If you have manages to spend some good time is designing industry, you must be aware of the fact that as designers, you have to deal with all sorts of clients. Dealing with higher quality clients is not an issue but if you have to deal with lower-quality clients, you would be torturing yourself. I might be sounding mean, but this is true. Their main focus would be paying you as less as possible and they would want you to put in double amount of effort which is unfair to you as a designer. They would want you to be quick and since they are low quality clients, you will have to create something you don’t want to and something you don’t enjoy either. Added onto this, this would make a bad impression on your portfolio and you would not want that at any cost.
Truth remains, that all the beginners have to suffer this low quality client phase. You may have to rely on designing and printing flyers, brochures, postcards, business cards, posters etc (sometimes even booklets, rack cards and calendars too) initially. However, even if you are starting off, you should look for projects that are offering quality creativity. Do not settle for any less and this is exactly why you need to learn to attract higher quality clients and that too from the beginning. Be creative with marketing efforts. Clever campaigns have used sticker printing and postcard mailings to bring in new clients
