Oykun
@oykun

Guiding designers to their first $100K ARR at DesignerMindset.net + AgencyOperator.ai —————————— Designing/Building AI products with founders at Crucial.Design

 London, UK
designermindset.net
Joined July 2008
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Oykun
@oykun
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"soft"-released something 👀 without touching figma. agencyoperator . ai no big deal, just the beginning of my dream platform for designers : ) good to be back after a bit of silence, reflection, building...
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designers who keeps sharing [left] 💩 look what a terrible design ai did [right] 🌺 look what a gorgeous one i did
 to say they are “better”, misses the whole point. 
and weakens their position in the eyes of clients worth having.
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took a quick coffee break to my writing session for the updated Offer module and wanted to quickly share this line with those who is good at the craft, yet struggle to charge $$$ for it. Or often being negotiated down. ok, my espresso arrived, back to writing...
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/mth $0 → $30k
brute force! reinventing yourself

$30k → $60k
strategy over effort

$60k → $120k
higher budget clients, not more clients
or your 1st hire

$120k +
you're not a designer in figma anymore.
solo? consulting high-risk corps. 
team? running a company.
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goooooood morning designers, thames walk done, now writing for you all at my usual morning cafe updating the offer module in six-figure designer addressing how; most designers sell artefacts and wonder why they can't charge $$$ and the fact that; clients don't buy screens. they buy getting their business from A to B. and how designers speaking to that are able to charge $$$ for the same design artefact delivery
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to the designers who feel behind with ai: i've been working on it for years, in companies of every size. and i can say this with confidence: nobody has this figured out yet. not the loud influencers. not the big companies. not the small ai startups. you're not late. it’s still early for everyone. this one matters though. you can't ignore it. it’s here to stay at some capacity. but you don't have to rush it either. just start somewhere. start playing with it. you'll catch up. we all will. 🙏
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having said that; the few who chose to start early are earning $$$ like never before with the little knowledge they have in the market where most resist the new way the ones who learns 1% becomes the king!
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little big details a designer in @AnthropicAI was having fun times with the Ultracode effort level: )
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Designers using AI to code. Developers using AI to design. Beautiful. Now everyone's mediocre at each other's job.
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ok let me be cheeky here 🦊 aaaaand designers using evergreen-business-strategies and ai to increase their revenue to $100K + go to DesignerMindset.net 👀

Designer Mindset — Turn your design services into a six-figure business

A step-by-step programme for solo designers and freelancers. Systems, pricing, and client strategy to earn six figures from design services. Built by Oykun from Crucial.Design.

designermindset.net
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"soft"-released something 👀 without touching figma. agencyoperator . ai no big deal, just the beginning of my dream platform for designers : ) good to be back after a bit of silence, reflection, building...
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agencyoperator.ai for the business side of design.
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what am I doing? investing that money for my family's future... 💵 -> 💰 don't need that to close clients. * btw, marcel, you cool. no drama here : )
Marcel
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if you don’t have a badge beside your name, what are you even doing?
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just hit the "send button" for the 30th newsletter issue. that was my commitment. 30 days, not a single day missed. hope you found it valuable. i'm not stopping : ) i'll keep writing. oh, btw, there's a thank-you gift in today's issue 🎁 👀 see you in the next one!
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we soooooooo very much terribly need the Silicon Valley "AI" Edition please!!
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design is so much more exciting in the age of ai
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$5k "make our website look nice" $200k "churn doubled after the redesign and we don't know why" "we have one week to fix this before it costs us the company" "a $2m enterprise deal is stuck because their team can't use our product" same designer. different problem. - both valuable. but design-x shows you only the $5K one there is soooo f*+king more to design than what you see here.
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a senior designer is just a designer who deletes more than they add.
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why I write my newsletter "every day" 🫶 some days, im tired, the clock hits 23:24 i ask myself; "does it even matter?" "does this even help anyone?" then i receive such messages and get back at writing... daily email streak at 24! committed to 30 initially. let's see :)
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today's issue is dropping shortly at oykun.substack.com/subscribe thank you all for reading. btw I greatly appreciate and read all the email replies 🙏
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the tool was never the hard part of a good design. ai made that embarrassingly obvious.
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