Designers: How Being Opinionated Can Increase Your Visibility

As a designer, I have a lot of opinions on design, both as a user and as a creator of design content. And if you're a designer, I'm sure you do as well. It's part of our profession. What we think about design and the world around us greatly influences the choices we make and the ways in which we go about solving our clients' problems. via Mario Calvo Designers who have strong, interesting opinions about design not only have more prominence in the design community; they have more opportunities for truly inspiring and valuable work. Let's explore some reason why your opinions about design should be shared far and wide with designers the world over.

Use Social Media To Crowdsource

When most designers hear the word "crowdsourcing," they think of sleazy, backdoor sites that try to con inexperienced designers into doing free or vastly underpriced work. But I'm not talking about that kind of crowdsourcing. I mean that designers can use social media platforms for a different kind of crowdsourcing, one that doesn't ask for free work and that only adds to their career. The kind of crowdsourcing that gets you opinions, conversation, communication, and industry connections. Your social media followers can often hook you up with the information you need to advance your career, market yourself properly, or meet that awesome client you've been dying to work for. The only thing they ask in return is an interesting stream of opinions [...]