A portfolio can be an amazing platform as it showcases your work, skills, experience and personality to potential clients and employers. However building a killer portfolio that is a lead generator on a consistent basis is a tough task.
Whether you’re a designer, developer or writer, taking the time to craft a quality, professional portfolio that outshines your competitors, suits your needs and gives you a better chance of a successful and sustainable career is extremely important.
With this in mind i chose the Portfolio theme for this week’s Theme Thursday as every creative can find something of value in these articles, from crafting the perfect portfolio to promoting your work better for optimal results.
Portfolio Creation
- An empty design portfolio, where to start?
- 10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website
- Build a Killer Online Portfolio in 9 Easy Steps
- Create a Professional Portfolio Design in 17 Easy Steps
- Creating A Successful Online Portfolio
- Create a Nice Web Portfolio Design with a Watercolored Background
- Build A Dynamic Design Portfolio with WordPress
- Creating the “Perfect†Portfolio
- The One Page Graphic Design Portfolio Guide
- Create a Brown Web Portfolio Design in Photoshop
- How to Create a Simple, Dark Yet Stylish Portfolio Design
- How to Build Your Own Single Page Portfolio Website
- Alternative Ideas For Designing A Web Portfolio
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Improve Your Portfolio
- Five steps to a better design portfolio
- 14 Tips To Make A Better Portfolio Website
- 18 jQuery scripts and tutorials to improve your portfolio
- 10 Tips On Creating A Design Portfolio
- Tips on Managing Your Online Graphic Design Portfolio
- 4 Tips To Make Your Portfolio Better And Get More Business
- How To Make Your Portfolio More Effective By Adding A Blog
- 7 Portfolio Tricks That Will Land You A Job
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Portfolio Inspiration
- 50+ Fresh and Unique Personal Portfolio Websites
- 28 Creative Web Design Portfolios
- 30 Awesome Design Portfolios To Inspire You
- 35 Incredibly Creative Portfolio Website Designs
- 24 Kick Ass Portfolio Designs
- 101 Awesome Portfolio Sites
- 25 Impressive Showcases Of An Online Portfolio
- 25 Impressive Portfolio Web Designs
- 30+ Inspirational Portfolio Designs for Web Designers
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Print Based Portfolios
- Preparing and Talking About Your Graphic Design Portfolio
- 7 Tips For Creating a Print-Based Design Portfolio
- 7 Tips For Improving Graphic Design Portfolios
- How to create a graphic design portfolio
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Promtion & SEO
- 5 SEO Tips For Your Design Portfolio
- 10 Practical SEO Tips For Your Portfolio
- 9 Ways to Get Your Design Portfolio Seen
Were there any portfolio based articles or resources i missed out? If so leave a comment with a link so we can check them out or feel free to add your own thoughts about what makes a great portfolio.
See you at the next Theme Thursday on the 10th September.
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There’s so many portfolio articles out there at the moment, great to get a good round up of them.
Thanks Gracie
Great list Gracie!
A great list – I’ll be reading some of these.
I missed Theme Thursday yesterday but here is a round up of ways to get a free online portfolio which I wrote a while ago:
http://creativeagencyfreelancing.com/getting-started/how-to-get-a-free-online-portfolio
Thanks for linking to a few of my posts Grace. For anyone looking for inspiration I would also suggest Folio Focus, which is a gallery that I launched a few months ago to showcase portfolio sites.
@Dave No problem Dave, I’m sure there are quite a few i haven’t found yet but happy to share those i enjoyed!
@Brad I love that people online call me Gracie, it’s very cool
Thanks for stopping by Brad.
@Mark Thanks for the Portfolio link, appreciate you commenting and sharing resources.
@Steven Hey Steven, great to see here
I love FolioFocus and would definitely recommend it for some super inspiration.
A great list of tips.Thanks for sharing with us.
Now seriously, its time I started working on my portfolio and this article comes just in time!
Thanks a lot!