Becoming A Successful Design Freelancer with Arianna Orland

I love the class, but I suspect in lesson 4 where she speaks of calculating your hourly rate there is a mistake. Overhead expenses need to be ADDED to the desired salary, and the sum divided to the number of work hours in the year. In her formula, she deducts the overhead expenses from the desired salary.

Great class, but the close captioning is atrocious. I could fix that for you.

Thank you Arianna. It's nice course full of practical advice how to become a succesfull freelance designer. Find your niche/build your portfolio and how to get your first clients.

Arianna provided excellent information about real-life situations that are beneficial for everyone who's aspiring a freelance career whether you're a designer or a photographer. Very helpful course!

It's rare to find an online course about the business side of design that provides so much actionable information. It's even rarer to see an instructor admit that she was scared of getting into freelance even for the second time and after so many experiences in the field. That makes this course not only informative and helpful but also very heartening. Just 1 nitpick: Arianna mentioned int he first video that freelancing is not for introverts. I had a panicking moment, but then she reassured that it's okay to be an introvert, as long as we're aware that freelancing is not always about working at home in the comfort of your pajammas. She should have replaced the word "introvert" in the first video with "hermit" or "recluse".

I recently lost my full-time graphic design job, unexpectedly. I am one of the "jump into the deep-end" freelancers (i.e. I need income NOW and the job market where I live sucks), so finding this course has been perfect timing. I've wanted to make the shift from "employee" to "freelancer" for awhile now, and this class is going to definitely help me make that happen. Thanks, Arianna!

Arianna gives real advice on deciding if the freelance lifestyle is right for you by describing what it's like, business skills you will need to learn, doing a gut check with yourself, how to get clients and promote yourself, and discussing a variety of experiences with other designers. She also goes in depth on differences between working at a company versus working with a company as a business. Her information is clear and wonderful. I greatly appreciate the time and effort put into making this valuable course.

Very clear and useful content

I watched the free live and can't help myself by purchasing this class. It's a valuable lesson from a humble and humorous Arianna. I love your presentation very much. Wish u the best. Thanks or bringing us this course, CreativeLive. !

Thank you Arianna for an informative course. Its heartening to know that there are other designers like me that don't come out of design school :) Your guests were a wealth of information as well, specially Peter's bulleted list.

Arianna provided SO MUCH helpful content to consider. I've been freelancing quite a bit off and on throughout life but never really ran it as a business. Arianna provided the path and structure to make "freelancing" legit!