So How Does A Graphic Designer With No Experience But A Fancy Degree Really Get Started?

 

So do you happen to know anybody that’s recently graduated from a respectable graphic  design school lately? The only reason I ask, is because typically, in order to get a semi  decent associates degree worth having, you’re probably looking at an investment that ranges  anywhere from $38,000 – $45,000 dollars.

And if you go for the four year enchilada, your total cost (from) a fairly respectable school is  about $85,000 dollars, once you tally up all of your cost!

However, once you’ve officially graduated, that’s when the truly fun stuff actually starts!  Because now you’ve got to compete (not just with) the men and women within your  particular country! That not only have an education just like you do!

But some of them went to even more prestigious graphic designing schools than you did!

There’s also the ever increasing outsourcing competition! That is, there are men & women in other parts of the world, that will gladly accept full employment for a base salary of just $12,000 -$25,000 dollars per year! And maybe little or no benefits to boot! Ouch!

Because in their particular part of the world that type of salary range, basically allows them to live a comfortable middle to upper middle class lifestyle!

Where as for the typical United States college graduate with some type of advanced graphic design degree, there is simply no way they could even begin to repay their outrageously high student debt, on that type of money!Right?

So “what” if anything, could a recent college graduate (from a fairly reputable school),with a degree in graphic design, possibly do, in order to (hopefully) do more than merely make ends meet?

And not whined up sleeping at home in Mom & dads spare bedroom, while they at least try and find some type of part time work at the local bookstore and waiter or waitress, at a popular local diner!

 So How Does A Graphic Designer With No Experience But A Fancy Degree Really Get Started?

First of all, do keep in mine, this extremely bright (and very ambitious), recent graphic design graduate student has already gone the (so called) conventional/traditional job market route!

With (to date) little or no results! That is, they’ve tried posting their resume on all the so called (traditional/conventional) job posting sites and they’ve also sent a gazillion cover letters and resumes all over creation and they’ve been on a thousand and one local job interviews too!

And to date, the only calls they’ve had thus far, is for a job offer from a popular local diner that could use an enthusiastic, attractive part time waitress and the local bookstore, that could also use a college graduate to work 24-29 hours per week! Plus one weekend shift every other week!

And of course, no talk “whatsoever” of any type of benefits!

And while neither of those two-rather bleak- options are necessarily appealing! In the next six months, their monthly student loan repayment schedule of X dollars per month, automatically kicks in!

And they’re expected to start meeting that obligation, on top of their monthly car insurance payment, whether they’ve actually secured a job in their chosen career field or not!

A Little Creativity Never Hurt Anybody! (Don’t You Agree?)

Plus, it doesn’t help that at 26 years of age, they’ve got to get the occasional ear full from Mom & dad (about) A.) the occasional late hours they’re keeping and B.) that brand new piece of work, they’re referring to as a boy friend! 😕

So needless to say, they need to start to make something reliable happen pretty fast! Enter, a little “think outside the box” marketing creativity! They start noticing, (whenever they’re surfing the web using their smart phone) that an awful lot of more established Mom & Pop local businesses, of all shapes and sizes, don’t have mobile responsive WordPress websites and or blogs!

Which gets her (or him) to thinking! Hmm? “What” if they offer to build some state of the art (mobile responsive) WordPress websites/blogs for a few of these more high profile local businesses, on the cheap!

Just to (fairly quickly) build a portfolio of work, to show future potential customers and or clients! So they quickly refer to some of “what” they recall, in the half a semester of basic marketing 101, that they partially slept through, during their senior year of undergraduate school.

Showcase Your Skills By Helping Others And Start Building Your Brand!

So in order to raise a few bucks, in order to test some of their less than totally sophisticated Harvard Business school type of marketing strategies! They sell off a few no longer needed items on both ebay and at a few local weekend flea market events!In order to quickly raise some much needed cash in order to launch (inexpensively test) out, some of their marketing theories!

And here’s “what” she initially comes up with!

She will run a few relatively inexpensive test ads, in a few of the local throwaway pennysaver type publications in their immediate area. The first will be the old tried and true.

“Free Drawing!” Win a free state of the art (mobile responsive) WordPress blog, built to customized specifications for your specific business, service and or charity! This offer also includes basic SEO capabilities and social media marketing assistance as well!

Getting Started Doesn’t Mean You Have To Initially Have All Of The Answers!

This is a $697  ( or X) dollar value! (She also remembers that she’s gotta consistently price test!) This time sensitive offer ends (and you simply add the date)! Serious inquire-es only! call Cindy blank now for complete details!

(And her cell number, that automatically goes directly to her market tested voice mail message,when she’s busy working at either the bookstore and or local diner! 8-))

Here’s the other thing: she also vividly recalls from her undergraduate (basic marketing 101 classes), and that is, all successful enterprises, must have some type of reliable (and ever growing) back end income generating component (and or) to their business! In order to truly be sustainable and successful!

It Doesn’t Take A Creative Genius To Start!

So she immediately registers to become an affiliate for a reputable web hosting company! That way, when she really starts to consistently generate some serous inquirers, she can say that she currently has two extremely popular payment plans!

A.) First: as long the customers agree to get their paid web hosting through her affiliate link, she can build their state of the art (mobile responsive) WordPress blog for just $497 (or X!) Because she’ll definitely be price testing like crazy!

B.) Second: And when they supply her with (either) a video and or audio testimonial for her work, she’ll do their first site for just $297 (or X!) And all packages include the first 60 days of free trouble shooting!

After that, as long as they remain active users of at least 50% of her affiliate products and or services, like her paid email service provider and her paid web hosting company etc.

And they gave her some type of testimonial, (with video being her first preference), then she’ll only charge them, $97 dollars a month (or X), instead of her customary $250 a month (or X) flat maintenance/trouble shooting/consultant fee!

Now obviously, she probably won’t blast off like a rocket initially, but hopefully you can see “how” this type of “think outside the box” marketing approach, will help her effectively utilize her graphic design school education, without having to stand in line, waiting for potential opportunities, instead of learning “how to” create them! Agreed?

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In part two, we’ll head even further inland! But for now…Now as is customary during this part of our show.

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