Part challenge, part support group this one-of-a-kind program helps you to finish a personal project and add it to your portfolio in just 2 months!
Do you have trouble finishing projects? Or even just getting started?
You are not alone. So many creative women have the same struggle. From feeling like you have no time, to getting stuck in an insecurity spiral, there are so many excuses why we simply can’t finish things. But I am sure you also feel this huge urge to create personal work. Even though we often get to do creative work for our jobs (which is awesome) it can feel so much more fulfilling to do our own personal work.
Clients are great (and pay the bills!) but often their tastes are not our own, and working with them comes with a different kind of pressure. Creating work for ourselves is such a great move for your career. I can’t tell you how many of our interviews cited that creating and sharing their own work was a pivotal turning point in their career. I am sure you have heard the tidbit that the work you show in your portfolio is the kind of work that will come through your door.
So why not show work that feels so good to you?
Introducing the FauxFolio Challenge!
This program is unlike any other, and is tailor made for the creative that wants to get sh*t done and have support, deadlines, and learning along the way.
Here is what 2 months in the FauxFolio Challenge will result in:
A full personal project added to your portfolio website
Examples include: a faux branding project, illustration collection, faux website design, photo styling project, daily project, hand-lettering licensing examples…the options are endless and we can help you narrow in on your project!
Confidence & tools to promote your project & business
Through a monthly support call, a mini-course about building your personal brand & marketing tips, PLUS monthly lunch & learns with successful creative ladies.
Your project posted to our official FauxFolio Challenge website
We will be building a website featuring all the projects of our first cohort of challenge members! It will be a great opportunity to get your work seen by an audience outside of your own.
A supportive community of fellow creative ladies
Honestly this may be the best perk of all! Especially in such a tough time where we have to quarantine in our homes. The monthly support call, facebook group, monthly lunch & learn call, and optional mentoring will be an amazing source of support and connection during this time.
The perks of joining the FauxFolio Challenge!
2-Month Program
The perfect length to complete a project without having to drop all your work commitments.
Personal Brand Mini-Course
A mini-course on building a personal brand, narrowing in on your project, and tips for sharing it with the world.
Private Facebook Group
A supportive community for all FauxFolio cohort members. Get personal attention on your project.
Weekly Check-In Emails
A weekly love-letter/kick-in-the-butt email that helps to remind you to continue working on your project!
Monthly Support Calls
Monthly zoom calls where cohort members can get specific advice, critique and support.
Cohort Website
At the end I will create and share a web page devoted to the projects created in your cohort!
Lunch & Learn Calls
Learn from creative ladies that are killing it in their businesses. Learn about mindset, marketing, & more!
Free Tote!
If you are one of the first 10 people to sign up you will get a free CLC tote bag!
Creative Ladies share the importance of personal work
(selected from Freelance Wisdom Interviews)
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Personal projects can be fully and completely your voice. It's the perfect way to represent what you want to do as a designer. When you can showcase work that is 100% you and hasn't been filtered through the client, you'll attract the type of client that wants your style.
- AMANDA JANE JONES
“I’m positive that I wouldn’t have gotten my first great clients if I hadn’t had that mindset to just create, create, create no matter what. There’s a lot of freedom in realizing that you don’t need to wait around for dream clients to give you great projects – you can create them yourself!”
- ABBEY MCGREW, WAYFARER DESIGN
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I continue to self generate projects so that I am constantly updating my website and social media with new illustrations.”
- JORDAN SONDLER
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Some of my favorite work has come from personal projects. It is also an amazing way to attract clients since it shows a style that you love and enjoy working in.”
- JEN PETERS
