Become an “Award Winning Designer / Firm” by entering, and winning, design competitions. Great exposure, great on your website and helps your prospects feel more confident about signing your proposal. Being award-winning takes the guesswork out of it for those clients who can’t judge good design.

Check NoD’s competitions page. Go to Google’s Blog Search and search for Design Competition. Use other search phrases too…like “Graphic Design Competitions” and set up and email reminder from Google to let you know when new such posts are published. Here you can set up a reminder for “Design Competition.”