Dribbble has become one of those prestigious communities online, mainly by its use of an invitation-only system. Anyone can sign up and become a spectator and a prospect (get the basketball theme yet?), but in order to post shots or become a Pro Player, you have to be drafted by a player already posting shots.
That is where I come in. I was lucky enough to be drafted about a year ago, and I am here to return the favor. For those who have been following me personally on Twitter and Facebook, you know that I had already given one invite away to someone that I know who has awesome work. This go around (since I had two invites), I am opening this one up to anyone.
So without further delay, below is how you can enter for your chance to be drafted into one of the best online design communities!
Here is how you enter
In order to be considered for this giveaway, you must do all of the below steps and follow all the details. Please note I am a stickler for directions, thus following them to the “t” is what will increase your chances!
1. Like Students That Freelance on Facebook. I get an email every time someone likes the page.
2. Follow Students That Freelance on Twitter I get an email every time we get a new follower.
3. Subscribe to Students That Freelance RSS feed.
4. Become a prospect on Dribbble by signing up as a spectator here: http://dribbble.com/signup and clicking “I would like to become a player, add me to the list of prospects.”
5. Gather three of your best pieces of work, and make a screenshot 400px by 300px (the size they require on Dribbble), and name them in the following convention firstlast1.jpg, firstlast2.jpg and firstlast3.jpg (for instance mine would be amberturner1.jpg, amberturner2.jpg, and amberturner3.jpg). They can be .jpg, .png, or .gif.
6. Send those three images to me at hello@studentsthatfreelance.com with the subject “Dribbble Invite Giveaway on STF” along with a link to your Dribbble profile (for instance, this is the link to my Dribbble profile: http://dribbble.com/amberleighturner).
7. Post a comment here, stating what articles you would like to see more of on Students That Freelance.
How the winner will be chosen
Dribbble is invite-only and they do this to keep the quality of the shots posted to very high standards. Thus, everyone who invites someone is responsible for the quality of work that person will be posting.
What I will be doing is taking all of the eligible entries (those that followed all of those steps above to a “T”), and putting all of the images in a folder (this is why it is important to follow the instructions). I will then look through the images and find the one that blows my socks off. Who ever name is attached to that image will be drafted by me on Dribbble. If the competition is really tough, I may bring in a few extra people to help me judge.
Giveaway duration
Since I can’t leave this thing open forever, I will be closing the giveaway on Sunday, October 16th, 2011 at 11:59 pm CST and will be announcing the winner here on the site Monday, October 17th, 2011, with the winner being drafted shortly after the announcement.
So good luck, and let me see some awesome work!
Well I already sent you some pictures, so About articles here, I’d like to see more about how to get more local clients 🙂
I hope the get it this time! 😛
Considering the age range of users here, I would love to see some articles about living abroad while freelancing and what to expect after you graduate.
I don’t have a facebook account, so I won’t like STF, I hope you understand that.
I will take some screenshots soon and send them to you.
Giveaway, Inspirations, EverGreen, or Freebie Post can be great for get many visitors. 😀
thanks amberlturner
This is a great resource and I love the diversity of information available so far. I think some things I would like to see more of, might be: tutorials, inspiration (by topic: ie. brochures, business cards, logos, etc), and maybe some more ‘insider looks’ at the high points and low points of freelancing. 🙂
Thank you for hosting the dribbble contest and best wishes!
🙂
I would like to read more about techniques for working with unreasonable clients.
No worries about Facebook, I understand some people either have one or the other or none, so no worries!
And there are plenty of them, and they really appear more so when students work with them! Any particular information you would like to see, like unreasonable clients dealing with unpaid invoices, or anything specific such as that?
Thanks for the great comment! What types of tutorials would you like to see? Those involving freelancing (like how to set up an invoice), or more industry related like design or development?
Both!
I like the articles because it usually give us an idea of how to manage ourselves (freelancers) in the work field. i’ll like to see more articles about web development.
I don’t have a twitter account and my FB account is deactivated so I can’t ‘Twitter’ or ‘Like’ anything. I hope that is understandable.
I have followed the other steps.
I have been looking back and forth from time to time on this site a couple months back. I was wondering on what to see next is do you have any good advice to good motivational starting point in an article that you can post up at any point in future.
Hi guys, I would love to see (also) articles about communities managing. Many of us are on Facebook, twitter, and need to handle critics, flames and so on. So, giving that you’re doing posts and moves like this about Dribbble why not write something about keeping your followers (community) together, how to engage them in conversations and so on. Thaks!
I would love to see more articles regarding what to expect after graduation. I was clueless and stuck in limbo after I graduated.
Ps. Entered the Giveaway 🙂
In terms of articles, I’d like to see one (or a series, perhaps) on communication with potential clients.
Specifically, I feel like a real challenge for me is effectively telling them (in a nice way) “Hey, your stuff isn’t very good–let me help you out to deliver a more professional product.” Sometimes, clients don’t like to hear that, so I think some info on how to get that message across successfully without scaring away clients would be helpful.
HI
I would like to see some tutorials on CSS, jQuery and Mysql
Hello, I agree with the article about the dealing with customers. And psychology in controlling the situation is time to face the customer.
Thank 🙂
Not sure what you mean by freebie post, since all of our posts are published free. We also are trying to do many different types of giveaways, but we have to have a large amount of readers to do alot of them.
No worries about the Twitter and Facebook things, I understand some people may have one or the other or neither.
Also, not sure what you are stating. Are you looking for what I have planned next?
So social media management correct? Trying to manage your identity across Twitter, Facebook, etc where you have clients and potential clients visiting you? That is very interesting, and something I think I can cover here.