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Stop playing email tag with your web design clients...do this instead!
Is managing your email inbox taking over your life as a web designer? Maybe you’re spending more time responding to emails than actually designing for clients? Check out my tips for cutting way down on the back-and-forth game of email tag with clients once and for all!
Content creation: the secret to mastering audience engagement
Worried you’ll spend hours creating content and no one will read it? Or that even if they do? They will just take your free stuff and move on, never to book your service or buy your thing? In this post, I’m sharing my favorite ways to captivate and engage your audience so you can keep the conversation going with them while they wait to make a decisions about your offer!
What happens when you raise your prices as a web designer?
Scared to raise your prices as a web designer? Worried your new rates will scare away paying clients, make you totally unaffordable to the people you ARE attracting, and put an end to new leads and inquiries for good? This video/post is for you!
These decisions could make or break how well content marketing will work for you
Thinking of making content marketing your main client-finding strategy? Here are 5 decisions small business owners make early on that can make or break how well the free content their creating will work for them.
4 reasons you resent your web design business (and what to do about it!)
Feeling a bit burnt out and resentful of this business you just couldn’t wait to leave your 9-5 in order to start? If you’re struggling to find joy in your work and your clients as a web designer, these simple tips for changing your business and your mindset are for you!
50 new example Squarespace websites designed by Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️ students
Need a little Squarespace website inspo? Check out these gorgeous 50 Squarespace website examples and Squarespace templates designed by past students of my Square Secrets™️ & Square Secrets Business™️ courses for web designers!
Struggling with perfectionism as a web designer? 6 reasons done is better than perfect
Perfectionism got you procrastinating in your web design business. In this video, I share 6 reasons you’ll want to ditch perfectionist FOMO and start prioritizing progress in your business if you want to build a successful, profitable web design business!
6 habits of success embraced by high-end web designers
Wondering what set’s high end designers apart from their competition and keeps their business thriving year after year while other designers fade and decide to throw in the towel? I’m sharing 6 habits to consider practicing early on to set your web design business up for success in the longterm!
6 steps to attracting and booking ideal clients as a creative entrepreneur
Ideal clients.
A.K.A., the unicorns all of us creative entrepreneurs are dreaming of.
I've now traveled the path from working with 'regular clients' to truly 'ideal clients' that I'm SO excited to get a chance to work with! The more booking inquiry consult calls I've held, the more and more I've realized that I have indeed built a brand and business that attracts my dreamies.
How to motivate yourself to create content when you don’t feel like it
Struggling to stay consistent with content creation? Wondering how you’ll find the motivation to right yet another blog post, podcast, or video script? I’m sharing 5 decisions you can make today in your business to get over the content creation hump and get back to productively marketing your business!
Template shop vs. 1:1 web design vs. agency...which model should I choose?
Wondering which web design business model is right for you? If you’re thinking of selling Squarespace templates, starting a small web design agency, or designing custom websites 1:1 for clients, you’ll want to weigh the pros and cons I share in this video first!
If I teach what I do for free on my blog, why would anyone hire me?
You hear again and again that blogging, podcasting and YouTubing, basically providing free content online, is the way to grow and market you business, but then the thought hits you.
"If I provide a service and teach people how to do that service for free on my blog/YouTube/podcast, why would anyone hire and pay me?"
Darn good question friend, darn good question. It sounds rather counterintuitive if you think about it. So how and why exactly does it work?
The simplest way to start earning more & working less as a web designer
Ever wonder how successful web designers seem to be able to set up a fully-booked out business, earn piles of money, but somehow work less and have more freedom? I’m sharing the handful of things all these designers have in common!
6 website navigation best practice do's & don'ts
Wondering how to setup your site navigation to create a clear path for visitors all the way to your book or buy now button? Follow these 6 simple tips and best practices for nailing your website navigational menu so you can increase conversions and say buh-bye to confusion for good!
How Lauren used a referral incentive program to find clients as a new web designer
Wondering how Lauren was able to fully book out her business as a new web designer? She shares how she used a generous client referral incentive program, among other marketing strategies to find and land her dream clients!
How niching early as a web designer transformed my business & my confidence by Danae Bloise
Wonder whether now is the right time to be niching in your business? In today’s post, guest blogger and talented past student Danae Bloise is sharing exactly what happened when she decided to niche very early on in her career as a web designer and why she recommends you do the same!
How Layne earned more in Q1 than her entire previous year as a new web designer
Wondering if it’s possible to replace your 9-5 income as a new designer? Read how Layne was able to completely replace and her cozy day job’s paycheck (just 3 months into her new full-time web design business!)
$100K as a new web designer? Here's how Lucy did it!
Feeling like you are too late to the party? Like the market is oversautrated and there’s no way you can start something new for yourself at this point in your life? Listen as Lucy shares her incredible (relatable) experience as a new designer and be prepared to be convinced otherwise!!
Niching early: How Charlotte quickly filled her calendar as a new web designer
Feeling scared to commit to a niche? Worried you’ll narrow the client-finding pool, and make it harder on you to land enough projects to pay the bills? Listen as Charlotte shares what niching early did for her business, and how she was able to quickly fill her design calendar for the entire year, all as a brand new designer.
What stuff do I need on my website to meet USA legal requirements? Answered
Legal stuff. I don't know about you, but it's right up there with taxes for the part of my business I most dislike.
But, regardless how much I hate taxes and legal stuff, it's one of those necessary evils that I know I will absolutely regret if I avoid it.
Learn the simplest way to get all your website legal ducks in a row in this post!
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