager. Only then will you be able to effectively grow your team. ----- DISCLAIMER: ALL LINKS IN DESCRIPTION ARE AFFILIATE LINKS Thanks for Supporting Our Channel! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bengkaiser/support