Investing in my personal brand has been the best investment I’ve ever made in my career. So I wanted to find the perfect designer to give a personal branding masterclass and I think it’s Oliur.

He’s built a massive audience across YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, etc. and he shares his hard-earned knowledge in this episode:

Oliur’s keys to growing on social media
Different ways to create leverage in your career
How he (accidentally) landed a billion-dollar client
How you can get more confident putting yourself out there
Specific ways to build meaningful connections with other designers
What designers need to know to get better at marketing themselves
a lot more

Oliur cites James McDonald as an example of someone sharing their work
Oliur’s iPhone presets and high income streams videos
We talk about his friend Ali Abdaal (YouTuber, Podcaster, NYT bestseller)
Jason Levin’s iMessage screenshot of Travis Scott performing
I referenced Jack Butcher’s “this is pointless” graph
Dan Petty’s “That Marker Pack”
The old Audience Building course on Maven (RIP)
Turkish designer Oguz (Oliur talked about the power of his aesthetic)
Gabe Valdivia’s new app Almanac that he built with Cursor

S7 | E6: Oliur - Grow your personal brand and get noticed as a designer

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