Swapped my Behance portfolio for a simple Notion page and got 3 client inquiries in 2 days

I compared my fancy Behance gallery against a bare-bones Notion page where I just listed 5 projects with screenshots and bullet points, and the Notion page brought in leads while Behance had been sitting cold for 6 months, has anyone else ditched the design platforms for something simpler?

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sagejackson6d ago

honestly the real flex might be that Notion pages load instantly on mobile while half the design portfolio sites i click on from my phone are laggy messes, nobody talks about how much time clients are actually scrolling on their phones

brooke4486d ago

Did you have to do anything special to set up the Notion page, or just slap it together? I was in a similar boat last year, spent ages on a website builder with animations and everything, got like zero real leads from it. Then I just made a Google Doc with my best three projects, a few testimonials I copied from emails, and shared the link. Got a client from a Reddit post where someone asked for freelance help and I just pasted the link without thinking. Might be that clients get overwhelmed by the fancy stuff and just want to see the work quick lol.

lilyt236d agoMost Upvoted

ngl i was totally on the "you need a fancy site" train until i tried the simple route with a google doc like you said and it actually got me more replies than my whole custom domain ever did. it's wild how much time we waste on aesthetics when clients literally just want to see the work in 2 seconds flat. definitely changed my whole view on what actually matters for a portfolio.

ross.kim6d ago

@brooke448 yeah it's wild how the simple stuff just works better, like life's got this whole "less is more" thing going on everywhere