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• Own marketing campaign or leave it to the professionals?

  If you have chosen the area of web design, you should try to market it on your own. Professionals will charge you arm and leg and you won't get any lead at the end. First try advertising it on your own. If you fail, try a professional help, but be ready to loose all the money you spend in advertising. It's difficult segment you are in. Instead there are some websites, where you can find some clients, who are... Source: about 1 year ago

• Hey guys, is anyone here alright with their life?

  Bootstrap yourself with freelance work right from the start. I tried elance.com (now upwork.com) years ago and holy fuck this is not a get-rich-quick scheme. The idea is that you start out making ridiculously cheap bids to get the work, then earn reputation through doing that well, and gradually are able to increase your rates. Of course there's no mentorship doing it this way, so unless you're super good at... Source: almost 2 years ago

• My experience working with artists as an indie dev

  There are sites like Upwork.com (formerly elance.com) or freelancer.com, which are not focused particularly on gamedev artist type of work, but offer a wide range of hiring possibilities. The advantage is that you need to post spec of the work you need done, then some users (artists) will submit bids and you choose based on the price and the profile/rating of the artists. You pay the full price in advance, but the... Source: over 2 years ago