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Marketing Pro, What Would 1 or 2 New Clients a Month Mean for Your Business?
Flaunt My Design writes about marketing for freelance creatives. If you sell marketing products or services targeted to freelance creatives, consider becoming a sponsor of our directory! Recurrent sponsors get a bonus pack. At the very least, apply for a free, basic listing!
We reach 2,000+ freelance creatives each month!
Our Readers
We target freelance creatives and small creative businesses that want to promote themselves better. Our readers are primarily independent web designers, graphic designers, illustrators and some freelance art directors and creative directors.
Reactions from Flaunt My Design readers
“Flaunt My Design is a great marketing resource 4 #freelance creatives … #design #marketing.” Mark Armstrong, freelance illustrator, US.
“Wow! Loving this. It’s nice how you broke everything down. … definitely going to try to include commenting into my daily routine.” Dina Rodriguez, freelance graphic designer & hand lettering artist, US.
“At first, I was pretty skeptical … But then I kept reading on about how this all worked and I realized there was some serious merit to what was being shared.” Preston D Lee, freelance graphic designer & founder at Millo, US.
“…if you're a freelancer or thinking on freelancing this is a person to follow!” Matthew Holland, freelance graphic designer, UK.
“Pretty cool article! I realize I haven't been tweeting enough…” Rob Bootle, freelance graphic designer, UK.
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Placement Guide
Temporary & Recurrent Sponsor
All sponsors get a premium listing in the category they sponsor. e.g. the “marketing coaches” or “prospecting services” category. The premium listing is designed for creating a response.
Your testimonials create interest and build trust. Your call to actions stimulates the visitor to get in contact. The premium listing gives ample opportunity tell the visitor who you are, what you offer for whom.
- Premium listings are placed on top of each category.
- The premium listing has a set, easy design. You only need to deliver texts, profile pictures, and links!
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1. Headline
- A unique benefit that sets you or your company apart.
- Max 50 characters with spaces. 1 or 2 rows.
2. Headshot or Logo
- Your headshot or logo, e.g from social media.
- Size: 150 x 150 px. Square. No frame. Color image (recommended)
- JPG, PNG or GIF
3. Name
- Your personal name
- Max 20 characters with spaces. 1 row.
4. Company name
- Your brand or company name
- Max 20 characters with spaces. 1 row.
5. “Elevator pitch”
- A short text pitching what you do and for whom, e.g from your Twitter or LinkedIn bio.
- Max 390 characters with spaces. 1-3 paragraphs.
6. Expandable “About”-text
- This section is suitable for a text from your about page.
- Max length: Within reason. Recommendation: 1,500 characters with spaces or shorter.
7. Contact details
- Phone
- Address
- Website (the home page)
8. Social media profiles
- Available: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Behance, YouTube, DeviantArt, Dribble, Flickr, Tumblr, Skype, Amazon
- Max 7
9. Client Testimonials
- Rotating client testimonials with portrait image.
- Number of testimonials: 2 or 3
- Max 180 characters with spaces per testimonial (recommended.) Longer testimonials get cut + a read more link.
- Portrait image: 75 x 75 px. Square. No frame. Color image (recommended.)
- JPG, PNG or GIF
10. Gray Call to Action Button
- A button linking to your second most important offer, e.g. a free report or your newsletter.
- Max 40 characters with spaces
- Button color: Directory light gray
- Button text color: Directory dark gray
11. Call to Action-Button with Signal Color
- A button linking to your most important offer, e.g. a free 30-minute consultation.
- Max text length: 40 characters with spaces
- Button color: Your signal color
- Button text color: White
Directory Signal colors
- The directory uses 4 set signal colors to direct visitors to sponsored content.
- Available colors: Light blue (#59CFFF,) Aquamarine (#29C8CC,) Yellow (#CCB329) or Bronze (#998D4C)
- In a category, a specific color is only used for one sponsor.
- Sponsors pick their color in order of purchase.
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Recurrent Sponsor
As a recurrent category sponsor, you get a bonus pack that makes you visible site-wide plus gives you an extra punch in posts related to your category.
- You get a spot in our sidebar directory – shown to all visitors!
- Your get ads placed in posts related to the sponsored category – great for your call to actions!
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Sidebar listing
Placed in the sidebar. The sidebar listing is shown to all visitors.
- Shown to all site visitors.
- Size: 300 x 75 px
- JPG, PNG or GIF
- This spot is a part of the directory, which means it has a set design. We do the design for you.
- Background color: Your signal color in the directory.
- Your portrait or logo (from the main directory)
- Your name or company name (from the main directory)
- Descriptive text: Max 60 characters with spaces. 1 or 2 rows.
In-Post Ad
This is a super-relevant placement that is well-suited for call to actions. In-post ads are not part of the directory.
- Placed inside posts related to the category you sponsor.
- Shown to 40% of the page views in your sponsored category.
- Size: 600 x 100 px
- JPG, PNG or GIF
- Any design allowed. You deliver your own creative.
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