Updated October 2026

Guides

How to get consistent, better-paying clients as a designer or creative studio, written from a business doing it now.

Getting clients

• How to go from freelancer to agency (without working more hours)A practical guide for freelance designers and creatives: the five steps from solo freelancer to a small agency, by an agency owner who's done it.
• How to get clients without social media (for designers and creatives)Six ways designers and creatives get clients without posting every day: warm outreach, referrals you can cause, partners, platforms and more.
• How to get consistent clients as a designer (without relying on referrals)Why designers get feast-or-famine months, and the four stages every client goes through. A practical guide to getting consistent, better-paying clients.
• How to get high-paying web design clients in 2026How web designers move from $1k sites to $5k to $15k projects: who to sell to, how to package it, where to find them and how to close.

Comparisons and reviews

• Best business coaches and programmes for designers in 2026An honest comparison of the main business coaching programmes for freelance designers and creative studios: who each one is for, what's included and how to choose.
• Doju vs 6 Figure Creative: which is right for creative freelancers?A fair comparison of Doju and 6 Figure Creative's Clients By Design for creative freelancers: who each one suits, how they work and who you speak to.
• Doju vs Client Ascension: outbound volume or warm clients?Comparing Doju and Client Ascension for agencies and creative studios. Client Ascension focuses on outbound lead generation. Doju focuses on warm clients for creative businesses.
• Doju vs Flux Academy: design skills or design business?Doju and Flux Academy compared for freelance designers. Flux is built around design and tool skills for web designers. Doju is built around getting consistent clients.
• Doju vs Profitable Skills: which is right for your design business?A fair comparison of Doju and Profitable Skills for designers and creative agencies: what each covers, how much support you get and who each one suits.
• Is Doju worth it? An honest look at who it's for and who it isn'tAn honest answer to whether Doju is worth it: who it works for, who it doesn't, what members have achieved and what happens on the call.
• What is Doju? A business programme for designers and creative studiosDoju helps designers and creative studios get consistent, better-paying clients without relying on referrals. Run by Oliver Johns, who still runs a $75k a month agency.

By type of creative

• Brand designersFor brand designersHow Doju helps brand designers and studios move past logo-only projects and referrals, price with confidence, and get consistent, better-paying clients.
• Social media managersFor social media managersHow Doju helps social media managers stop losing retainers, get seen as strategic rather than an execution resource, and land consistent clients.
• Web designersFor web designersHow Doju helps web designers stop relying on referrals, sell outcomes instead of pages, and get consistent clients at $5k to $15k+ a project.