Imagine this, you just finished your first real freelance gig from a friend, family, or someone that knows you after you have been taking photos from your friends and family for free. You enjoyed the process, you got paid, and you were really satisfied. You can see yourself doing more, no, you definitely want to do more. There's only one question, "How do I get more clients?" This is a common struggle that creators new to this industry face. I certainly had this trouble when I started myself. The fact that I moved abroad for college also did not help with the fact that I could have grew an audience base in one location if I really focused on growing my business. For some creators, this process might be easy if there is a need of talent in their immediate surrounding or in the community, without much competition. However, if you really want to make it, you know that you have to be at places where the clients are, and wherever the clients are, there is competition. So how do you do this? Asking this question for myself when I started out, I wished that there was an all in one platform where I could post my work and the clients could reach out. Flicks Connect allows that, and on top of that also gives resources for creators to manage their photoshoots, manage clients, and also be in a community with like minded creators! However, before Flicks Connect, all of the said things above was more isolated and creators had to spend more time, resources, and learn to be able to do multiple things to be able to grow their business. The simplest starting point to implanting yourself into whatever industry of creative you wish to be in starts earlier than you think. All the years of building your portfolio, marketing yourself on social media, giving away free photoshoots, and everything else, matters. The secret is people. I wish I could give a set blueprint on what to do, and I spent many years trying to search for it but people are the answer. Getting yourself out there to people, meeting new people. new creators, places where potential clients might be and that sort is what gets you your big break. Building your creative business isn't about finding a shortcut to the riches, it's about making genuine connections that supplies you with memorable experiences and long standing relationships that gets you recurring business opportunities. Connect with more clients, learn about business opportunities through the creator community, learn how to grow your business on Flicks Connect today.