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5 tweaks I made that more than tripled my solopreneur revenue in one year
Running a solopreneur business is challenging. Every challenge you overcome in your business often reflects an inner transformation that has taken place within you.
So if you are on this one-person business journey, you have my awe and respect. And if you are struggling to hit your revenue goals despite working on all cylinders, I know exactly how you feel.
Content Creation & Overcoming the Pressure For Excellence
Being an expert on a topic is great. And hopefully, you are on the journey to becoming good at whatever it is that you want to do.
But right now, if you don’t consider yourself an expert, let that not stop you from starting. How?
You do that using three specific ways of thinking that I will share in this article.
24 Tools I Use To Run My Freelance Web Design Business
As a freelance web designer, I use the following 24 tools to run my design business and deliver my design packages. I’m breaking them into six categories so it’s easier to follow.
Cop-out or Commitment to 10X
What feels like a commitment to you, may look like a cop-out to others.
That’s what happened recently when I called off a new project even before it began.
10x is easier than 2x.
Where do I find my very first client? This is my answer
Don’t move the goal post. … in order for you to be content.
Being content is an art. We weren’t all born with it.
But we can all cultivate this art of contentment.
Don’t move the goal post. The art of being content.
Don’t move the goal post. … in order for you to be content.
Being content is an art. We weren’t all born with it.
But we can all cultivate this art of contentment.
One Thing I Wish I Had Done Sooner for Building My Freelance Web Design Business
Wouldn’t be nice if there was a manual on how to start your freelance business or side-hustle that was customized to you specifically? Like so many newbies, when I began my web design business in 2018, that’s exactly what I was in need of.
118: 7 Perks of Being A Successful Freelance Web Designer
I love being a web designer. I have a design business which allows me to help people with an online presence that they love and that helps them grow their business or spread their message.
I started my self-employed work in 2016 when I was focussing mainly on email marketing with ConvertKit. Then in 2018 that I began building websites professionally. At that time, I tried a lot of different things to get booked. And it was not easy. I had the skills and I knew I could do excellent work. But I didn’t know how to convey that to my potential clients.
115: What is Your Biggest Business Challenge Right Now?
Please help me by sharing what’s the biggest challenge you are facing in your business right now. Or think of this question: What one thing do you need to solve in your business that will make everything start working as you envisioned it.
109: How I am simplifying my web design business in 2022
In the course of this year, I will be simplifying my business even further with the aim of streamlining my work, getting more focused on the main priority and being effective during my 4-day work-week. Here are some more details on each so that you know what’s coming up in 2022 and how it will effect you as the participant of the Abundant Creative community, client of my design services or as students of the MWD program.
108: 25 Books from 2021
2021 was a really full year. A lot got done. But one of the things that I am most happy about is that I made time for reading - one of my priorities which in the past would get sidelined by money-generating projects. I love to read and the challenge was to make time for it and get it done.
So when I sat down to review all the books I read in 2021, I was delighted that I kept up an average of 2 books a month and have a total of 25 books read during the year. Here they are listed in hopes that you may be inspired to pick one or two of these titles from your local library:
107: Inside the Circle Platform for my group coaching program
Recently, I made the switch from Member Areas to Circle for my group coaching program, Millionaire Web Designer. I share the many reasons why I love Circle in the video below and I also give you a walkthrough of what my students will see inside the MWD platform (built on Circle).
105: How to deal with scope creep on web design projects?
In November, we re-opened doors to the Millionaire Web Designer, my group coaching program for helping web designers build a thriving web design business. And I created three live events as part of the promotion for it. Here’s the first one where I share some tips and actual email conversations on how to turn situations when clients want to add more tasks to your list into profitable interactions.
104: What to do when a client starts negotiating your prices?
In November, we re-opened doors to the Millionaire Web Designer, my group coaching program for helping web designers build a thriving web design business. And I created three live events as part of the promotion for it. Here’s the first one where I share how to handle price negotiations from a client.
103: How do I find my next web design client?
In November, we re-opened doors to the Millionaire Web Designer, my group coaching program for helping web designers build a thriving web design business. And I created three live events as part of the promotion for it. Here’s the first one where I share how I find my web design clients or rather how they find me!
098: Millionaire Web Designer Directory has launched
Less than a month ago, I had this idea of creating a space online where businesses could easily find a web designer. And now that idea is a reality. 🎉 Meet the 24 Founders of the Millionaire Web Designer Directory (MWD Directory) who are designers from around the world and with a wealth of expertise - including copywriting, branding, graphic design, web design, email marketing and more. Please check it out and find your next project partner in the MWD Directory. I love all your smiling faces, designers; welcome!
097: How to Record Your Screen and Your Camera at The Same Time (Mac)
If you create video content for your audience using screencast apps or want to do so, today's video will help you streamline your production workflow.
096: The Poison of Comparison
As web design business owners who want to grow our businesses, we are often on the look out to learn from others. We see successful designers or online entrepreneurs and get inspired. But sometimes, our mind goes into thinking we are not good enough thoughts. Here’s my experience with this tendency and how I help myself get back on the right track.
089: Social Media: To Do Or Not To Do?
Earlier this year as the pandemic was just getting its hold on American soil, I quit all my social media except for my YouTube channel. I closed down my Facebook account, Pinterest and Instagram. I didn’t have a Twitter account so nothing to be done there.
088: Success Habit of Millionaires That Will Speed Up Your Business Success
Do you know how many books you read in 2020? I am asking this not to make you feel bad if you didn’t - hey, 2020 has been tough on many fronts, needless to say. But the number of books and what type of books you read can be a key indicator and a key contributor to your financial and business success. And when you borrow books from the library, this new habit doesn’t cost you a dime.
In this article, I will share some data on how many books millionaires and billionaires read to inspire you and to inspire myself to read more books in 2021 - in order to learn, grow and make a bigger positive impact in our world.
Let’s get started!