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Portfolio projects that get noticed

Finished courses are a start. A small, well-presented project is what people remember.

LA Learnexai Admin · 5 October 2026 · 1 min read

Certificates are nice, but people hiring or commissioning you want to see work.

Build something specific

Instead of a website, make a booking page for a local yoga studio. Specific projects are easier to explain and more convincing.

Show the process

Include two or three in-progress images or notes on decisions you made. It shows how you think.

Keep it short

Three strong projects beat ten average ones.

Write one paragraph per project

What was the problem, what did you do, what was the result?

Pick a course with a project at the end, and use it as your first portfolio piece.

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