About this episode

David Airey discusses his journey from blogging to becoming a successful freelance graphic designer.

David Airey is a freelance graphic designer based in Northern Ireland, self-employed since 2005. He's the author of several best-selling design books including Logo Design Love and Identity Designed - both of which started life as blogs, before turning into books... before turning into a steady stream of client work. In this episode, David talks with us about: Persuading his former employer to be his first freelance clientWhy his early "business blog" flopped, and how switching to writi...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Folland

Guest: David Airey

Topics covered

• freelancing
• graphic design
• blogging
• client acquisition
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• freelance graphic designer
• design books
• client work
• business blog
• Northern Ireland

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Logo Design Love, Identity Designed

Places: Northern Ireland

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