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There are several problems with this approach, chief among which:
• There is no better, more fool-proof or more efficient method to get one's work simply ripped off without so much of a credit to the design, much less compensation of any sort;
• It comes off as being somewhat desperate for work. You should be able to pitch new business on the strength of your portfolio alone, without having to resort to doing free work;
• By doing this, you pave the way for perpetual disrespect from clients. Clients – like ex-girlfriends – talk, and it would take no time at all for word to circulate that you do free work. You would, consequently, end up de-valuating yourself, your work and the industry as a whole. This is self-initiated spec work, which no self-respecting creative should participate in, and you would most certainly end up being the bottom in all of your supplier-client relationships from that point forward.