Hi everyone! I appreciate everybody's comments on my last post, which I made more than one year ago. I have gotten a bit silent (which I honestly regret doing), however I have been a lurker for quite a bit now and felt like making another post. I've done a couple of things over the past year, however there is only one project that I am really proud of to share.
Around September 2018, I was browsing through a very popular gaming forum, when I realized they didn't have a very good set of designers in their graphics section. Since I've read a couple books on business at that time, I understood that this is something I can get a hold of, so the first thing I did was purchase a course on Udemy, and start learning graphic design. It was pretty difficult at first, however I struck through my boredom and eventually got pretty good with Photoshop. That's when I finally was able to open my store. My services got a lot of traction within the first week, and I did some early projects for a measly amount of money just to get started with my service. Every month I became better and better, and received more and more customers. Fast forward to 2019; and I am now the proud owner of IAI Design. I have learned animation, and am very fluent, my services haven't really gotten much attention but I do enough projects to make around ~$1500 a month. It's not insane, but I do feel a sense of pride when realizing that I built this service by myself.
I'm not entirely sure what my next step should be, perhaps I can hire somebody and make my service go completely autopilot. In the meantime, I'm still looking at ideas for my next big project. I have around $2500 saved, and am planning to someday get into the Amazon biz with an original product. I really hate the idea of having to work a part time job, considering how much time I put into my service, so I'm not really sure what to do from here on out. Expand my service, hire somebody else to do it for me, or just stop working on it at all? I have been considering getting into web design since Fox's story was pretty inspiring, however I'm still debating on my steps. I'm doing well, but I know I could be doing a lot better.
Thanks for reading!
Around September 2018, I was browsing through a very popular gaming forum, when I realized they didn't have a very good set of designers in their graphics section. Since I've read a couple books on business at that time, I understood that this is something I can get a hold of, so the first thing I did was purchase a course on Udemy, and start learning graphic design. It was pretty difficult at first, however I struck through my boredom and eventually got pretty good with Photoshop. That's when I finally was able to open my store. My services got a lot of traction within the first week, and I did some early projects for a measly amount of money just to get started with my service. Every month I became better and better, and received more and more customers. Fast forward to 2019; and I am now the proud owner of IAI Design. I have learned animation, and am very fluent, my services haven't really gotten much attention but I do enough projects to make around ~$1500 a month. It's not insane, but I do feel a sense of pride when realizing that I built this service by myself.
I'm not entirely sure what my next step should be, perhaps I can hire somebody and make my service go completely autopilot. In the meantime, I'm still looking at ideas for my next big project. I have around $2500 saved, and am planning to someday get into the Amazon biz with an original product. I really hate the idea of having to work a part time job, considering how much time I put into my service, so I'm not really sure what to do from here on out. Expand my service, hire somebody else to do it for me, or just stop working on it at all? I have been considering getting into web design since Fox's story was pretty inspiring, however I'm still debating on my steps. I'm doing well, but I know I could be doing a lot better.
Thanks for reading!
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