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☆ This 33-year-old brought in $2 million making PowerPoints: Here's her best career advice
  + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The 33-year-old studied graphic design at Boise State University, and after deciding to focus on presentation design, filled her senior portfolio with them. By 2017, with her client list growing, she founded her own presentation design company, 16X9. When she and her fellow graphic design students would get assigned to do them, "people always were like, 'ugh, PowerPoint. In graphic design, "there's a lot of flashier things like advertising and branding," she says, but it was this day-to-day task that executives across the board were looking to outsource. Be 'a strong advocate' for yourselfWhether or not you go the freelance route, make sure you're getting paid what you deserve.
Persons: Courtney Allen, Allen, Allen wasn't Organizations: Boise State University, Cisco Systems, Adobe, BBC, Census Locations: PowerPoints, U.S
☆ How this 33-year-old brought in $2 million making PowerPoints
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Courtney Allen, 33, had a hunch PowerPoint presentations could be a full-time job. 'What sort of job are you going to get just doing PowerPoints for a living?'" Allen spent the first few years out of college traveling the world and contracting as a dedicated PowerPoint presentation designer for companies like Cisco. Within a year, the work started pouring in, and in May 2017, she founded her presentation-making company, 16X9. Her personal contracts and those of her company have now brought in more than $2 million on Upwork.
☆ 33-year-old who brought in $2 million making PowerPoints shares her best tips: 'Reduce the content'
  + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
PowerPoint presentations are a powerful tool for your work life. In fact, their use is so popular "presentation design" is one of the most in-demand freelancer skills for 2023, according to work marketplace Upwork. Courtney Allen has been designing PowerPoints professionally since 2013. She knew there was a future in designing them; now she's made more than 1,000 and brought in $2 million creating them on Upwork. It's less about "your personal design preferences and more designing to who you're talking to."
☆ Upwork freelancers who have earned $1 million share 5 tips for starting your business
  + stars: | 2022-06-10 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Clark used Upwork to build his business, Mr. SharePoint, and has earned more than $1 million in payments on the platform since 2017, which Insider verified with documentation. Ryan ClarkWhen you create a profile on Upwork, you're starting from scratch. Regardless of your skills and work experience, clients typically book freelancers' services based on the projects and reviews listed on their page. If a client isn't sold on the hourly rate, Clark will offer them a fixed hourly rate. Allen started on Upwork in 2014, while Fisher and Clark started in 2017.
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